(January 1972)
Marvel,
1972 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- annually
- On-sale Date
- 1971-08-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
The word "Special" on cover only, not in indicia. On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #1 (October 1969)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
-
It's Only Magic!
comic story / 7 pages
- Characters
- Headstone P. Gravely (Host; Introduction); Tommy; Hiram the Hermit
- Synopsis
- Tommy steals a spellbook and summons a Djinn who plans to destroy the world.
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #1 (October 1969)
-
Mr. Craven Buys His Scream House!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Headstone P. Gravely (host); Creighton C. Craven
- Synopsis
- Creighton Craven tries to destroy his grandfather's house.
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #1 (October 1969)
-
Always Leave 'Em Laughing!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Digger (host); Boswell Boliver
- Synopsis
- Boswell Boliver builds a time machine to escape into the past where he believes that people won't laugh at him.
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #1 (October 1969)
-
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #38 (août 1974) -
in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #139 (28 Agosto 1975)
-
The Face of Fear!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Digger (host); Freddy Garricks
- Synopsis
- Freddy Garricks sees a ghastly face in the mirror while trying to shave.
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #2 (December 1969)
-
Happy Birthday, Bullpen, Baby! (Or, If We Knew You Were Comin', We'd Have Baked a Cake — and We Did!)
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
The Day of the Red Death!
comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #2 (December 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Takeoff on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death".
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
It's Only Magic!
-
2.
Mr. Craven Buys His Scream House!
-
3.
Always Leave 'Em Laughing!
-
4.
The Face of Fear!
-
5.
Happy Birthday, Bullpen, Baby! (Or, If We Knew You Were Comin', We'd Have Baked a Cake — and We Did!)
Bullpen Bulletins -
6.
The Day of the Red Death!
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