(May 1973)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-02-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #93, January 1973.
This issue has variants:

Fin Fang Foom! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Fin Fang Foom
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Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Although not noted in in this story, Fin Fang Foom was later revealed to be an alien.

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Fin Fang Foom! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?; Artie Simek
Job Number
V-318
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Fin Fang Foom; Chan Liuchow; Chung Liuchow
Synopsis
A young historian from Taiwan is scorned by his father for his refusal to join the army, even in the face of an imminent communist invasion. Instead of fighting directly, he crosses to the mainland to awake the dragon Fin Fang Foom. He lures the dragon to the coast to wreck the invasion fleet, and then lures it back to its lair before restoring its mystical slumber.
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Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. Fin Fang Foom next appears in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #23 (April 1974).

Haunted! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Inks
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A ghost scares off potential buyers of a derelict house.
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The Clutching Hands (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Cal Massey (signed)
Inks
Cal Massey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
A-200
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A writer murders another writer to steal his work, but the dead writer's hands continue to make trouble for him. First, by framing him for the murder of his publisher, then by signing a confession to the killing, and finally by throwing the gallow's switch.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fin Fang Foom!
  2. 1. Fin Fang Foom!
  3. 2. Haunted!
  4. 3. The Clutching Hands
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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