Issue | #19 |
Published | September 1975 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? (reprint editor); Stan Lee (original editor) |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Pencils | Ron Wilson ? |
Inks | Frank Giacoia |
Letters | Irving Watanabe |
Notes | Cover pencil and cover ink credits from Nick Caputo (April 1, 2006). |
Characters | Prof. Reynolds; "Colossus" supercomputer |
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) |
Characters | Major Caswell; Bill Hamilton; Fred; Tess |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Pencils | Dick Ayers |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (November 1953) |
Synopsis | Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location. They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee ? |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | This concept was re-used with a single creature in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961) as "Monsteroso!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962 series) as "The Terror of Tim Boo Baa" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is speculatively credited as the writer on the basis of his authorship of the second re-telling. |
Reprinted | from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960) |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Pencils | Alfonso Greene |
Inks | Alfonso Greene |
Reprinted | from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #11 (April 1958) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Stan Lee talks about THE WIZARD OF OZ treasury edition. Miscellaneous Marvel news items. Small obituary for Artie Simek, who passed away on February 20, 1975. |