Issue | #24 |
Published | October 1973 |
Frequency | 7 times a year |
Cover Price | 0.20 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Roy Thomas |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959) |
Synopsis | A pilot crash lands on Easter Island where he observes the statues rise out of the ground and discuss invasion plans of their home planet and the enslavement of Earthmen. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959) |
Characters | Salty Gruner; Ape Man |
Synopsis | A criminal hopes that the story of an ape man in the jungle surrounding his prison will prevent pursuit. Instead he discovers that the ape man is real and his curse causes the convict to transform into an ape until he to finds someone to take his place. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Editing | Stan Lee (original editor) |
Notes | This story seems similar to "Gorilla Man" drawn by Robert Q. Sale in Men's Adventures (Marvel, 1950 series) #25 (March 1954). |
Reprinted | From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #85 (June 1961) |
Synopsis | The fantastically wealthy Ed Bean finds everything he has done in his life frightfully boring (even murder). He offers a million dollars to anyone who can come up with something he hasn't done, and a grotesque old man answers the ad, bringing him to deserted house where Bean will get to try something he never has before -- dying! |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Al Eadeh |
Inks | Al Eadeh |
Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #11 (May 1953) |
Synopsis | An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape. Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Editing | Stan Lee (original editor) |
Notes | Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #95 (April 1962) |