(June 1973)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-03-13
- 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
Issue Notes
Indicia states: "Reprints courtesy of Hercles Publishing Corp., and Atlas Magazine Inc. Copyright © 1954." [Typo in indicia? Should be Hercules Publishing Corp.]
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #94, February 1973.
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #94, February 1973.
The Woman Who Wasn't
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- B-546
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Medusa; Perseus (flashback); Professor Lansing; Athene
- Synopsis
- Professor Lansing obtains financing for a trip to uncover the wealth he read about in some manuscripts he discovered. Journeying to Greece, he finds a cave guarded by a man with snakes for hair. This man welcomes him to "Medusa-Land" and introduces him to their queen, a direct descendant of Medusa. Lansing asks her how they protect their wealth from the outside world, but Medusa insists that he stop talking and kiss her. Later that night, Lansing fills up a bag with jewels, only to be caught by Medusa. The next day Athene visits Medusa and remarks at the new snake in her hair.
- Reprints
-
from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #15 (January 1953)
-
Jaws of Death
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Cal Massey (signed)
- Inks
- Cal Massey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- B-495
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jack Spence; Bart Tedlow
- Synopsis
- Fed up with working in an alligator farm, Jack Spence and Bart Tedlow decide to rob a bank. During the robbery the alarm is tripped and Tedlow hurts his ankle while fleeing. Spence escapes and with no mention of his partner in the papers decided to get out of town. Tedlow appears at the tracks and tells him the money is buried in the alligator farm. Spence begins digging but is suddenly attacked from behind by an alligator and killed. Two men come upon the scene and one remarks that this is exactly where they found Bart Tedlow's body last night.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #15 (January 1953)
-
The Tarantula!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-422
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Josiah Creech
- Synopsis
- The Romanian town of Marud is overrun by giant tarantulas, and people are leaving in droves. Two villagers implore Josiah Creech to leave, but he says that he is not afraid and will not leave his home and possessions. Looters decide to steal Josiah's fortune and break into his home. They shoot Josiah, but he remains alive and becomes a giant tarantula, remarking that the looters have come just in time for supper, since neither he nor his children have eaten... yet.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #15 (January 1953)
-
The Lion's Mouth!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- B-641
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Pierre Brazo; Suba (a lion); Mrs. Brazo
- Synopsis
- Pierre Brazo, a lion tamer with the circus is greeted by his wife after his performance. Brazo hates her because he thought she was wealthy when they married. Frustrated by Pierre, who openly displays his loathing, his wife decides he must die. Before Pierre's show the next day his wife asks if he's really taught Suba the lion to hate her. He responds in the affirmative. During the performance as Pierre does his greatest feat, putting his head inside Suba's mouth, the lion begins to kill Pierre. His skull-cap falls to the ground; a picture of his wife is sewn onto the back.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #15 (January 1953)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Woman Who Wasn't!
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1.
The Woman Who Wasn't
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2.
Jaws of Death
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3.
The Tarantula!
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4.
The Lion's Mouth!
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