Crypt of Shadows
#18
(July 1975)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1974-04-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Len Wein (editor); Irene Vartanoff (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #117.
What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (signed)
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [V-588]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Willy Sloane; Mr. Jordan
- Synopsis
- An oddly cheerful elevator operator is held at gunpoint with a passer-by by a spy planning to blow up the hotel. The elevator lets the spy off at the 13th floor, and while the passer-by is terrified, the elevator operator simply fades away, explaining that the bomb will never go off, since there is no 13th floor.
- Reprints
-
from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (April 1962) -
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #61 (juillet 1976)
-
Reign of Fear
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- [9790]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man that has a handsome face on one side of his skull and an ugly face on the opposite side shows the ugly face to his robbery victims and his handsome face to the nearby apprehending police in order to be released. His crimes end when he is struck and killed by a patrol car.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #11 (Spring 1952) [retitled: Reign of Fear]
-
I Dared to Look into the Beyond!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-773]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Carl; Derek
- Synopsis
- A scientist builds a time machine to travel into the future. He believes that he has travelled to the past, demonstrating that the future does not yet exist, but in fact he saw a future in which Earth was abandoned.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960)
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #125/126 (novembre 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
Incorrectly credited on the splash page as being reprinted from Astonishing Tales #11.
The Hog!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [F-337]
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A reckless driver enjoys causing other cars to crash until his evil deeds catch up to him and he is a victim himself.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #21 (January 1955)
- in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #51 (septembre 1975)
-
A Dynamic Display of Dizzy Doings, Daring Delineations, and Dazzling Descriptions Designed to Dispel Your Despair!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Face of Fear!
-
1.
What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor
-
2.
Reign of Fear
-
3.
I Dared to Look into the Beyond!
-
4.
The Hog!
-
5.
A Dynamic Display of Dizzy Doings, Daring Delineations, and Dazzling Descriptions Designed to Dispel Your Despair!
Bullpen Bulletins -
6.
The Big Bang!!
Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Wally Harrington
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Lemaire
- Jim Van Dore
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