Marvel Tales #5

(November 1966)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko; Larry Lieber; Marie Severin (graytones)

Inks

Dick Ayers; George Roussos; Marie Severin (graytones)

Letters

Sam Rosen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories with graytones and touch-ups by Marie Severin.

The Terrible Threat of the Living Brain! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (January 1964)
• in Pow! (IPC, 1967 series) #16 (6 May 1967)

Prisoner of the 5th Dimension! (Table of Contents: 3)

Human Torch / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (Plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (Script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

V-823

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; George Bentley (real estate developer); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo)

Synopsis

Perfectly good houses sink into the ground after they're built. Reed suggests sabotage; a farmer blames "swamp demons." When Johnny investigates, he sees strange men with blue skin using an "electro gamma wave" ray gun to make the houses sink. The farmer, confronted, proves to be one of them as well, and he uses an "anti-matter electron" gun to make Johnny's flame go out!

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #103 (December 1962)

Indexer Notes

Story in 3 parts:: Part 1 (5 pp.), Part 2 Trapped in Another World! (5 pp.) & Part 3 The End of Zemu! (3 pp.).

Part 2: Trapped in Another World! (Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-823

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Zemu (despot) (Intro); Valeria (Intro); Phineas (Intro); Theos (Intro)

Synopsis

Johnny is transported to another dimension, where, in a futuristic city, he's taken before Zemu, a despot who plans to conquer Earth, and had been trying to drive away the real estate developers from the dimensional passageway. Imprisoned in a water tank, Johnny is freed by Valeria, whose father Phineas wishes to overthrow the tyrant. Zemu's troops attack, threatening to kill the others if Johnny doesn't surrender. But he frees his new friends...

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3. 1st appearances of Zemu, Valeria, Phineas & Theos.

Part 3: The End of Zemu! (Table of Contents: 5)

Human Torch / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-823

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zemu; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Valeria; Phineas; Theos; Mr. Harris (teacher)

Synopsis

Johnny uses his flames to create a tornado to take out the asbestos-covered armored tanks, then writes a message in the sky to inspire an uprising! Zemu is quickly overthrown, the people can now live free, and Valeria wishes Johnny could stay. Back in school, Johnny daydreams about her, thinking "I'll never be able to get her out of my mind..." (Ah, so young!)

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 3. Zemu, Valeria & Phineas would return in Fantastic Four #158 (May 1975).

Prisoner of the Reds! (Table of Contents: 6)

Thor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (Plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (Script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

V-947

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Colonel Edward Harrison

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #87 (December 1962)

Somewhere Waits a Wobbow! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited as G. Bell)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-502

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Rack Morgan

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #51 (January 1964)

The Day That Ant-Man Failed! (Table of Contents: 8)

Ant-Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited as L.D. Lieber) (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Sol Brodsky (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #40 (February 1963)