Fear #2

(January 1971)

What Was "X" the Thing That Lived! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

[X-185]

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Charles Bentley; X

Synopsis:

A writer buys an enchanted typewriter that brings his monster stories to life.

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• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (June 1961) [part 1], #20 (June 1961) [part 4], #20 (June 1961) [part 3], #20 (June 1961) [part 2]

Keywords:

monsters

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. X next appears in Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1997 series) #17 (December 1998).

Orrgo...the Unconquerable! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-364

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Orrgo (introduction); Jo-Jo

Synopsis:

An alien race with immense telepathic and telekinetic powers send one of their kind to conquer Earth. He easily defeats the police and army and freezes Washington, DC in a block of ice, but is killed by a gorilla while resting because he only prepared defences against humans.

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• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #90 (November 1961)

Keywords:

monsters

Indexer Notes

Orrgo or a character based on him next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 2001 series) #9 (November 2001).

One-Way Journey! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

[V-184]

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Adam Gree

Synopsis:

A heartless tycoon has a time machine built to take him forty years into the future, where he believes that war and disease will be wiped out.

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• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (June 1961)

I Dared Enter the Forbidden World! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

[T-952]

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Derek; John; Monga; Uxmal; Antogg

Synopsis:

A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. He discovers that elephants were introduced to Earth by Martians, who use the graveyard as a gathering point for the ivory, and won't let him leave.

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• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15 (January 1961)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Inhuman! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-366

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

X-35

Synopsis:

In a future war between humans and robots the robots try to find a way to break the human defences by sending a robot spy disguised as a human. The spy's information leads them into a trap, and they discover that their spy was himself a human disguised as a robot.

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• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #90 (November 1961)

I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-943

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

The Blip

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• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15 (January 1961)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-933

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. Or so he thinks, as the gas in the tomb drove him mad and he is delusional in an Egyptian hospital.

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• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15 (January 1961)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.