Marvel Tales #5

(November 1966)

The Terrible Threat of the Living Brain (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (January 1964)

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

Human Torch [Johnny Storm] / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

V-823

Content Information

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!

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

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3.

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

Human Torch [Johnny Storm] / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Art Simek

Job Number:

V-823

Content Information

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...

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

Indexer Notes

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

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

Human Torch [Johnny Storm] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Art Simek

Job Number:

V-823

Content Information

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!)

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

Indexer Notes

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

"Prisoner of the Reds!" (Table of Contents)

Thor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

V-947

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Thor; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Colonel Edward Harrison

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

Somewhere Waits a Wobbow! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Art Simek

Job Number:

X-502

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Rack Morgan

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

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

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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