Issue | #68 |
Published | May 1961 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Spragg |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Cover inker confirmed by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. The original indexer had credited Ayers with a question mark. |
Characters | Spragg (introduction, origin); Prof. Bob Robertson (introduction, last name not given) |
Synopsis | Spragg, an outcast of his race, is forced to the surface of the Earth in Transylvania, where he enslaves the local villagers and forces them to build him a device to boost his powers. A visiting scientist figures out how to rid the planet of Spragg, and flings him into space. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter one (6 pp) and chapter two—"Spragg" (7 pp). Spragg and Prof. Robertson next appear in Sensational She-Hulk (Marvel, 1989 series) #31 (September 1991). Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (January 1972) |
Characters | Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn |
Synopsis | Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Joe Maneely |
Inks | Joe Maneely |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956) |
Characters | Big Monk McGak; Mr. Zero |
Synopsis | An escaped convict looks to buy a house that has the reputation of being haunted so people will steer clear of him, but when he meets up with a real estate agent turns out to be the ghost that haunts the prospective property, he turns himself in to the police for his own protection. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #16 (April 1972); in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #117 (September 30, 1975) [as "Il regna del fantasma!", Italian translation] |
Characters | Joe Krunk; Luxurr |
Synopsis | A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. When the man regains his memory, he realizes that he really is a Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for the zoo, and so he takes the crook with him. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (February 1972) |