(August 1975)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975-05-27
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); Irene Vartanoff (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #118.

The Dead Don't Sleep! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan ?
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi; typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Possible Hannigan and Giacoia cover pencils and inks credits per Nick Caputo (January 2011).
Cover letters credit for Danny Crespi and typeset work via Todd Klein from the Crespi's files (25 August 2016).

I Found the Mad Universe! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
[T-741]
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A scientist uses a powerful new microscope to discover an entire world existing at the sub-atomic level. He is horrified to find that this world, Earth, is just as barbaric and violent as his own.
Reprints

The Dead Don't Sleep! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Eadeh
Inks
Al Eadeh
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[D-938]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The ghost of a murderer kills a medium who has been disturbing the sleep of the dead.
Reprints

I Saw the Elephants' Graveyard! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
John Forte (signed)
Inks
John Forte (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[T-469]
Genre
jungle
Synopsis
An ivory hunter searches for the legendary spot where elephants go to die, but he finds that the spot is an inaccessable pit of quicksand.
Reprints

Escape! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Russ Heath (signed)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[C-753]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A spy fails in his effort to steal an element required in the construction of a hydrogen bomb so he knows he faces death if caught by the police or the Communists. He reads of a rocket to the moon and thinks if he can get aboard that he will be safe, but he doesn't realize the test rocket is not large enough to hold a human passenger.
Reprints

The Big Bang!! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Dead Don't Sleep!
  2. 1. I Found the Mad Universe!
  3. 2. The Dead Don't Sleep!
  4. 3. I Saw the Elephants' Graveyard!
  5. 4. Escape!
  6. 5. The Big Bang!!
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Steve Jenner