(March 1994)

Marvel, 1993 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.95 GBP
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1994-01-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606040629 00411
Editing
Mort Todd (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Jim Cowling with information from one distributor.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Floyd Hughes
Inks
Floyd Hughes
Colors
Floyd Hughes
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mort Yodd

The Return of the Totem! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
[J-672]
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Bull Drago; Hunk; Indian chieftain; Totem (last appearance for all)
Synopsis
The totem frightens the two convicts into a state of shock, but then goes on a rampage through the reservation and a nearby town. The chieftain concocts a potion to destroy the totem, and succeeds in stopping the monster, though at the cost of his own life.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

sequel to story from issue #2 (January 1994)

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

Monster Menace / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mort Todd
Pencils
Floyd Hughes; Vin Evans (illustrations)
Inks
Floyd Hughes; Vin Evans (illustrations)
Colors
Floyd Hughes; Vin Evans (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

background information on the stories in this issue and news about upcoming comics

Monster Menace (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
James Dean Smith (signed)
Inks
Pat Redding (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Keywords
monsters

Orrgo...the Unconquerable! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
V-364
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Orrgo (introduction); Jo-Jo
Synopsis
An alien race with immense telepathic and telekinetic powers send one of their kind to conquer Earth. He easily defeats the police and army and freezes Washington, DC in a block of ice, but is killed by a gorilla while resting because he only prepared defences against humans.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Orrgo or a character based on him next appears in Defenders (Marvel, 2001 series) #9 (November 2001).

I Dared to Battle... Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
T-992
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rorgg; Tim; Frank; Ann
Synopsis
Rorgg invades a small New Mexico town and our boy hero kills him dead with a spray can of DDT.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Return of the Totem!
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Monster Menace
  4. 3. Monster Menace
  5. 4. Orrgo...the Unconquerable!
  6. 5. I Dared to Battle... Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!!
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