(December 1971)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.25 USD
Pages:
52
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

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Return of the Titan! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Gil Kane
Inks:
Frank Giacoia
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
monsters
Characters:
Xemnu

Indexer Notes

Inker credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors List, 7 January 2005.


The Return of the Titan! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Dick Ayers
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
[V-97]

Content Information

Genre:
monsters
Characters:
Titan [Xemnu]; Joe Harper
Synopsis:
The Titan returns from space and takes over a small town to get revenge on the human that defeated him. This human tracks him down and uses a mirror to turn the alien’s hypnotic powers back on him and destroy him.
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Indexer Notes

Title and name of main character changed to avoid confusion with the far more popular Hulk. This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp).


The Gypsy's Revenge! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Heck
Inks:
Don Heck
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
V-353

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Characters:
Monk Morgan
Synopsis:
An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.
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The Speed Demon (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils:
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks:
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Characters:
Speedy Simms
Synopsis:
Speedy Sims raced his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever.
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Indexer Notes

Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)


I Was Trapped by the Mole Men! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Heck
Inks:
Don Heck
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
T-553

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Characters:
Dan; Casey (only appearance for both)
Synopsis:
A subway train full of people goes missing underground. A brash young cop finds that it has been taken by a subterranean race and violently rescues the train. He is shocked to discover that the mysterious people were benevolent, and that he has ruined a golden opportunity to gain knowledge.
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Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.


The Voice from Nowhere! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Steve Ditko
Inks:
Steve Ditko
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
V-283

Content Information

Genre:
horror; science fiction
Synopsis:
A space pilot landing on an asteroid is perplexed by a voice from nowhere pleading for help, but he realizes that the asteroid itself is the source of the voice.
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The Man Who Played Dead! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils:
Don Heck
Inks:
Don Heck
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
V-596

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Synopsis:
A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them.
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Indexer Notes

Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Return of the Titan!
  2. 2. The Gypsy's Revenge!
  3. 3. The Speed Demon
  4. 4. I Was Trapped by the Mole Men!
  5. 5. The Voice from Nowhere!
  6. 6. The Man Who Played Dead!
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  • Dwayne Best
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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