([June] 1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-03-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Monster Group
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #94, February 1973. Publication month based on advertisements in concurrent series.

The Man Who Cried Werewolf! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed as Gray Morrow) (painting)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed as Gray Morrow) (painting)
Colors
Gray Morrow (signed as Gray Morrow) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pablo Marcos (illustration); Ralph Reese (illustration)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (illustration); Ralph Reese (illustration)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, now, Wolfie my dear fellow... calm down!

The Man Who Cried Werewolf! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (adaptation); Robert Bloch (original story)
Pencils
Pablo Marcos
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Charles; Violet; Lisa (death); Doctor Meroux
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Robert Bloch's "The Man Who Cried Wolf".

Ghosties and Ghoulies and Things that go Bump in the Brain... (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well! Now that the editorial's over and done with...

The Thing In the Freezer (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Letters
Jean Simek ?

Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello out there, all you warm-hearted, warm-blooded souls!

Vampire Tale (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Doug Wildey (signed)
Inks
Doug Wildey (signed)
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sorry — can't talk now!
Reprints

Skulls In the Stars (Table of Contents: 10)

Solomon Kane / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Ralph Reese
Inks
Ralph Reese
Letters
Ralph Reese

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Solomon Kane (introduction); Ezra (also in flashback, death); Gideon (flashback, death)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Robert E. Howard's short story.

Portrait of the Werewolf as A Young Man: The Odyssey of Larry Talbot (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Still with us, after all that vericose verbiage...

One Foot in the Grave (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inks
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'One foot in the grave,' eh?

The Fake! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Eadeh
Inks
Al Eadeh
Letters
Ben Oda ? (sourced)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters: This looks far more like mid-50s Oda (compare his work for Simon and Kirby, and early Mad Magazine). Definitely NOT Sam Rosen, whose letter forms throughout his career are less round. (Compare the Rosen lettering in the following story).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Awright, you guys — just bog ogg, willya?

World of Warlocks! (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox; Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Gene Colan
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man Who Cried Werewolf!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Now, now, Wolfie my dear fellow... calm down!"]
  4. 3. The Man Who Cried Werewolf!
  5. 4. Ghosties and Ghoulies and Things that go Bump in the Brain...
  6. 5. ["Well! Now that the editorial's over and done with..."]
  7. 6. The Thing In the Freezer
  8. 7. ["Hello out there, all you warm-hearted, warm-blooded souls!"]
  9. 8. Vampire Tale
  10. 9. ["Sorry — can't talk now!"]
  11. 10. Skulls In the Stars
    Solomon Kane
  12. 11. Portrait of the Werewolf as A Young Man: The Odyssey of Larry Talbot
  13. 12. ["Still with us, after all that vericose verbiage..."]
  14. 13. One Foot in the Grave
  15. 14. ["'One foot in the grave,' eh?"]
  16. 15. The Fake!
  17. 16. ["Awright, you guys — just bog ogg, willya?"]
  18. 17. World of Warlocks!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Ted Watson