Issue | #74 |
Published | April 1960 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in November 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. 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. |
Characters | Gorgolla |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #35 (May 1975) |
Characters | David Hartnell; Gorgolla |
Synopsis | A student finds that gargoyles are really a hidden alien race preparing to conquer the world but when their leader summons them they turn on him, having learned to appreciate humanity. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Gorgolla's people are next seen, along with his father, in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #22 (February 1974). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (January 1970); in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #35 (May 1975); in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #22 (February 1974) [only 3.75 pages reprinted] |
Characters | John Potts; McPherson; Capt. Breslow |
Synopsis | A jewel thief ignores local superstitions to cross a haunted strait but finds that his disastrous voyage was only a dream when he wakes up with police at the door. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (April 1953) |
Characters | Hundu; Anne Walker; Mark Walker |
Synopsis | A gypsy gives magic paints that make anything painted with them real to an arrogant painter. He uses them to get revenge on a lover who jilted him but eventually his ambitions lead to his death. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #35 (May 1975) |
Characters | Mr. Brown; Dr. Ethan Lindley; Kun |
Synopsis | A man travels to a frightening world of dreams and is attacked by dream beings. He discovers that the dream people believe his world is the source of nightmares and that its inhabitants are imaginary. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Bull Drago; Hunk; Totem (introduction, origin) |
Synopsis | Two convicts escape and terrorize a nearby Indian tribe. The chieftain defends his tribe by using his magic to bring a totem pole to life to chase the two all the way back to prison. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Continues in next issue. Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975); in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (January 1994) |