(October 1974)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1974-07-02
- 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 Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.
I Was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-920]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Philip Lawson; Warlord Kaa (introduction)
- Synopsis
- A mystery writer who believes in flying saucers witnesses the landing of a unit of two-dimensional alien warriors disguised as shadows to slowly infiltrate Earth. The writer escapes and warns the authorities in time for the shadow warriors to be uncovered and driven away.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #79 (December 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Warlord Kaa next appears in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #184 (February 1975).
The Mental Case
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sid Greene
- Inks
- Sid Greene
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-782]
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A psychologist treats a man who claims to have a demon in his head and ends up with it himself.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #11 (August 1953)
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #6 (Marzo 1975)
-
Fifty-Fifty!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Hearne ?
- Inks
- Bill Savage ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-224]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- As per the terms of his divorce, a man cuts his stepson in half with an ax to take the top half.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #114 (May 1953)
-
Johnny's Last Jump!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Manny Stallman ?
- Inks
- Manny Stallman ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-894]
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A crook plans on diving off a bridge to make his escape from the police, but the river is frozen solid.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #15 (September 1953)
-
Wondrously Witty Words from a Woonfull of Wombats!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Indexer Notes
Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, FOOM membership form.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[I Was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow]
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1.
I Was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow
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2.
The Mental Case
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3.
Fifty-Fifty!
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4.
Johnny's Last Jump!
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5.
Wondrously Witty Words from a Woonfull of Wombats!
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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