Fear
#5
(November 1971)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-06-15
- 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 (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
I Am the Gorilla Man!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzic]
- Reprints
-
from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (February 1962) - in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover is from an unaltered stat. Background elements and the man's face were changed before publication, as seen on the cover of Creepy Worlds #157.
I Am the... Gorilla-Man
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- [V-488]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzic]
- Synopsis
- A scientist plans to exchange his brain with a gorilla's so that he can use the gorilla's strength to commit burglaries.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (February 1962)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. The sequel is also reprinted in this issue.
One Look Means Doom!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-347
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Charles Grey; Sarah Grey; Medusa the Gorgon
- Synopsis
- A man avoids the deadly gaze of Medusa because he is blind.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #73 (October 1961)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Rocket Ship X-200
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- [T-227]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Charlie Brewster
- Synopsis
- An aging space pilot is mocked for his slow ship, but when an invading armada approaches Earth his ship is the first to see it. Other ships are moving to fast to see the sneak attack coming, and his warning allows Earth to beat back the invasion, making him a hero and the commander of a new space patrol.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
What Lurks on Channel X?
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-345
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Bill Jones; Ruth Jones; Mr. Cragley; Jordan
- Synopsis
- Bill and Ruth receive a free television set but it comes from Plutonian invaders who plan to hypnotice Earthlings. The plot is foiled by a crabby landlord who tears down the aliens' antenna.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #73 (October 1961)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
Menace from Mars!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- [V-346]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Martians come to Earth to discover if humans represent a threat to them. They question a human using a machine to verify his answers, and find that he is totally free of greed, hatred or deceit. The Martians leave satisfied, unaware that they questioned a mental patient.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #73 (October 1961)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
The Return of the Gorilla-Man
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Job Number
- V-586 ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzic]; Professor Stuyvesant
- Synopsis
- Radzic thinks he will be able to exchange his brain back into his own body, but things don't work out.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (April 1962)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Sequel to this issue's first story. Job number speculative on basis of other stories in original printing.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
I Am the Gorilla Man!
-
1.
I Am the... Gorilla-Man
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2.
One Look Means Doom!
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3.
Rocket Ship X-200
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4.
What Lurks on Channel X?
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5.
Menace from Mars!
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6.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Marvel Checklist -
7.
The Return of the Gorilla-Man
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8.
Indisputably Irrelevant Items of Incontestably Lasting Inconsequence!
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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