(December 1971)
Marvel,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-09-21
- 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.
Return of the Titan!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Xemnu
- Reprints
- Keywords
- monsters
in Indexer Notes
Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, June 2016. Romita signature is on the original art but Nick suspects that is either an error or Romita produced the cover preliminary.
The Return of the Titan!
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- [V-97]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Titan [Xemnu]; Joe Harper
- Synopsis
- The Titan returns from space and takes over a small town to get revenge on the human that defeated him. This human tracks him down and uses a mirror to turn the alien’s hypnotic powers back on him and destroy him.
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #66 (March 1961)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Return of the Hulk!" Title and name of main character changed to avoid confusion with the far more popular Hulk. This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp).
The Gypsy's Revenge!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-353
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Monk Morgan
- Synopsis
- An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (November 1961)
-
The Speed Demon
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Speedy Simms
- Synopsis
- Speedy Sims raced his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #79 (April 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
I Was Trapped by the Mole Men!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- T-927
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dan; Casey (only appearance for both)
- Synopsis
- A subway train full of people goes missing underground. A brash young cop finds that it has been taken by a subterranean race and violently rescues the train. He is shocked to discover that the mysterious people were benevolent, and that he has ruined a golden opportunity to gain knowledge.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #73 (February 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The Voice from Nowhere!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-283
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A space pilot landing on an asteroid is perplexed by a voice from nowhere pleading for help, but he realizes that the asteroid itself is the source of the voice.
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (September 1961)
-
The Man Who Played Dead!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-596
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #79 (April 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Return of the Titan!
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1.
The Return of the Titan!
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2.
The Gypsy's Revenge!
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3.
The Speed Demon
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4.
I Was Trapped by the Mole Men!
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5.
The Voice from Nowhere!
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6.
The Man Who Played Dead!
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