(December 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-09-03
- 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); Irene Vartanoff (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
Writer Steve Gerber used characters from three of these reprinted stories as the Headmen, villains first appearing in The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (March 1975). On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #110, September 1974.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Apes That Walked Like Men!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Arthur Nagan
- Reprints
-
in Gorilla Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (September 2010) - in Gorilla Man (Marvel, 2010 series) ([December] 2010)
- in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Nick Caputo, via the GCD Error List, 7 January 2005.
![Cover Thumbnail for Weird Wonder Tales (1973 series) #7 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/30/w100/30439.jpg?6996722580131678990)
It Walks Erect!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [E-699]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Arthur Nagan
- Synopsis
- A doctor who transplants ape organs into men to make them healthy is captured by apes who remove his head and place it on a gorilla's body.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #21 (September 1954)
-
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #56 (février 1976) - in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Dr. Arthur Nagan next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #21.
When Marty Moves
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Richard Doxsee
- Inks
- Richard Doxsee
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [M-329]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An old woman adopts a doll brought to life by a freak electrical accident. Her neighbor tries to take advantage of the doll, and tries to kill the woman when his plan fails. The doll sacrifices itself to save her.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #13 (August 1958)
-
Nightmare at Midnight
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [L-243]
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A dream searches for the correct dreamer before midnight, but after trying a couple of sleepers, realizes it has made a mistake and dissolves. The man who was supposed to have a dream about falling from a great height was a convict attempting a prison break. Since he had no warning, he attempted to scale the high wall and fell to his death.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #11 (April 1958)
-
The Wrath of Chondu!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Doug Wildey
- Inks
- Doug Wildey
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-624]
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Chondu [Harvey Schlemerman] (introduction); Joe Parker
- Synopsis
- A mystic is accosted by an escaped convict on the road, but mentally sends him to Limbo.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960)
- in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #44 ([mars 1975]) [N&B [B&W]]
- in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Chondu next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (March 1975).
Prisoner of the Fantastic Fog
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres
- Inks
- Angelo Torres
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [M-644]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Jerold Morgan; Sam Morgan
- Synopsis
- A man asks his gangster brother for money to perfect his shrink gas but when he can't get any he vents the gas outside and his brother walks into it and shrinks. He turns himself in to a police man but the effect is only temporary since the gas is not perfected.
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #11 (April 1958)
- in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Jerold Morgan next in Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #21.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Apes That Walked Like Men!
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1.
It Walks Erect!
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2.
When Marty Moves
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3.
Nightmare at Midnight
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4.
The Wrath of Chondu!
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5.
Prisoner of the Fantastic Fog
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Andrés Jiménez
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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