Supernatural Thrillers #8

(August 1974)

Power Times Four! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Living Mummy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Tony Isabella

Pencils

Val Mayerik

Inks

Val Mayerik

Colors

Glynis Oliver

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text

3,000 years ago, he was N'Kantu, warrior-king...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Living Mummy [N'Kantu]; the Elementals [Hydron; Magnum; Hellfire; Zephyr] (introduction); Dann (an Egyptian warrior, flashback); Garret (an Egyptian wizard, flashback); a scarlet scarab; Dr. Alexi Skarab; Ron McCallister; Janice Carr

Synopsis

N'Kantu is transported to the Elementals, four former rulers of Earth that wish to return. They make the mummy their slave and teleport him back to earth to destroy a scarlet scarab-- an ancient weapon of magic capable of destroying them.

Reprints

• in Dracula Lives (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #46 (6 September 1975)
• in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (2ème trimestre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Essential Marvel Horror (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) [black and white]
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Keywords

monsters

Indexer Notes

The scarlet scarab, Dann the Warrior and Garret the Wizard are all homages to Dan Garrett, the original Blue Beetle.

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

Thriller Fillers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rich Buckler; Mike Ploog; Steve Ditko (illustrations)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte; Mike Ploog; Steve Ditko (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a bullpen note requesting letters on The Living Mummy. Also includes a house ad for Giant-Size Man- Thing # 1 and Marvel Value Stamp # 36 (Ancient One).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Little Gypsy Tea Room (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Glynis Oliver ?

Letters

Terry Szenics

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

[V-688]

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Bruno the Burglar; a gypsy

Synopsis

A criminal forces a gypsy to hide him from the police, but gets more than he bargained for when she does help him.

Reprints

• from Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #13 (June 1962)

Indexer Notes

V-688 is the job number of the original printing of this story. Confirmed by Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. This printing does not include any job number listing.