(February 1973)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-10-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #90, October 1972.

A Martian Stalks the City!! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
science fiction
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Nick Caputo. (Per Sandell)

The Martian Who Stole a City! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 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)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Bill Gordon; Bobby Carter
Synopsis
A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Nothing Can Save Us! (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
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
V-615
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Capt. Rick Marshall
Synopsis
Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Drop of Water (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Hank Chapman (signed)
Pencils
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks
Gene Colan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
9444
Synopsis
The tear from a statue turns out to be the universal solvent.
Reprints

In Little Pieces (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Harry Lazarus
Inks
George Klein ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
9393
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man finds he has the power to kill people by tearing photos of them. He decides to get rid of his shrew wife by tearing her photo but after doing it without even glancing at it, his recently fearful wife tells him that she has been trying to please him lately so she replaced her photo with one of him.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Martian Stalks the City!!
  2. 1. The Martian Who Stole a City!
  3. 2. Nothing Can Save Us!
  4. 3. The Drop of Water
  5. 4. In Little Pieces
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore