(October 1973)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
8 times a year
On-sale Date
1973-07-10
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 The Comic Reader #98, June 1973.

The Thing at the Window! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Tony Mortellaro (backgrounds); John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
horror-suspense
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil and cover ink credits from Nick Caputo (April 1, 2006). Crespi credit per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited John Costanza.

Help Wanted! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Lawrence
Inks
Mort Lawrence
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[C-98]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A cheap department store owner's toy demonstrator quits after receiving a Christmas bonus of only one dime, and so the owner attempts to save money by shortening the help wanted ad to "Demon. Wanted." He gets what he advertises for.
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Indexer Notes

cover story

Don't Shrink Sam's Head! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hy Rosen
Inks
Hy Rosen
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[C-720]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man wants to go to Jivaro country so he can acquire a shrunken head for his collection of horror memorabilia but is afraid of having his head shrunk, so he hires a scientist to treat his head so that it is unshrinkable.
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The Other Face (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska (signed)
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[C-764]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A plastic surgeon wants a man's wife so knocks him out and exchanges faces with him. The man knows that his wife would rather shoot him instead, so when she enters the room he pretends to be the surgeon and claims that he couldn't go through with the plan. She pulls out a gun and murders the surgeon and when she hands her husband the gun to dispose of, he shoots her.
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They Dive By Night! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
[C-173]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A native warns a pearl diver not to dive by night so as to have enough light to see where to avoid the man-eating clams, but he doesn't listen.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thing at the Window!
  2. 1. Help Wanted!
  3. 2. Don't Shrink Sam's Head!
  4. 3. The Other Face
  5. 4. They Dive By Night!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore