(January 1971)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-10-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

Rommbu! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marie Severin (see notes); Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers; Marie Severin (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rommbu
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Foreground running figure added by Marie Severin. Info per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

Rommbu! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-138
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rommbu; Pete Hunter; John Hunter
Synopsis
An escaped geologist convicted of armed robbery leads an alien invader to an active volcano in order to sacrifice himself to destroy the alien and protect the planet.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp).
Rommbu next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

The Terrible Trap! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-137
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Bart Magor; Zomok
Synopsis
A hunter with contempt for the animals he captures is captured by giant aliens and placed in a maze from which he can see a rocketship he could use to pilot his way home if only he could figure out how to escape the maze.
Reprints

The Thing with Red Eyes (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-139
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Vince Kane; Al Rocco
Synopsis
A gangster buys a pincushion doll that looks like his rival, and his reactions to pins stuck in it convince him that it works. He throws the doll out the window of a tall building, but his rival has altered the doll to look like him instead.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the second person.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Rommbu!
  2. 1. Rommbu!
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. The Terrible Trap!
  5. 4. The Thing with Red Eyes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore