(January 1971)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Magazine Management Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Modern US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Pickman's Model
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- H. P. Lovecraft (Original Story); Roy Thomas (Adaptation
- Pencils:
- Tom Palmer
- Inks:
- Tom Palmer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Roy Thomas (host); Tom Palmer (host); Thurber; Eliot; Pickman
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Masters of Terror (Marvel, 1975 series) #2 (September 1975)
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Indexer Notes
H. P. Lovecraft adaptation.
I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-37
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Mr. Smith
- Synopsis:
- A scientist builds an ultimate bomb and plans to use it to hold the world hostage. He hides it in a room believed haunted, but when he goes to give his ultimatum to the UN he realizes that he is now a ghost.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #17 (March 1961)
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Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The World That Was Lost!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-226
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Captain Jordan; Linus Vermeer (only appearance for both)
- Synopsis:
- An old eccentric in a wheelchair hires a sea captain to take him to a spot where he believes that the lost continent of Atlantis lies. When they reach their destination he reveals himself to be a merman and thanks the sailors for bringing him home before diving overboard.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959)
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The Threat from the 5th Dimension!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-222
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- unnamed writer; 'Dr. Allen Brown' [actually a 5th dimensional invader] (only appearance for both)
- Synopsis:
- The 5th dimension is the dream dimension. The creatures there are trying to pass into this dimension, but belief in their existence as opposed to surmising a mere dream experience disrupts the structure of the dream dimension and forces the creatures to withdraw from our world. The narrator sells his story to Strange Tales to encourage readers to believe in the creatures and frustrate their invasion aspirations.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959)
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