(April 1974)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-01-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
Nothing Can Match the Sheer, Raw Power of Tim Boo Baa--The World Smasher!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962) - in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
The Threat of Tim Boo Ba
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [V-474]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet.
- Reprints
- from Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962)
-
in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #3/1974 (1974)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Something in the Fog!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- [A-398]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A group of smugglers find themselves aboard the fabled ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #8 (July 1952)
- in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #3/1974 (1974)
-
Plague!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- [H-508]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Fear of a notorious plague sweeps through a futuristic society, but instead of a virus, the source of the "plague" is a handgun.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #38 (December 1955)
- in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #3/1974 (1974)
-
- Keywords
- gun control; handguns
Fame!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Manny Stallman
- Inks
- Manny Stallman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [A-447]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Universal rejection makes a would-be actor's mind snap and so he rents a tuxedo with his last few dollars and does a presentation on a building ledge before a gathered crowd until he makes the leap that will ensure his fame.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #8 (July 1952)
-
"Shhhh"
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Ernie Bache
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- [C-980]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Agents of a foreign power grab the wrong man when they attempt to kidnap a scientist working on a secret project. The man they took escaped from an asylum and he releases germs that turn his captors into apes.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #15 (September 1953)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Nothing Can Match the Sheer, Raw Power of Tim Boo Baa--The World Smasher!
-
1.
The Threat of Tim Boo Ba
-
2.
Something in the Fog!
-
3.
Plague!
-
4.
Fame!
-
5.
"Shhhh"
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Wally Harrington
- Daniel Lemaire
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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