(December 1974)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-09-24
- 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 Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #110, September 1974.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Thing on the Moon!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ron Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Cover pencil and ink credits per Nick Caputo (February 8, 2005).
![Cover Thumbnail for Journey into Mystery (1972 series) #14 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1607/w100/1607091.jpg?8587396260494274606)
When Wakes the Sphinx!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- T-291
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ahmend; unnamed Westerner; Okzik; Zokae (only appearance for all)
- Synopsis
- An Egyptian tells a disbelieving Westerner of the magic of the Sphinx. Alien invaders land nearby, and the Egyptians stories are confirmed when the Sphinx comes to life and chases them off. The Westerner's remaining doubts are dispelled by a section of the alien ship's tail fin bitten off by the Sphinx.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #70 (August 1959)
-
The Thing on the Moon
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-916]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Carter; Atlantean robot
- Synopsis
- Earth of 1970 sends an expedition to the moon looking for a place to escape overpopulation. They find a fertile valley and a robotic monster left by the ancient empire of Atlantis to mark their claim to the moon.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #79 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. The story is miscredited to Strange Tales #77.
It Came from Nowhere
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doug Wildey
- Inks
- Doug Wildey
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Aliens from space wish to conquer Earth, but when they land, temperatures are too high for them and they melt into a blob-like creature.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #126 (August 1954)
-
in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #3/1975 (1975)
-
If Looks Could Kill!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Anderson
- Inks
- Harry Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-759]
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- When a beautiful woman cheats a smitten scientist out of ten thousand dollars to gamble with, he gets revenge by transforming her ageless beauty into stone.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #11 (August 1953)
- in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #3/1975 (1975)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Thing on the Moon!
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1.
When Wakes the Sphinx!
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2.
The Thing on the Moon
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3.
It Came from Nowhere
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4.
If Looks Could Kill!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Ethan Hoddes
- Paul Lefebvre
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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