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Issue Details

Issue #32
Published June 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in March 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Quicksand"

Genre occult
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Notes Cover ink credit from Steve Grant (Dec 2, 2005). Previous entry was Steve Ditko.

7 page story "Quicksand!"

Characters Geoffrey Wickshire; Sir Edmund Wickshire
Synopsis A greedy man tries to kill his brother to gain his half of the estate by tricking him into quicksand. The brother is saved by leprechauns and would have given up his half of the estate, but the greedy brother is so frightened that he falls to his death.
Genre occult
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Notes The third and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). Ink credit changed from Steve Ditko on information from Steve Grant (Dec 2, 2005).

2 page text story "Venus!"

Characters Monangahela Munroe
Synopsis The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help.
Genre science fiction
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961)

6 page story "The Bully Boy!"

Characters Henry Fuller
Synopsis An electronic teacher observes a weak student being bullied and offers to train him in body building and fighting styles. When the student excels and becomes an even bigger bully than the others, the robot is disappointed with the results and deactivates itself.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes The second and fifth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).

5 page story "The Girl in the Black Hood!"

Characters Medusa [May Dusa]; Mr. Jones
Synopsis A famous photographer never allows anyone to see her face. A criminal tries to rob her and forces her to remove her hood, only to discover that she is actually Medusa when he is turned to stone.
Genre occult
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).
Reprinted in Giant-Size Dracula (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (September 1974)

5 page story "I Am a Martian!"

Synopsis A man can’t get anyone to believe that he is a Martian, but when he is allowed to modify a fire truck ladder he uses it to get home.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.