(March 1970)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-12-09
- 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
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
I Created Sporr, the Thing That Could Not Die!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Sporr
- Reprints
-
from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
I Created... Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-778
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Sporr
- Synopsis
- A scientist moves into Dr. Frankenstein's castle to set up his experimental growth ray. He is arrested by the villagers, leaving his experiment to grow out of control.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
I Am Dragoom! The Flaming Invader!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- T-739
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Victor Cartwright (only appearance); Dragoom (introduction and origin)
- Synopsis
- Dragoom, a flaming monster from the planet Vulcan, arrives on Earth and terrorizes the planet. The military are helpless before him, but a monster movie director fools him into fleeing by using special effects to fake the arrival of police from Vulcan in pursuit of Dragoom.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #76 (August 1960)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Dragoom next appears in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series) #6 (May 2006). Unconfirmed creator information removed due to lack of known evidence (17-02-2010).
Taboo! The Thing From the Murky Swamp!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-673
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lewis Conrad (only appearance); Taboo (alien, introduction and origin)
- Synopsis
- A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp. The alien tricks him into bringing all Earth's scientific records for nefarious purposes, but is destroyed by an H-bomb hidden with the records.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #75 (June 1960)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Taboo next appears in issue #5 (September 1970).
Incredible Items of Inconceivable Info of Inestimable Importance!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
I Created Sporr, the Thing That Could Not Die!
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1.
I Created... Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!
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2.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Marvel Checklist -
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I Am Dragoom! The Flaming Invader!
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4.
Taboo! The Thing From the Murky Swamp!
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5.
Incredible Items of Inconceivable Info of Inestimable Importance!
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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