(August 1973)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-05-22
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #96, April 1973.

The Revenge of the Monster (Table of Contents)

The Living Mummy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Living Mummy [N'Kantu]; Dr. Alexi Skarab; Janice Carr
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Alterations on woman by John Romita, as observered on unaltered cover stat. Information per Nick Caputo, July 2012.

Cover Thumbnail for Supernatural Thrillers (Marvel, 1972 series) #5
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The Living Mummy! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Living Mummy / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as P. Goldberg)
Letters
Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)
Job Number
1348Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Gaza Strip-- Israeli-occupied Egypt-- early 1973...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Living Mummy [N'Kantu] (introduction); Davida (Israeli soldier); Avram (Israeli soldier); Dr. Alexi Skarab; Ron McCallister; Janice Carr; N'Kantu (flashback); Nephrus (flashback); Pharaoh Arem-Set (flashback, death)
Synopsis
The Living Mummy comes to life and seeks out a descendant of the man who cursed him 3000 years ago.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

More Miniaturized Mouthfuls of Marvel-ous Mutterings! (Or: Not Only Is Dracula Alive and Well - but He's Got Company!) (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (promo copy)
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Item: Marvel touts its 75¢ monster mags and announces new "Vampire Tales" mag. Item: Latest "Monsters Unleashed" b&w mag continues where color comic "Monster of Frankenstein" leaves off. Item: Announces various bi-monthlies going monthly for the summer. Mini-items: Bob Brown is hired to do "Avengers" and "Warlock". Features Brother Voodoo and The Mark of Satan are slated for upcoming debuts. Shout-out to Jim Mooney for Spider-Man work.

Indexer Notes

Items, Marvel Mini-Items.

Foom! Friends of Ol' Marvel! (Table of Contents: 3)

Foom! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (promo copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

(At bottom of Bullpen Bulletins page.) Ad for Foom! (Friends of Ol' Marvel) fan club. Membership kit for $2.50 from Foom, Box 1827, New York, NY 10022.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Thriller Fillers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's been only a brief moment since I finished Supernatural Thrillers #3…
Characters
Conan

Indexer Notes

Letters from Augustine Funnell, Tony Colapinto, Rick Freeman, Bob Hobart, John Saint. Bottom of page is a house ad for Savage Tales #2.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Revenge of the Monster
    The Living Mummy
  2. 1. The Living Mummy!
    The Living Mummy
  3. 2. More Miniaturized Mouthfuls of Marvel-ous Mutterings! (Or: Not Only Is Dracula Alive and Well - but He's Got Company!)
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Foom! Friends of Ol' Marvel!
    Foom!
  5. 4. ["It's been only a brief moment since I finished Supernatural Thrillers #3…"]
    Thriller Fillers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mark Coale
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Darrel McCann
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore
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