(November 1974)

Marvel, 1974 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1974-08-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #109, August 1974.

The Monster Runs Wild! (Table of Contents)

Man-Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]
Reprints

Of Monsters and Men! (Table of Contents: 1)

Man-Thing / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Linda Lessmann (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The warm night wind sings through the Everglades...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; F. A. Schist (flashback); Tony Stark; Vivian Schist; Carolyn Schist; Dr. Warner; Dr. Dane Gavin; Frank; Dr. Graham; Marcus; Beth; Jeff
Synopsis
Man-Thing goes berserk in New York City.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is broken into three chapters: Of Monsters and Men! (9 pages), Chapter Two The High Cost of Vengeance! (15 pages), and Chapter Three Man-Thing's New York Adventure! (9 pages).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mail-Things! / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Mike Ploog (illustration)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Man-Thing; Glob

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Dean Mullaney, Brian K. Morris, Steven Scheibner, and Tom Oberlin.

I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Linda Lessmann ?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
T-943
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Blip
Synopsis
A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. It claims to be a friendly visitor, but humans attack it and it flees into space.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

He Stalks By Night! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
Linda Lessmann ?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A planter in India is nearly convinced of superstitions concerning were-tigers after he slays its mate, but it turns out to be a plot by one of the locals to seize control of the village.
Reprints

I Dared Enter the Forbidden World! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Linda Lessmann ?
Letters
Ray Holloway
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
T-952
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Derek; John; Monga; Uxmal; Antogg
Synopsis
A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. He discovers that elephants were introduced to Earth by Martians, who use the graveyard as a gathering point for the ivory, and won't let him leave.
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Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Monster Runs Wild!
    Man-Thing
  2. 1. Of Monsters and Men!
    Man-Thing
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mail-Things!
  4. 3. I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!
  5. 4. He Stalks By Night!
  6. 5. I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Denys Howard
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Jason Sacks
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Giuseppe Vannini