(October 1974)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-08-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Editing
Tony Isabella (credited) (editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (editor-in-chief); Marv Wolfman (credited) (consulting editor); John Romita (credited) (art director); Marcia Gloster (credited) (design); Len Grow (credited) (production)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Frankenstein Monster / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Earl Norem (credited) (signed as Norem) (painting)
Inks
Earl Norem (credited) (signed as Norem) (painting)
Colors
Earl Norem (credited) (signed as Norem) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frankenstein Monster; Master of Freaks; Julia Winters
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Monsters from the Sea (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Inks
Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)
Letters
Jean Simek ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reports of sea serpents fill the ship's logs of the world...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Val Mayerik (illustration); Pat Broderick (illustrations); Neal Adams (illustration); ? (photograph, illustrations)
Inks
Val Mayerik (illustration); Al Milgrom (illustrations); Dan Adkins (illustration); ? (photograph, illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Monsters Confidential (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
Marie Severin (illustration)
Inks
Marie Severin (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Editorial includes a section on news items, a checklist of current Marvel magazines and a caricature of Frank Robbins.

Fever in the Freak House (Table of Contents: 4)

Frankenstein Monster / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Val Mayerik (credited)
Inks
Val Mayerik (credited)
Letters
Dave Hunt

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Frankenstein monster, ghastly legacy of a madman's obsession, had found a friend...
Feature Logo
Frankenstein 1974
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frankenstein Monster; Master of Freaks (villain, death); James (death, flashback); Bruno (death); Bernard; Julia Winters (first appearance)
Synopsis
The Master has captured both the Frankenstein Monster and Julia Winters. The Monster frees both of them.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Readers Unleashed / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Steven Scheibner, David Hillman, Mark Gasper, Paul Watson, and Robert Greenberger.

Several Meaningless Deaths (Table of Contents: 6)

Man-Thing / text story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited)
Pencils
Pat Broderick (credited) (illustrations)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited) (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Christopher Dale glances down at his typewriter...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Christopher Dale; Elaine (death in flashback); Samuel Parrish (name given in next issue); Elaine Parrish (last name given in next issue)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continues next issue.

Swamp Stars of the Silver Screen (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut (credited)
Pencils
? (photograph, illustrations)
Inks
? (photograph, illustrations)
Letters
typeset

One Hungers (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Neal Adams (credited)
Pencils
Neal Adams (credited)
Inks
Dan Adkins (credited)
Letters
Sam Rosen; Morrie Kuramoto
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

A Martian Genesis! (Table of Contents: 9)

Gullivar Jones / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited); Tony Isabella (credited) (plot)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited) (layouts); George Pérez (credited as George Perez) (finishes)
Inks
Duffy Vohland (credited); John Byrne (sourced) (ink assistance); Bob Layton (sourced) (ink assistance)
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Chak; Gullivar Jones (featured); Princess Heru
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Specific credits revealed in the letters section of issue #10. Last Gullivar Jones strip.

Next Issue: (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Frankenstein Monster
  2. 1. Monsters from the Sea
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. Monsters Confidential
  5. 4. Fever in the Freak House
    Frankenstein Monster
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Readers Unleashed
  7. 6. Several Meaningless Deaths
    Man-Thing
  8. 7. Swamp Stars of the Silver Screen
  9. 8. One Hungers
  10. 9. A Martian Genesis!
    Gullivar Jones
  11. 10. Next Issue:
This issue was modified by, among others
  • chris bonham
  • Mark Boyer
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore