Crypt of Shadows #8

(January 1974)

Look Homeward, Werewolf! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Lawrence

Inks

Mort Lawrence

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[E-603]

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A werewolf hires a boatman to get him across the river but warns the man that water causes a violent reaction among his kind and if a single drop touch him, his life is forfeit. The boatman agrees, as he claims to be the best boatman for miles around and will have no problem keeping the werewolf dry. They cross the river without incident, but then it starts to...rain.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #23 (August 1954)
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #43 (janvier 1975)

Ask Me No Questions (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[E-679]

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A father thinks his son asks him silly questions and so he gives him silly answers which annoys his mother. When the boy asks him where he came from, the father replies "The stork brought you." The boy asks "How did the stork know where to bring me?" The father replies "I blew my magic whistle" (which is a hunter's moose horn). The boy takes the horn outside and blows it and when the father goes to retrieve it, he sees dozens of storks delivering dozens of babies.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #23 (August 1954)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #43 ([Mars 1975])

Smile, Blast Ya, Smile (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob McCarthy

Inks

Bob McCarthy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[E-670]

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An editor for a science fiction publication is in danger of losing his job to a man who always smiles. The boss likes his story picks and so do the readers. When circulation rises the editor is fired and turns to drink. He attacks his former assistant with a knife, shredding the smiling mask, revealing the alien underneath. No one believes him and he is placed in an asylum.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #23 (August 1954)
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #45 (Février 1975)

The Man Who Made a Wish! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vern Henkel (signed)

Inks

Vern Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[9518]

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man makes a pact with Satan for money and Satan gives him a disease that the medical community will pay him 10,000 dollars to partake in their study, but the disease will ensure that he will only have one month of life to spend the money.

Reprints

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #7 (March 1952)
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #43 (janvier 1975)

Deep Grave. Cold Grave! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Hodge (signed)

Inks

Paul Hodge (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[E-725]

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A homeless man receives a ragged old coat with pockets full of cash, but the cash disappears if he removes the coat, so everyone thinks he must have stolen the money, and won't accept it.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #23 (August 1954) [retitled: Deep Grave, Cold Grave!]

Just Thomas and Lee - and the Soapbox Makes Three! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan); Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, Marvel Mini-Items, FOOM membership form.