Beware
#8
(May 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-02-05
- 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
Final issue. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
...The Thing that Stalks Skull Valley!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- John Romita ?; Mike Esposito ?; Frank Giacoia ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
pencil credit per Nick Caputo (April 1, 2006). Giacoia and Esposito inker suggestions 2006 per Al Milgrom, who confirms he did not ink this cover. Nick Caputo suspects Romita may be the inker.
The Helping Hand!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski ?
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- George Robbons; Jean; Hank
- Synopsis
- Big city crooks move out to a small town in order to avoid the law but are undone by snoopy neighbors.
- Reprints
-
from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #129 (December 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
art speculation from atlastales.com
The Black Dungeon
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky ?
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [8129]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Otto; Helga Wolfe; Konrad Gruber (death); Mr. Wolfe
- Synopsis
- A servant protects his kind mistress from her brutal husband -- even after death.
- Reprints
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #2 (May 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
art speculation from atlastales.com
The Thing That Stalks Skull Valley!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Lawrence
- Inks
- Mort Lawrence
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [F-632]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Injun Sam; Jim
- Synopsis
- A group of tourists encounter an American Indian god.
- Reprints
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #37 (May 1955) [retitled]
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #5 (Febrero 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Original title was "The Strange Valley".
A Few Surprises — a Smattering of Surmises — and a Hint About Prizes!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
They Walk Thru Walls!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [K-536]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Clayton; Masters; Abbot
- Synopsis
- A man with plans to overthrow the government is confronted by men who can walk through walls, who explain that they are a secret society committed to battling people like him. He escapes, but inadvertently puts himself back in the power of the men in pursuit.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #56 (December 1956)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
...The Thing that Stalks Skull Valley!
-
1.
The Helping Hand!
-
2.
The Black Dungeon
-
3.
The Thing That Stalks Skull Valley!
-
4.
A Few Surprises — a Smattering of Surmises — and a Hint About Prizes!
Bullpen Bulletins -
5.
They Walk Thru Walls!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Darrel McCann
- Mark Semich
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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