(June 1975)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-03-25
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 #116.
This issue has variants:

Unhumans Walk Among Us! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Dan Adkins ?
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
science fiction
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil and inker credits per Nick Caputo (February 8, 2005).

Too Human! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[F-318]
Genre
science fiction
Characters
John Carter; Mary Carter; Tommy
Synopsis
Alien invaders adapt the same form of humans to learn their weaknesses but grow to like them, and when their masters demand they report in, they tell them that the humans are dangerous and smash the communicator. They live out the rest of their lives as human beings.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number and credits from the Atlas Tales website.

The Crackpot (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Don Heck (signed)
Inks
Don Heck (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Mister Smythe; Elias Poole
Synopsis
An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing.
Reprints

The Terrible Touch! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[M-209]
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
King Midas
Synopsis
A miner comes upon the immortal king Midas, takes him for a claim jumper and grabs him. The two men that the miner is telling the story to scoff in disbelief so the miner removes his gloves revealing solid gold hands.
Reprints
Keywords
Midas touch

Indexer Notes

Job number and credits from the Atlas Tales website.

The Secret of Steven Durham (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[K-135]
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Clark Wendall; Steven Durham [Carl Durham]; Professor Crane
Synopsis
A man's friend realizes that he has developed a way to stop aging by taking treatments from a device that measures the speed of light.
Reprints

The Trap (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Unhumans Walk Among Us!
  2. 1. Too Human!
  3. 2. The Crackpot
  4. 3. The Terrible Touch!
  5. 4. The Secret of Steven Durham
  6. 5. The Trap
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Darrel McCann
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore