(October 1973)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
8 times a year
On-sale Date
1973-07-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #98, June 1973.

The Two-Headed Thing! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

The Two-Headed Thing!! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Eddie Kane; "Two-Headed Thing" [unnamed in story]
Synopsis
In a storm, a convict escapes through a hole smashed in the wall. When they find him, he tells a tale of a shape-shifting monster. When the guards scoff, the escapee reveals that HE is the monster, and they are only saved by a lightning strike.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

I Spent a Night in a Haunted House! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Don Heck (signed)
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Tom
Synopsis
A young boy who has just moved to town is convinced to spend the night in a haunted house. He doesn't find any ghosts but the next day is realizes the house itself was the ghost.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The kids are shown reading comic books, originallly Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish and Tales of Suspense, changed to Werewolf by Night, Strange Tales, Tomb of Dracula and Journey into Mystery for this reprint.

Where? (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed)
Inks
Joe Maneely
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[9897]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A story of an amnesic old vampire that feeds only once a year at midnight.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

reprint credit verified by Chris Brown (3/05)

Do Not Panic! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[V-557]
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
An alien craft arrives over a city and descends. The pilot wears a frightening spacesuit, but since the military do not panic, they do not attack, and when the human pilot removes his helmet he is warmly greeted by the people of Mars.
Reprints

Dietetic Doodlings and Dizzy Dispatches Designed to Delight! (Or: Just the Son of Satan and Me - and Satana Makes Three!) (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Two-Headed Thing!
  2. 1. The Two-Headed Thing!!
  3. 2. I Spent a Night in a Haunted House!
  4. 3. Where?
  5. 4. Do Not Panic!
  6. 5. Dietetic Doodlings and Dizzy Dispatches Designed to Delight! (Or: Just the Son of Satan and Me - and Satana Makes Three!)
    Bullpen Bulletins
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore