Issue | #9 |
Published | August 1952 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Sol Brodsky |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Synopsis | A man walks out of a bar and sees a beautiful redhead sitting in a convertible waiting for someone. He hits on her. She tells him that she is waiting for an older wealthy man and asks him to leave but he refuses and gets in the car. She says 'Very well' and careens off. He becomes frightened and tells her to slow down and she does not. When he glances over at her, he screams, for he sees a skeleton that tells him he has stolen a blind date with Death as the car heads straight for the side of a mountain. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Vic Carrabotta? |
Reprinted | in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (May 1973) |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #1 (June 1952) |
Synopsis | A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts. |
Pencils | Marty Elkin |
Inks | Marty Elkin |
Synopsis | A deadbeat wants to see a movie called 'The Man from Mars' but since he doesn't bother to get a job, he's broke and has no money. When he sees a rocket ship with a sign outside that reads "Be the First to see Mars" he thinks it's a promotion for the picture and enters, hoping to get to see the movie for free. Suddenly, the rocket blasts off and he passes out from the acceleration. When he revives, he finds himself a captive in a Martian zoo. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Bob Fujitani |
Inks | Bob Fujitani |
Reprinted | in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (May 1973) |
Synopsis | A business man attempts to swindle a coven of vampires by draining their blood every day and selling it back to them every evening. |
Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Reprinted | In Dracula Lives #2 (1973) |
Synopsis | A publisher has communication devices installed in every cubicle so he can fire his employees when they badmouth him. One day, he hears a voice that threatens him with eternal torments in Hell. He demands to know who is speaking and a grinning skull emanates from the device to claim him. |
Pencils | Bill Benulis |
Inks | Bill Benulis |
Reprinted | in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (May 1973); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #55 |