(September 1976)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-06-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860216009
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #131.
The Monster Lurks Outside!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Netzer (signed as Michael Nasser)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Keywords
- astronauts; monsters
The Underground Gambit
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe
- Inks
- Herb Trimpe
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Roger Krass has been drawing underground comics for a living but hating it all the while. A mysterious man shows up with an offer that will finally recognize his true talent, but it turns out there's a catch.
- Reprints
-
from Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #11 (May 1971)
-
The Man Who Isn't There
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-34]
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A thief comes into possession of an invisibility cloak and goes on a looting spree. Just as he is about to leave his run-down tenement, his landlady enters the room with the police, and he successfully uses the cloak to disguise his presence from them. After they leave the room, they lock up the entrance to the building and fumigate it.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #113 (April 1953)
-
A Monster Waits Outside!!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-876]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Maj. Ford
- Synopsis
- An astronaut is sent into orbit in a tiny sphere without communication. He sees a monster trying to claw its way in and panics, signalling ground control to bring him back. They think that it was a hallucination, but they find a broken claw on the spacecraft.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person.
A Quaff of Quixotic Quips to Quench Your Quakes and Quandaries!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Monster Lurks Outside!
-
1.
The Underground Gambit
-
2.
Put A Marvel On Your Chest!
-
3.
The Man Who Isn't There
-
4.
Superheroes Assemble!
Marvel Comics -
5.
A Monster Waits Outside!!
-
6.
A Quaff of Quixotic Quips to Quench Your Quakes and Quandaries!
Bullpen Bulletins -
7.
Your Game Is Specialized. Now Your Glove is, too!
Spalding
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Steve Jenner
- Andrés Jiménez
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Mark Semich
- Jim Van Dore
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