(November 1973)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1973-07-31
- 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 #99.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Ruler of Earth!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #81 (June 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo, Sept 2011 based on research which can be seen on his blog:
http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html
Original indexer credited Paul Reinman.
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The Ruler of Earth!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
- Synopsis
- In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it. A handful of communists attempt to re-program the computer to serve their aims, but the computer is incapable of any wrongdoing. Only man, the computer says, has the capacity to be evil.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #81 (June 1962)
-
- Keywords
- United Nations
Indexer Notes
References to the communists are changed to identify them as agents of Hydra.
They Called Her a Witch!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Russ Heath
- Inks
- Russ Heath
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- [A-566]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Anna Nikhail; Sonia Nikhail
- Synopsis
- Peasants call Anna a witch, a man gives her the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out the peasants were right.
- Reprints
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #10 (July 1952)
-
- Keywords
- Hungary; Liepzwig
Indexer Notes
Lee and Heath credits are added for this reprint.
When the Earth Vanished!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- T-981
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Goloks
- Synopsis
- Tiny alien invaders decide to detonate their ultimate bomb thinking that unobserved Earthlings have gone into hiding to avoid their invasion force and end up blowing up an Earth boy's ping pong ball and themselves as they are caught in the aftershocks of the blast.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #13 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Ditko credit is added for this reprint.
The Man Who Fell!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- V-173
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hans; Katrina; Albert
- Synopsis
- A town's mayor threatens to imprison a gypsy fortune-teller who spurned his advances if her prediction that he will be injured by a fall does not come true. He goes to the basement and has himself tied down to prevent this, but realizes too late that a chandelier above him is coming loose.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #85 (June 1961)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Ruler of Earth!
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1.
The Ruler of Earth!
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2.
They Called Her a Witch!
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3.
When the Earth Vanished!
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4.
The Man Who Fell!
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