(March 1972)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-12-14
- 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 1972 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Green Thing!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Keywords
- monsters
The Green Thing!
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-216
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants. He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world. The scientist ran from the plant and used the serum on a more advanced plant, which was benevolent and stopped the evil plant.
- Reprints
-
from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #19 (July 1961) [part 1], #19 (July 1961) [part 2]
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp).
The Haunted Paper!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-213
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Nick Rover; Olef
- Synopsis
- A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front. The paper's typesetter writes headlines that seem to predict the future but it's a scam to convince the criminal to turn himself in.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #19 (July 1961)
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #6 (Marzo 1975)
-
The Coming of Maaboo!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-217
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Charlie Wilkes; Maaboo
- Synopsis
- A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien. The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #19 (July 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
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