Issue | #2 |
Published | April 1966 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko; Don Heck |
Inks | Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Don Heck |
Notes | Cover composed of panels from reprinted stories. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #89; from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #12; from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 |
Characters | Chan Liuchow; Chung Liuchow; Fin Fang Foom (introduction) |
Synopsis | A young historian from Taiwan is scorned by his father for his refusal to join the army, even in the face of an imminent communist invasion. Instead of fighting directly, he crosses to the mainland to awake the dragon Fin Fang Foom. He lures the dragon to the coast to wreck the invasion fleet, and then lures it back to its lair before restoring its mystical slumber. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. Fin Fang Foom next appears in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #23 (April 1974). |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #89 (October 1961) |
Characters | Pierre; Kragok |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (December 1960) |
Characters | Orogo; Albert Carstairs |
Synopsis | An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Reprinted | from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960) |