(October 1974)
Marvel,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-07-02
- 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 United States of America
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.
Diablo -- The Demon From the Fifth Dimension!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber; John Romita (see notes)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom ?; John Romita (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Diablo
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Romita likely added the woman in Diablo's hand. Art credits per Nick Caputo, January 2005; updated March 2018.
I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-631]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Diablo
- Synopsis
- An extradimensional smoke monster invades the Earth. It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it.
- Reprints
-
from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. In a later, as yet unidentified story, the protagonist of this story was revealed (retconned) to be Ulysses Bloodstone.
The Strange Fate of the Statue Maker!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Luther Benedict
- Synopsis
- An inventor accidentally invents a petrification device and decides to use it to turn attractive people into detailed statues. His first victim is so beautiful that he decides to release her, but accidentally petrifies himself.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #34 (August 1962)
-
Only a Beast!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- [E-14]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A bed-ridden old man hates those who will inherit his money so he establishes hypnotic control of his dimwitted caretaker to have him do away with them.
- Reprints
- from Menace (Marvel, 1953 series) #11 (May 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Original publication is erroneously listed as Mystic #6. Correct reprint and penciler credit from atlastales.com
The Little Men
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sol Brodsky
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- An old man creates wooden statues that Leprechauns collect.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #42 (April 1956)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Diablo -- The Demon From the Fifth Dimension!
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1.
I Saw Diablo! The Demon from the Fifth Dimension!
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2.
The Strange Fate of the Statue Maker!
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3.
Only a Beast!
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4.
The Little Men
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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