Issue | #5 |
Published | September 1970 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Characters | Taboo [alien] |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby; Marie Severin (re-touches) |
Inks | Dick Ayers; Marie Severin (re-touches) |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #77 (October 1960) [heavily retouched] |
Characters | Dan; Susan (only appearance for both); Taboo |
Synopsis | After his apparent destruction, Taboo reconstitutes himself and runs amok. He is eventually stopped by the arrival of others from his world, who reveal that he is not an advance scout for invasion, but merely a deranged criminal. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
Notes | Sequel to story in issue #2 (March 1970). Unconfirmed writer and letterer credits removed pending clearer attribution. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #77 (October 1960) |
Characters | Hawk Gormey (only appearance); Master Khan (introduction) |
Synopsis | A pirate steals the ship of an Asian sorcerer. The ship's owner curses the thieves, shrinking the ship and imprisoning them in a glass bottle. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Notes | Unconfirmed writer and letterer credits removed pending clearer attribution. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #77 (October 1960) |
Characters | Lem Whipple |
Synopsis | A hermit claims to have helped a group of aliens in return for a chest of treasure. The chest is empty, but he realizes that air is precious to space travellers. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee?; Larry Lieber? |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960) |
Characters | Mr. Howard; John Lang |
Synopsis | A real estate agent tries to dissuade a man from buying a haunted house, but he insists on spending a night there. He is chased from the house by spirits and is scared off, which relieves the agent, since he is one of the ghosts, and wouldn't want to have to share their home. |
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) #7 (January 1960) |