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Issue Details

Issue #36
Published December 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in September 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Meet Mr. Meek!"

Characters Silvester J. Meek; Ralph Avery; Daisy Printwhistle
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby ?
Notes Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).

13 page story "Meet Mr. Meek"

Characters Silvester J. Meek; Daisy Printwhistle; Ralph Avery
Synopsis A formula from an old book seems to give a man an uncontrollable power to turn objects into gold, but his friend figures out that it is actually an alien trick.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Letters Art Simek

2 page text story "The Green Hat"

Characters Axtel; George; Chuck
Synopsis A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (August 1955)

5 page story "The Final Weapon"

Characters Charles Benedict
Synopsis A billionaire pretends to have invented an ultimate bomb to force the nations of the world to disarm.
Genre drama
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman

5 page story "The Gorilla From Outer Space!"

Characters Mike Mullins
Synopsis A ventriloquist makes it seem that a gorilla is talking, and finds out that the gorilla really is a sentient alien.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko