(March 1973)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-11-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #91, November 1972.
This issue has variants:

[Klagg!] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Strike, Klagg!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Klagg

Indexer Notes

Original indexer credited Gil Kane as cover co-penciler.

As the alien and not the robot is named Klagg, he is referring to himself in the third person.

Klagg! His Mission: Destroy Mankind! (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-289
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Klagg; Philip; Claire
Synopsis
Klagg, an alien who visits Earth, becomes so upset upon learning humanity still wages war that he declares war upon the nations of the Earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Klagg" (7 pp).

While the Town Sleeps! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-56
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
The statue of the Dutch boy plugs the hole in the dike with his finger.
Reprints

What Happened to Harry? (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Harry Brown; Albert Poole
Synopsis
A brilliant inventor's boss tries to steal his new time machine in order to take credit for it. He uses the time machine to travel to a different time, but ends up in the prehistoric period, where the electricity to power the time machine cannot be found.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Though many details are changed, this story is a retelling of "Behold! I Am the Master of Time!" drawn by Steve Ditko in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 (December 1960).

Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!) (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Klagg!]
  2. 1. Klagg! His Mission: Destroy Mankind!
  3. 2. While the Town Sleeps!
  4. 3. What Happened to Harry?
  5. 4. Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!)
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore