(March 1977)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-11-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860290803
- Printer
- Printed in the United States of America
- Editing
- Roger Stern (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #138.
Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain Lives!
Doctor Druid / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan (signed as
Ernie over Chan) - Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed as Ernie over Chan)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus (sourced)
- Letters
- Danny Crespi ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Doctor Druid [Anthony Druid]; Gorgilla
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
-
Behind the Dreadful Door!
Doctor Druid / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan; John Tartaglione (alterations)
- Inks
- Gene Colan; John Tartaglione (alterations)
- Colors
- Dianne Buscema
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- horror
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Druid (host); Joshua Carstairs; Derek Weems
- Synopsis
- A painter breaks into a room which he thinks is the source of a famous artist's inspiration. It contains supernatural beings that model for the artist, who take the intruder as their own model.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #97 (June 1962) [altered to include Dr. Druid]
-
Indexer Notes
The main character has been altered to resemble Dr. Druid on the splash page and page 2. panel 1.
I Discovered Gorgilla!
Doctor Druid / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; John Tartaglione (alterations)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko; John Tartaglione (alterations)
- Colors
- Dianne Buscema
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- T-873
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Druid (host); Gorgilla; Scotty; Anne; Frank
- Synopsis
- An expedition finds the missing link between apes and humans in Borneo. It is initially hostile, but defends its fellow primates from a dinosaur
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960) [with alterations; as a Doctor Druid story]
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Various panels have been altered to change the protagonist to Dr. Druid.
[no title indexed]
Weird Wonder Mails / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roger Stern ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Jorge Corona and Edward A. Norton
Beware of the Giants!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- Dianne Buscema
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mr. Jann
- Synopsis
- An old man tells children stories of giants whom he insists actually exist. The adults of village think him mad, but the last panel reveals that old man is a resident of a Leprechaun village.
- Reprints
- from Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (July 1962)
-
The Champ
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man; Aldo Moomjay [The Champ]; The Foe
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man spots a crooked referee at a boxing match and stops him with Hostess Cup Cakes.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Gorgilla! The Monster of Midnight Mountain Lives!
Doctor Druid -
1.
Behind the Dreadful Door!
Doctor Druid -
2.
I Discovered Gorgilla!
Doctor Druid -
3.
[no title indexed]
Weird Wonder Mails -
4.
Beware of the Giants!
-
5.
The Champ
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Paul Lefebvre
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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