Creepy Worlds #92

The Strange New World of the Fly (Table of Contents: 1)

The Fly / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the dormitory of the Westwood Orphanage for Boys...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Billy; Mr. Creacher; McCoy; Blaster; Turan; Ben March; Abigail March

Synopsis

Orphan Tommy Troy overhears crooks and is sent to a haunted house of "wizards". Tommy finds a fly ring that opens a dimensional portal. Out steps Turan of the Fly People, a super-advanced race that devolved into flies, waiting for a person to battle crime and greed. Tommy is bequeathed powers of walking on walls, super-strength, seeing in all directions, and cunning to escape any traps. He rubs the ring and becomes a costumed man: The Fly! Now to serve justice!.. "The Fly Strikes" He wraps the orphan manager and crooks for the cops, reverts to Tommy Troy, and Turan says farewell.

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)

Keywords

alien; magic ring; orphan; wizard

Indexer Notes

1) Origin. Kirby pencils per Harry Mendryk's Simon and Kirby blog: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2580. 2) Previous indexer credited Simon as co-penciller. 3) The Fly borrows tropes from Shazam! but ends up an orphan boy with super-insect powers. Since this was 1959 and Jack Kirby soon worked for Marvel, there are ongoing arguments whether The Fly inspired Spider-Man.

The Fly Discovers His Buzz Gun (Table of Contents: 2)

The Fly / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon ?

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is six o'clock in the morning at the home of Ezra and Abigail March

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Dolly Lake; Ezra March; Abigail March

Synopsis

In the haunted house, the wizard sends Tommy for groceries. He's knocked down by fleeing crooks. He meets Dolly, a girl nearby. He rubs his ring, becomes The Fly, and tests his buzz gun. It fires stingers that put crooks to sleep. The Fly reverts to Tommy and returns to the haunted house, where he's spanked.

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)

Indexer Notes

1) Kirby pencils per Harry Medryk's Simon and Kirby blog: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2580. 2) Previous indexer credited Simon as co-penciller and Kirby as co-inker.

Duped by the Dazzler (Table of Contents: 3)

The Fly / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Ted Galindo; Joe Simon ? (see notes)

Inks

Chic Stone; Joe Simon ? (see notes)

Letters

Marty Epp ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's showing him, boss!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fly [Tommy Troy]; The Dazzler [Daniel Domino]; Ben March; Abigail March; Joshua Flint

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #4 (January 1960)

Indexer Notes

Simon may have provided some inking or art alterations. Info per Nick Caputo, November 2016.

The Metal Master! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vince Colletta ?

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

L-439

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Paul Carter is a brilliant artist!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Paul Carter

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #56 (March 1957)

Muggsy's Masterpieces (Table of Contents: 5)

The Fly / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Joe Simon ?; Neal Adams (one panel)

Inks

Joe Simon ?; Neal Adams (one panel)

Letters

Marty Epp ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our story opens in the suburbs...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Dolly Lake; Muggsy Malone; Spike

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #4 (January 1960)

Indexer Notes

The first published work by Neal Adams. Adams brought sample pages to Archie looking for work, was rejected, but they did want to use a panel from his samples to replace a panel in this story that was considered substandard (the last panel of the first page of this story). http://www.webcitation.org/5lJycKN5e

Something Missing!! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-330

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We brought every imaginable gift to the strange, deadly world...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Sally; Tom

Synopsis

The first mission to Mercury has a stow-away, the lover of one of the pilots. The captain is angry, but when they arrive on Mercury they find that the natives are hostile, and only the girl's display of love towards the pilot convinces them that the humans have something of value to offer.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #24 (October 1961)

Keywords

Mercury

The Fountain of Youth (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-269

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's high time I took a vacation.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #56 (March 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #30 (June 1955) [as "Strange Meeting"]

The Power Pack (Table of Contents: 8)

The Shield / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Sol Brodsky (signed)

Inks

Joe Simon ?

Letters

Marty Epp ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An inert figure lies on the floor of a ravine.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shield

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #4 (January 1960)

Indexer Notes

Possible Simon inks per Nick Caputo, January 2018. Previous indexer credited Brodsky.

Mind Over Matter! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-460

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When is a person not a person?

Genre

drama; fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A thief meets a lama in the foothills of the Himalayas and is amazed by the feats that he can accomplish with yoga. When he considers using the lama's powers of disappearance for crime the lama uses them to will him into non-existance.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #76 (January 1962)

One Look Means Doom! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-347

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Charles Grey; Sarah Grey; Medusa the Gorgon

Synopsis

A couple moves to a cursed castle and the man discovers the imprisoned Medusa. When her powers do not affect him she thinks they have disappeared and accidentally turns herself to stone, not knowing the man is blind.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #73 (October 1961)

The Changeling (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-359

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bored with the present?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

John; Alana; King

Synopsis

A teenager in the future desires to return to Earth despite scientist's warning that over thousands of years humans are no longer adapted to life on Earth. When the boy steals a rocket ship and makes the faster than light journey back to the original homeworld, he finds that the scientists were indeed correct as his rocket ship is only about an inch tall to the Earthmen.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (November 1961)

Keywords

Centaurius II (planet)

Slide Rule's Challenge (Table of Contents: 12)

The Fly / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell ?; Joe Simon ?

Letters

Marty Epp ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Fly has been in tight spots before...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Dolly Lake; Slide-Rule

Reprints

• from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #4 (January 1960)

Companion Comics in This Series (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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