(April 1973)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-01-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #92, December 1972.
The Haunter of the Dark!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Keywords
- Cthulhu Mythos; monsters
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (7 February 2005).
The Haunter of the Dark!
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ron Goulart (adaptation); H. P. Lovecraft (original story)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Dan Adkins
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Denise Wohl
- Job Number
- 1337Z
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Robert Blake, student of the occult, visits a strange church which was overtaken by dark forces and becomes swept away by the ancient evil once released there.
- Reprints
-
in Dracula (Svenska serier, 1972 series) #9/[1973] ([juni] 1973) -
in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #3 (2e trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- Cthulhu Mythos; Necronomicon; New Hampshire; Portsmouth
Indexer Notes
Story adapted by permission of Arkham House Publishers.
The H. P. Lovecraft story that this is based on was published in 1936 and was a sequel to Robert Bloch's 1935 story "The Shambler from the Stars." The protagonist here is named for Robert Bloch.
The Price Is Flight!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Dan Adkins (plot); Steve Gerber
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell
- Inks
- Dan Adkins
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza (uncredited)
- Job Number
- 1134Z
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A circus magician unexpectedly attains real occult powers, at the cost of his own life.
- Reprints
-
in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #9 - in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (2ème trimestre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
in Doctor Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
-
- Keywords
- circus; stage magic
The Man with -- Two Faces!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox; Don McGregor
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jean Simek (uncredited)
- Job Number
- 1197Z ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Martin Ballard is pursued by the curse of the treasure of Genghis Khan, which he once stole.
- Reprints
- in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25
- in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #9 (2ème trimestre 1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- Genghis Khan
[no title indexed]
Journey into the Mail-Box! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Steve Gerber ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters from readers Brian Earl Brown, Jon Miles and Fred Bottomsley
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Haunter of the Dark!
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1.
The Haunter of the Dark!
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2.
The Price Is Flight!
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3.
The Man with -- Two Faces!
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4.
[no title indexed]
Journey into the Mail-Box!
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jim Van Dore
- Dwayne Best
- Steve Coates
- Ramon Schenk
- Peter Croome
- Jim Stangas
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