Issue | #2 |
Published | January 1994 |
Cover Price | 1.25 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Mort Todd |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Characters | Bull Drago; Hunk; Indian shaman (introduction for all); Totem (introduction and origin) |
Synopsis | Two escaped convicts stumble across a tribe of Indians, rob them of food, and plan to shoot them in the morning to eliminate witnesses to their flight. Their totem comes alive during the night in response to the chieftain's prayers and chases the convicts back to prison. They think they are safe, but the story ends with the totem tearing the iron bars off their cell window while they shrink back in fear from its approach. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Editing | Stan Lee (original editor) |
Notes | Story continued in Monster Menace #4 (March 1994). |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #74 (April 1960) |
Characters | Lucius Farnsworth; George |
Synopsis | A wealthy man urges his unambitious gardener to go into business for himself, his diligence saves the world when he snips a radioactive telepathic weed while it rests. His employer realizes that everyone has their own part to play. |
Genre | horror |
Script | Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Editing | Stan Lee (original editor) |
Notes | Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #94 (March 1962) |
Script | Jack Kirby |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Silas Bleede |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Editing | Stan Lee (original editor) |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #62 (November 1960) |
Characters | Prof. Reynolds; "Colossus" robot |
Synopsis | An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. Humanity turns on the computer and destroys the robot, only to find that it was intended to replace the supercomputer, which breaks down, leaving humanity without its intelligence. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Steve Ditko ? |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #72 (December 1959) |