(July 1974)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-04-16
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) #105, April 1974.

The Things from Easter Island! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Larry Lieber
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Cover credits 2006 by Nick Caputo. Lieber pencils and Giacoia inks confirmed per original art. Info per Jason Schachter.

The Ghoul! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Carrabotta
Inks
Vic Carrabotta
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[A-653]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A murderer attempting to hide in a cemetery is picked up by a couple of troopers on suspicion of being a ghoul. He eludes them and takes refuge in a swamp shack where he is attacked by the ghoul the police were on the lookout for.
Reprints

Back From the Dead! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
[V-560]
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Harry Dawes; Captain of the Stone Men
Synopsis
A fugitive hides on Easter Island and finds a scroll that awakens the stone heads. They turn out to be aliens, and take him with them as a zoo specimen.
Reprints
Keywords
Easter Island

Indexer Notes

Story (incorrectly) says it was originally printed in Tales of Suspense #18.
Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Torture Room (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Don Rico ?
Pencils
Don Rico (signed)
Inks
Don Rico (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[B-165]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The Nazi commander of a concentration camp is captured by the prisoners and placed in their secret torture room.
Reprints
Keywords
concentration camp

Monumental Memoranda About Monster-Sized Mags! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Werewolf! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Everett
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[C-482]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man goes into the forest in order to find proof of werewolves and is attacked. He shoots the beast and returns home to his shrew wife, but he has been bitten, so she screams as he begins to transform. She shoots him in the back with a shotgun but he tears out her throat before he dies.
Reprints
Keywords
lycanthropy; werewolf

Another Bombshell Bullpen Bonus Page! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Things from Easter Island!
  2. 1. The Ghoul!
  3. 2. Back From the Dead!
  4. 3. Torture Room
  5. 4. Monumental Memoranda About Monster-Sized Mags!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. Werewolf!
  7. 6. Another Bombshell Bullpen Bonus Page!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Salvatore Carotenuto
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Steve Jenner
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Keith Smith
  • Gregg Whitmore