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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published November 1970
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "This Is Thorg!"

Characters Thorg
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Some redrawing by Marie Severin, name of creature is changed from Thorr to Thorg.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #16 (February 1961) [some alterations]

7 page story "Here Comes...Thorg the Unbelievable"

Characters Thorg [name changed from "Thorr"]; Professor Linus; Helen
Synopsis When Professor Linus mistakenly wakes up Thorr the Unbelievable he has to stop him from waking up his fellow warriors and taking over the world.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #16 (February 1961) [originally titled "Here Comes...Thorg the Unbelievable"]

1 page Jim Driscoll; Lee Leens advertisement "Danger on the Field"

Characters Jim Driscoll; Big Joe; Chrissy
Genre Sports
Notes Ad for Lee Leans. Appears between pages 3 and 4 of the first story.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Mighty Marvel Checklist"

Script ? (promo copy)
Letters Typeset
Notes Marvel checklist for comics on sale right now! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #104, Spider-Man #90, Thor #181, Avengers #81, Captain America #131, Hulk #133, Iron Man #31, Sub-Mariner #31, Daredevil #69, Astonishing Tales #2, Amazing Adventures #3, Conan the Barbarian #1, Chamber of Darkness #7, Sgt. Fury #81, Special Marvel Edition #1, Incredible Hulk King-Size #3, Avengers King-Size #4, Sub-Mariner King-Size #1, Captain America King-Size #1, Thor King-Size #3, Silver Surfer #18, Spoof #1, and Tower of Shadows #8. Appears between pages 6 and 7 of the first story.

Half page Marvelmania promo (ad from the publisher) "Be A Marvel Expert!"

Characters Spider-Man; Hulk; Captain America
Script ? (promo copy)
Notes Advertisement for Marvelmania magazine. Appears between pages 6 and 7 of the first story.

5 page story "I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer!"

Characters Joe
Synopsis The story of the fate of one who betrayed a sorcerer.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko (signed)
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #16 (February 1961)

5 page story "Save Me From the Mole Men!"

Characters Crusher; Xoorr
Synopsis A fighter who is cruel and likes to hurt his opponents finds out that there are some creatures stronger than him, and they like to hurt their opponents also.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks Paul Reinman (signed)
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #16 (February 1961)

5 page story "I Live Again!"

Characters Evil [only called "The Monster from Bald Mountain" in a caption]
Synopsis The animated statue rises up from where it fell in the last story and decides to go to America so that it can conquer the world. When it arrives it hides in a building that is actually a rocket that is shot into space.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko (signed)
Notes Continued from last issue.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #8 (March 1960) [captions altered]