(January 1972)
Marvel,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-10-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- 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 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
Spragg! The Living Mountain!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Spragg
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Sinnott inks per Nicik Caputo. Original indexer credited Bill Everett.
Spragg Conqueror of the Human Race!
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-160
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Spragg (introduction, origin); Prof. Bob Robertson (introduction, last name not given)
- Synopsis
- Spragg, an outcast of his race, is forced to the surface of the Earth in Transylvania, where he enslaves the local villagers and forces them to build him a device to boost his powers. A visiting scientist figures out how to rid the planet of Spragg, and flings him into space.
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #68 (May 1961) -
in Hit Comics Devil-Man (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #213 (1971)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter one (6 pp) and chapter two—"Spragg" (7 pp).
Spragg and Prof. Robertson next appear in Sensational She-Hulk (Marvel, 1989 series) #31 (September 1991).
Where Lurks the Ghost!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- V-354
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Joe; Mike
- Synopsis
- A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house’s caretaker. He thinks that he didn’t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (November 1961)
-
Help!!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-258
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (August 1961)
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #41 ([Janvier 1975])
-
Indexer Notes
Source of story corrected by Gary Willison via the GCD Error List (November 2009).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Spragg! The Living Mountain!
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1.
Spragg Conqueror of the Human Race!
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2.
Where Lurks the Ghost!
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3.
Help!!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Denys Howard
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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