Issue | #4 |
Published | July 1971 |
Frequency | quarterly |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Genre | Monster |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (top half of cover); Steve Ditko (bottom half of cover); Marie Severin (revisions - new art) |
Inks | Dick Ayers (top half of cover); Steve Ditko (bottom half of cover); Marie Severin (revisions - new art) |
Notes | The cover is divided horizontally into two panels. Corrected cover credits from Nick Caputo (June 30, 2006). Top portion of cover originally credited to just Marie Severin. |
Reprinted | from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 [top portion of cover] |
Characters | Lo-Karr |
Synopsis | A scientist creates a robot to unite Cold War rival nations against an alien invasion that will never materialize. |
Genre | monsters |
Script | Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) The plot is similar to "Titan, The Amphibian from Atlantis" in Tales of Suspense #28. |
Reprinted | from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961) |
Characters | Lucius P. Gregory |
Synopsis | Lucius Gregory builds a house from haunted trees, which means he can never get rid of the ghost. |
Genre | horror |
Script | Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) |
Reprinted | from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961) |
Characters | John |
Synopsis | A man visiting a coastal town is stranded in an abandoned lighthouse during a storm and sees a ghostly ship and pirates arrive. Next morning he finds a life preserver from the Flying Dutchman. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #56 (January 1960) |
Synopsis | A man meets an extradimensional being in his nightmares. The being tells him that the world he comes from is a paradise, but boring, and offers to switch places. The man agrees, but the traveller wakes up to find that he entered the dreams of a prisoner. |
Genre | horror |
Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960) |
Characters | Billy Carter; Alana |
Synopsis | A lame boy wills himself to the future and his legs are healed before he sends himself home. |
Genre | horror |
Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #71 (August 1961) |
Synopsis | A man makes a deal with the devil to obtain great wealth. |
Genre | horror |
Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Reprinted | From Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (December 1961) |
Synopsis | An Earth astronaut on Mars has his mind switched with a Martian, who plans to infiltrate Earth. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #60 (September 1960) |
Characters | Krang; Prof. Carter; Ludwig |
Synopsis | When an ant is accidentally enlarged and attains human intelligence, it wants to create a giant ant army to take over the world. |
Genre | monsters |
Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 (December 1960) |