(November 1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year
On-sale Date
1973-08-07
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 #99.

The Haunting of Bluebeard! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Ploog ?; Marie Severin ?
Inks
Herb Trimpe
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Possible Severin or Ploog pencils and Trimpe inks per Nick Caputo, September 2012.

The Haunting of Bluebeard! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inks
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[A-551]
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Bluebeard [Zeke Bates]
Synopsis
A man who calls himself Bluebeard murders and robs the guests of his inn, but when a thief carrying a bottle of Nitro becomes his latest victim, Bluebeard decides to dispose of the bottle outside. When he returns to the inn, the ghosts of his former victims are now able to seize his body as he is unaware that what he took for lightning and thunder was the bottle exploding in his hand and he is now a ghost.
Reprints

Death and Tommy Norton (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[A-599]
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Tommy Norton; Elvira; Raymond; Milton
Synopsis
A boy's toy soldier shoots his aunt when she attempts to murder him.
Reprints

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
[A-565]
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Philbert Hooten
Synopsis
A man who invents a camera that can photograph the future is terrified when he sets it to a week in advance and produces a...blank photo.
Reprints

Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked Up to Confuse and Confound You! (Or: Just When You Least Expected It - The Mighty Marvel Checklist's Back in Town! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Twin! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Myron Fass ?
Inks
Myron Fass ?; Jack Abel ?
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[C-978]
Genre
crime; historical
Characters
Pierre de Tours; Armand de Tours
Synopsis
In eighteenth-century France, twin brothers are always competing with each other but the one who was born first always thinks of ideas slightly before the other. The later brother decides he's had enough and is going to murder the first born twin, but yet again, he gets the idea just a little slower than the other man.
Reprints
Keywords
France; Le Havre
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Haunting of Bluebeard!
  2. 1. The Haunting of Bluebeard!
  3. 2. Death and Tommy Norton
  4. 3. The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
  5. 4. Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked Up to Confuse and Confound You! (Or: Just When You Least Expected It - The Mighty Marvel Checklist's Back in Town!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. The Twin!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Max Capp
  • Nick Caputo
  • Wally Harrington
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Lemaire
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore