(November 1971)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-08-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- 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:
This issue has variants:
Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960) [relettered]
-
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Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck; Jack Kirby (splash)
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek; Ray Holloway
- Job Number
- T-593
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Orogo; Albert Carstairs
- Synopsis
- An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960)
-
The Earth-Crawlers!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-592
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Henry Salt; Martha Salt
- Synopsis
- An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa. He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960)
-
The Metal Monster
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-597
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Mason; Grosko
- Synopsis
- An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. On of the gypsies causes his steam shovel to attack him until he agrees to stop building.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The Last Voyage of Captain Kragg
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-121
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Captain Kragg; Kumbus
- Synopsis
- A cowardly space pilot flees a battle until his spaceship runs out of power and he crashes into a bog on an Earth-like planet. He finds an explorer who is going to prove the planet is round and takes his place, hoping for fame and fortune, but this time it turns out that the world really is flat.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #67 (April 1961)
-
The Pretender!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stephen Dwane; Kusoom
- Synopsis
- A man looking through an abandoned house find notes in an alien language. They tell of an alien shapeshifter disguised as a human to undermine Earth before an invasion, and are accompanied by a photograph of the alien's human form, Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (May 1962)
-
Quogg!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-589
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Quogg
- Synopsis
- A fugitive hides in an enclosure said to contain a horrible monster, and realizes too late that the monster appeared to be an ordinary hut.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (April 1962)
-
The Black Clock!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (signed)
- Inks
- Don Heck (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- V-123
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Jordan
- Synopsis
- A criminal steals a strange clock from an old man, but finds that it is cursed. He cannot put it down without pain, but he ages rapidly as he holds it. He believes that returning the clock will cure him, leaving him to choose between rapid death, pain or jail.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #67 (April 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!
-
1.
Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!
-
2.
The Earth-Crawlers!
-
3.
The Metal Monster
-
4.
The Last Voyage of Captain Kragg
-
5.
The Pretender!
-
6.
Quogg!
-
7.
The Black Clock!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Paul Lefebvre
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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