(October 1973)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- 7 times a year
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Modern US
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
I Was Trapped By the Things on Easter Island!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
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from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959)
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I Was Trapped By the Things on Easter Island!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-327
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A pilot crash lands on Easter Island where he observes the statues rise out of the ground and discuss invasion plans of their home planet and the enslavement of Earthmen.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959)
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The Ape Man
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Editing:
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number:
- V-172
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Salty Gruner; Ape Man
- Synopsis:
- A criminal hopes that the story of an ape man in the jungle surrounding his prison will prevent pursuit. Instead he discovers that the ape man is real and his curse causes the convict to transform into an ape until he to finds someone to take his place.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #85 (June 1961)
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Indexer Notes
This story seems similar to "Gorilla Man" drawn by Robert Q. Sale in Men's Adventures (Marvel, 1950 series) #25 (March 1954).
The Spice of Life!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Al Eadeh
- Inks:
- Al Eadeh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- The fantastically wealthy Ed Bean finds everything he has done in his life frightfully boring (even murder). He offers a million dollars to anyone who can come up with something he hasn't done, and a grotesque old man answers the ad, bringing him to deserted house where Bean will get to try something he never has before -- dying!
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #11 (May 1953)
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The Monster Escapes!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number:
- V-555
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape. Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates.
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- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #95 (April 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
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