(May 1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-02-13
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #93, January 1973.

Dead Man's Hand! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
dead man's hand; gambling; playing cards; poker; skeletons

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits per Nick Caputo (April 1, 2006).

Cover Thumbnail for Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #3
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The Devil and Donald Webster (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)
Job Number
B-79
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man makes a deal with Satan to murder his shrew wife, but Satan frames him for the crime and he is sentenced to the electric chair. At least, he thinks, he is free from his wife. When he arrives in Hell, he finds his wife waiting for him.
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The Strange Game (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marty Elkin (signed)
Inks
Marty Elkin
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)
Job Number
A-644
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts.
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Darkness (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek ?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)
Job Number
A-934
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An escaped convict is swallowed by a whale after the ship he was stowed away on is struck by a mine and sinks.
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Walking Ghost (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Bill Walton
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)
Job Number
B-97
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A debunker for a radio program enters a house that is supposed to be haunted but he tells his audience that there is nothing there. When he leaves the mansion, his sound crew run away in fear because he has unknowingly been reduced to a walking skeleton.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dead Man's Hand!
  2. 1. The Devil and Donald Webster
  3. 2. The Strange Game
  4. 3. Darkness
  5. 4. Walking Ghost
This issue was modified by, among others
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Wally Harrington
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Daniel Lemaire
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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