(April 1971)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Magazine Management Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Color; Standard US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; was ongoing series
I Brought the Roc to Life!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko; Marie Severin (additional material)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko; Marie Severin (additional material)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- The Roc
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #71 (August 1961) [with additions; with additional art]
I Brought the Roc to Life!
comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- [V-267]
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Roc; John Avery; Anne Avery
- Synopsis:
- Two newlyweds in Egypt uncover a huge egg in the sand that hatches into the Roc in the warm sunlight.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #71 (August 1961)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"The Roc Lives Again!" (7 pp).
One Last Wish!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Friedrich
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- George Tuska
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jean Izzo
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Characters:
- Don Heck (host)
- Synopsis:
- Jay High is a petty crook who dies fleeing from the police. Before his death he gave his mother a strange talisman he brought back from Viet Nam, and she uses it to wish he could return, but his father wishes that he return to the grave before they can see him.
Indexer Notes
Plot taken from the 1902 short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs (uncredited).
Another Marvel Masterpiece
Conan the Barbarian / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Inks:
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- sword and sorcery
Indexer Notes
house ad for Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #4
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
I Brought the Roc to Life!
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2.
One Last Wish!
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3.
Another Marvel Masterpiece
Conan the Barbarian
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ethan Hoddes
- Dwayne Best
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Dwayne Best
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