(April 1971)
Marvel,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-01-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
I Brought the Roc to Life!!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko; Marie Severin (alterations)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko; Marie Severin (alterations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Roc
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #71 (August 1961) [with additions; with additional art]
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Man and woman redrawn by Marie Severin. Info per Nick Caputo, August 2012.
![Cover Thumbnail for Monsters on the Prowl (1971 series) #10 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1609/w100/1609531.jpg?-88331163047505287)
I Brought the Roc to Life!
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek; Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- [V-267]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Roc; John Avery; Anne Avery
- Synopsis
- Two newlyweds in Egypt uncover a huge egg in the sand that hatches into the Roc in the warm sunlight.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #71 (August 1961)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"The Roc Lives Again!" (7 pp).
One Last Wish!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Don Heck (host)
- Synopsis
- Jay High is a petty crook who dies fleeing from the police. Before his death he gave his mother a strange talisman he brought back from Viet Nam, and she uses it to wish he could return, but his father wishes that he return to the grave before they can see him.
Indexer Notes
Plot taken from the 1902 short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs (uncredited).
Another Marvel Masterpiece
Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
Indexer Notes
house ad for Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #4
Wondrous Words of Wit and Wisdom with Which to Waste Some Time!
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
I Brought the Roc to Life!!
-
1.
I Brought the Roc to Life!
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
One Last Wish!
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4.
Another Marvel Masterpiece
Conan -
5.
Wondrous Words of Wit and Wisdom with Which to Waste Some Time!
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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