(November 1973)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-08-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in United States of America
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #99.

Doom of the Serpent Gods! (Table of Contents)

Thongor! Warrior of Lost Lemuria! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita; Tony Mortellaro ?
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Thongor

Indexer Notes

Romita inks per Nick Caputo. Mortellaro may have provided some background inking.

Tower of the Serpent-Women! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thongor! Warrior of Lost Lemuria! / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Val Mayerik; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Wayne Howard; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Charlotte Jetter; Dave Hunt (splash page)

Job Number
1629-Z
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Thongor; Slissa; Dragon Kings; Father Gorm; Thungarth (flashback); Slorg; Wizard; Sark (death); Zemadar; Karm Karvus
Reprints
Keywords
Althaar; Lemuria; Nemedis; Star Sword; Yaodar; Ye

Indexer Notes

Romita alterations on Thongor on splash page. Info per Nick Caputo, November 2018.

The Eyes of Mala-Tor (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
L-229
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
While in Africa, a man receives the idol Mala-Tor as a gift from locals he helped. Mala-Tor has the ability to guide the man to riches. A robber steals Mala-Tor then buries it, intending to retrieve it later, but when he comes back for it a nearby tree comes to life and attacks him. The old man stops Mala-Tor from killing the burglar and reclaims his idol.
Reprints
Keywords
Africa

Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked Up to Confuse and Confound You! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Creature Features / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber ?
Pencils
Mike Ploog (illustration)
Inks
Mike Ploog (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Celba, Peter Cucich, and Batton Lash. Includes a house ad for Kull the Destroyer.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Doom of the Serpent Gods!
    Thongor! Warrior of Lost Lemuria!
  2. 1. Tower of the Serpent-Women!
    Thongor! Warrior of Lost Lemuria!
  3. 2. The Eyes of Mala-Tor
  4. 3. Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked Up to Confuse and Confound You!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Creature Features
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore