(December 1969)

Marvel, 1969 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-09-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
World Color Press, Inc., Sparta Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

Enter... the Red Death! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Headstone P. Gravely (vignette)

Forewarned Is Four-Armed! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Neal Adams; Roy Thomas
Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
Herb Trimpe; Tom Sutton
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Sutton (uncredited); Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Headstone P. Gravely (host)
Synopsis
Escaped convict Carl Brock is recaptured and brought back to prison, where he tells a story of being menaced by a four-armed alien.
Reprints

The Face of Fear! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (Story); Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Digger (host); Freddy Garricks
Synopsis
Freddy Garricks sees a ghastly face in the mirror while trying to shave.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

The Day of the Red Death! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stan Lee (host); Rupert Griswold; Lenore; Prince Marco; George Harris; Carlotta Moore; Dr. Farnum
Synopsis
When a bio-engineered weapon is let loose, the only survivors are a small band of evil men in a concrete bunker.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Takeoff on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Enter... the Red Death!
  2. 1. Forewarned Is Four-Armed!
  3. 2. The Face of Fear!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. The Day of the Red Death!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steve Jenner
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore