Issue | #226 |
Published | December 14, 1957 |
Cover Price | UKP 0 0 6; 6d |
Pages | 28 |
Editing | Len Miller; Mick Anglo |
Characters | Marvelman |
Genre | Superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Marvelman; Micky Moran; Henry Morrel; Silas Varnot |
Synopsis | Henry Morrel, the owner of the Daily Bugle's nephew, inherits a castle and gets Micky Moran to help him address the possibility of turning it into a youth hostel. Crazy old Silas Varnot is living in the castle, making it appear haunted, and killing anyone who tries to come there. Marvelman nabs Varnot just as he blows up the castle. The insurance money and the reward for Varnot is used to found a youth club. |
Genre | Superhero |
Notes | This story takes place in America. Why doesn't anybody wonder what a classic European castle is doing there? |
Characters | Davy Crockett; Jim Bowie; Jamie; Walking Fine; Crazy Gun |
Genre | Western |
Notes | Chapter 37. According to the blurb with each installment, this series was original to the Marvelman series. However, several later installments feature art by Jack Kirby. |
Reprinted | This series is generally considered to be a reprint but, as of yet, no one has figured out the source. See the notes. |
Genre | Humor |
Characters | Marvelman; Al Wilson; Hyram J. Reinhart; Howard Lawson |
Synopsis | Billionaire Hyram J. Reinhart dreams of utopia away from the crime of city life. So, he enlists the aid of scientist Howard Lawson and, with Marvelman's help, they build Sky City, an orbiting metropolis. Sky City residents elect ex-con Al Wilson as their governor but he turns the utopia into a totalitarian regime. Marvelman arrives, punches out Wilson, and returns control to Reinhart and Lawson. |
Genre | Superhero |
Characters | Dan'l Goone |
Genre | Humor |
Pencils | Catherine Wheel |
Inks | Catherine Wheel |
Letters | Catherine Wheel |
Letters | typeset |
Letters | typeset |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | On back cover. |