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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published September 1974
Frequency 7 times a year
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas ?

Cover Details - "The Thing in the Black Box!"

Characters Dan Harper; Pandora
Genre monsters
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Vince Colletta; John Romita (retouches)
Notes Cover pencils and inks credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 Feburary 2008)

7 page story "The Thing in the Black Box!"

Characters Dan Harper; Pandora
Synopsis A shipwrecked man meets the legendary Pandora, who tricks him into releasing the demons from her box. Humanity is helpless against the demons, but the man forces Pandora to recall them by dispelling her illusory beauty.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #74 (November 1961)

4 page story "13 Years!"

Synopsis A man commits suicide after spending thirteen years of his life waiting for stolen jewels to cool off only to be told they are fake.
Genre horror
Pencils Bill Savage
Inks Bill Savage
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Reprinted from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #22 (May 1954)

4 page story "The Man Who Wasn't"

Synopsis A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. When they administer it to him anyway, he reverts to his true alien form, which is the signal to begin the invasion.
Genre science fiction; occult
Pencils Bill Walton
Inks Bill Walton
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Art mistakenly credited to "Gill" Walton.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #16 (June 1954)

5 page story "Just Suppose..."

Synopsis A writer finds an alien and makes a pet out of him, but when his fellows come for him, the tables are turned.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Tony Mortellaro
Inks Tony Mortellaro
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Reprinted from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #129 (December 1954)