Fear
#2
(January 1971)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-10-13
- 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 (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
X the Thing that Lived!!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- X
- Reprints
-
from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (June 1961) - in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Inks credits from the GCD index to the original publication. Possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo. Nick has examined Kirby's solo inking for Marvel, as can be seen on his blog:
http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html
What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!
comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- [X-185]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Charles Bentley; X
- Synopsis
- A writer buys an enchanted typewriter that brings his monster stories to life.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (June 1961) [part 1], #20 (June 1961) [part 4], #20 (June 1961) [part 3], #20 (June 1961) [part 2]
-
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #29 (novembre 1973), #30 (décembre 1973) - in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. X next appears in Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1997 series) #17 (December 1998).
Orrgo...the Unconquerable!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- V-364
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Orrgo (introduction); Jo-Jo
- Synopsis
- An alien race with immense telepathic and telekinetic powers send one of their kind to conquer Earth. He easily defeats the police and army and freezes Washington, DC in a block of ice, but is killed by a gorilla while resting because he only prepared defences against humans.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #90 (November 1961)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Orrgo or a character based on him next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 2001 series) #9 (November 2001).
One-Way Journey!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- [V-184]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Adam Gree
- Synopsis
- A heartless tycoon has a time machine built to take him forty years into the future, where he believes that war and disease will be wiped out.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (June 1961)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- [T-952]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Derek; John; Monga; Uxmal; Antogg
- Synopsis
- A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. He discovers that elephants were introduced to Earth by Martians, who use the graveyard as a gathering point for the ivory, and won't let him leave.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15 (January 1961)
- in Aventure dans la Jungle (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #5 (Juin 1973)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The Inhuman!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-366
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- X-35
- Synopsis
- In a future war between humans and robots the robots try to find a way to break the human defences by sending a robot spy disguised as a human. The spy's information leads them into a trap, and they discover that their spy was himself a human disguised as a robot.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #90 (November 1961)
- in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #19 (février 1973)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-943
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Blip
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15 (January 1961)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- T-933
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. Or so he thinks, as the gas in the tomb drove him mad and he is delusional in an Egyptian hospital.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #15 (January 1961)
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #61 (Juin 1976)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
X the Thing that Lived!!
-
1.
What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!
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2.
Orrgo...the Unconquerable!
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3.
One-Way Journey!
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4.
I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!
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5.
The Inhuman!
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6.
I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!
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7.
I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!
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