(February 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-10-30
- 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 (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #101, November 1973.
The House That Fear Built!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Anderson; ? (alterations)
- Inks
- Harry Anderson; ? (alterations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Denise Wohl ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #125 (July 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover from original with numerous alterations by an unknown artist. credits per Nick Caputo and atlastales.com.
He Walks with a Ghost!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Sid Greene
- Inks
- Sid Greene
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-69]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A thug inherits an estate that has a cemetery on it so he hires a steam shovel to dig it up. When the worker uncovers human remains, he runs away frightened. The thug gets up into the cab himself to disinter the remains, but grows weary with the work after awhile and sits down under a tree to sleep. He is woken by the sound of the steam shovel but is puzzled as to who could be driving it. It bears down upon him and just before the claw descends, he sees corpses through the cab window.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #17 (April 1953)
-
The House That Fear Built
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Bob Correa
- Inks
- Bob Correa
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [E-464]
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- John and Mary investigate the mysterious house that was built next door overnight, but it's a trap set by Venusian invaders.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #125 (July 1954) [as "The House That Fear Built"]
-
The Nightmare!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Klein
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-6]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A woman relates her nightmare to her psychologist of living a very ordinary housewife routine. The last panel reveals she is a witch with an abnormal desire to live as a regular person seeking treatment from her warlock psychologist.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #17 (April 1953)
-
The Girl Who Didn't Exist!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [J-566]
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- An archeologist fancies the maiden statue that is uncovered among Roman ruins so much that he is drawn back in time to marry her and become the next Caesar.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (June 1956)
-
The Frightened Man!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- George Roussos
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [J-646]
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A man disguises himself as an alien from Pluto to fool a paranoid dictator into imprisoning his entire cabinet on suspicion to treason so that the people can overthrow him.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (June 1956)
-
Plaudits, Pronouncements, and Just Plain Plugs - Pontifically Presented!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The House That Fear Built!
-
1.
He Walks with a Ghost!
-
2.
The House That Fear Built
-
3.
The Nightmare!
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4.
The Girl Who Didn't Exist!
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5.
The Frightened Man!
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6.
Plaudits, Pronouncements, and Just Plain Plugs - Pontifically Presented!
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Jenner
- Steve Jenner
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Dwayne Best
- Per Sandell
- Steve Coates
- Ramon Schenk
- Chris Boyko
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