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Issue Details

Issue #77
Published October 1960
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in May 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Taboo Returns!!"

Characters Taboo
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970)

7 page story "The Return of Taboo!"

Characters Dan; Susan; 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
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Taboo last appeared in issue #75 (June 1960). A replication of Taboo appears in Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #5 (October 1976), but Taboo does not appear again until Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970); Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] (1989)

2 page text story "Mystery Pupil"

Characters Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude
Synopsis A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (October 1956)

6 page story "I Am the Beast-Man!"

Characters Amos; Anne
Synopsis A criminal transforms himself into a dog in order to escape from burglaries unnoticed. He must return home quickly or be stuck as a dog, but is picked up by a dog catcher and trapped in the pound.
Genre science fiction
Script Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)

5 page story "The Strange Magic of Master Khan!"

Characters Hawk Gormey; 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 occult
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Master Khan next appears in an Iron Fist story in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #24 (September 1975). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel 1970 series) #5 (September 1970); in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)

5 page story "Am I the...Unhuman?"

Characters Gideon Burr
Synopsis A scientist in builds a robot identical to himself, and programs it with his own memories. When robots are banned, the robot believes that it is the real person, and its creator the duplicate.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes Narrated by the robot. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.