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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published June 1974
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "Five Claws of Death!"

Characters It, the Living Colossus; Fin Fang Foom
Genre Monsters
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B.

18 page It! The Living Colossus! story "Five Claws of Death!"

Characters It, the Living Colossus; Fin Fang Foom; Bob O'Bryan; Dr. Vault (Villain); Diane Cummings; Dr Braun (Death); Felix Simon; Dorian Delazny; Grant Marshall
Synopsis Fin Fang Foom is again controlled by Dr. Vault and he attacks It forcing him to slip away before he is defeated. Bob O'Bryan then sends his mind back to his body where he wakes up before they can perform an autopsy on him. Dr. Vault uses Fin Fang Foom to draw It out of hiding but before they can finish their fight some live wires are knocked into Fin Fang Foom breaking Dr. Vault's control. He shakes hands with It and leaves. Dr. Vault kills Dr. Braun for his insolence while Fin Fang Foom swims away.
Genre Monsters
Script Tony Isabella
Pencils Dick Ayers; Larry Lieber; Jack Kirby (reprinted material); Gil Kane (reprinted material)
Inks Vince Colletta; Dick Ayers (reprinted material); Mike Esposito (reprinted material)
Colors Linda Lessmann
Letters David Hunt
Notes It's next appearance is in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #244 (February 1980). According to George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B a number of panels or covers are reprinted in this story, most with alterations of some kind. Page 5 panel 5 of this story is reprinted from page 5 panel 3 of the Colossus story in Tales of Suspense #20 (Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers artwork), page 9 panel 2 of this story is reprinted from page 5 panel 2 of the Colossus story in Tales of Suspense #14 (Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers artwork), page 9 panel 3 of this story is reprinted from the cover to Tales of Suspense #14 (Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers artwork), page 10 panel 1 of this story is reprinted from the cover to Tales of Suspense #20 (Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers artwork), page 10 panel 2 of this story is reprinted from page 13 panel 4 of the Colossus story in Tales of Suspense #20 (Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers artwork), page 10 panel 3 of this story is reprinted from the cover to Astonishing Tales #21 (Gil Kane/Mike Esposito artwork) and page 10 panel 4 of this story is reprinted from the cover to Strange Tales #89 (Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers artwork).

1 page Marvel Collectors Medallion-Coins advertisement "The Big Three"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Conan
Script ? (ad copy)
Letters Typeset
Notes Advertisement for three official Marvel Solid-Bronze Collectors Medallion-Coins showing the different coins (both sides). Appears between pages 5 and 6 of the story sequence.

2 page Them! The Readers That Wrote; Marvel Value Stamp letters page "Them! The Readers That Wrote"

Characters Tigra; Volstagg
Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from (and replies to) Roger Slifer, E.J.F.D.G., Jimmy E. Parrish, John Rhoades, Jr. and Michael N. Tierstein. Also has a special announcement from Stan, Roy, and Marvel Comics about the increase of price from 20 cents to 25 cents (and what Marvel is doing about the increase, like focusing on magazines for 75 cents, 52 page 35 cent giant-size comics and new 100 page 50 cent super-giants including a feature-length new tale), a special yellow block pronouncement that this is the last issue for It, the Living Colossus and Deathlok begins next issue, a small promo for Tigra starring in Giant-Size Creatures #1 and Marvel Value Stamp #18 featuring Volstagg. Appears between pages 11 and 12 of the story sequence.

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee's Soapbox promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Monumental Memos of Chillers, Thrillers, and Fillers! [June 1974]; Stan Lee's Soapbox"

Script ? (promo copy); Stan Lee
Letters Typeset
Notes Stan Lee talks about the Lucca 9 comic-book convention that he attended in Lucca, Italy. He says the best part of the convention was how there were professors, businessman, scientists, filmmakers, lawyers and many other mature, serious fans in attendance. Items about Giant-Size Super-Stars, featuring Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian rotating each month, Giant-Size Chillers, featuring Dracula, Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing rotating each month, Savage Tales is returning starring Conan by the likes of Barry Smith, John Buscema, Gil Kane and Neal Adams, The Living Mummy returns as the star of Supernatural Thrillers, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad will be adapted in Worlds Unknown and due to a last-minute emergency the Bullpen Bonus Page will skip this month but it will return next month to tell about the bargains that will be yours when you amass a complete set of Marvel Value Stamps. Also includes a small promo for Lilith, the daughter of Dracula appearing in Giant-Size Chillers #1. Appears between pages 11 and 12 of the story sequence.

Half page Crazy; Savage Tales promo (ad from the publisher) "Crazy Magazine and Savage Tales Magazine Promo"

Characters Conan
Genre Parody; Sword and Sorcery
Script ? (promo copy)
Pencils ?; ?
Inks ?; ?
Colors ?; ?
Notes Promo for Crazy Magazine #4 and Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #4 (using artwork based upon the covers). Appears between pages 11 and 12 of the story sequence.