(December 1975)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1975-09-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (editor); Irene Vartanoff (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #122.
When Midnight Tolls...the Totem Strikes!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Nick Caputo, via the GCD Error List, 8 January 2005. Ed Hannigan can neither confirm nor deny that he was the penciller (personal e-mail to Steve Tice, 8 Dec 2005).
Danny Crespi letters credit from Todd Klein via The Crespi Files posting of Danny's personal work scrapbook (page 78) he did on Klein's Facebook page, 24 August 2019).
The Return of the Totem
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-672]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Bull Drago; Hunk; Indian chieftain; Totem (last appearance for all)
- Synopsis
- The totem frightens the two convicts into a state of shock, but then goes on a rampage through the reservation and a nearby town. The chieftain concocts a potion to destroy the totem, and succeeds in stopping the monster, though at the cost of his own life.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #75 (June 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
sequel to story reprinted in #10 (June 1975)
Taboo! The Thing from the Murky Swamp
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-673]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lewis Conrad (only appearance); Taboo [alien] (introduction and origin)
- Synopsis
- A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp. The alien tricks him into bringing all Earth's scientific records for nefarious purposes, but is destroyed by an H-bomb hidden with the records.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #75 (June 1960)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The Great Disappointment
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Russ Heath
- Inks
- Russ Heath
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-68]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A Soviet expedition lands on the moon, but the cosmonauts are absorbed into the surface. American scientists observing this admit that they knew that the moon was a dangerous living organism, which is why they allowed the Soviet Union to reach it first.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #17 (April 1953)
-
The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil!
Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a mind-boggling attempt to destroy the Green Goliath, the Abomination and Wendigo join forces!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk; Abomination; Wendigo
- Synopsis
- Two young boys revive the Hulk with Hostess Fruit Pies after he has been beaten by the Abomination and the Wendigo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
When Midnight Tolls...the Totem Strikes!
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1.
The Return of the Totem
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2.
Taboo! The Thing from the Murky Swamp
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3.
The Great Disappointment
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4.
The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil!
Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Timothy L. Stroup
- Jim Van Dore
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