Tomb of Darkness (1974) comic books

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Cover by Larry Lieber and Frank Giacoia. Continues from the "Beware" title. All reprints. "The Man in the Tomb!" (from Mystic 26); When a scientist realizes that, without his invention, humanity will perish after another fifty years of atomic warfare he decides this is preferable to having the cycle begin all over again. "Juggernaut", written by Paul S. Newman, with art by Gene Colan (from Adventure in Terror 24); A priest convinces followers to sacrifice themselves under the wheels of a heavy cart so that he can steal their belongings. "Good Morning, Mr. Smith!" with art by Vic Carrabotta (also from Mystic 26); A detached head gets its revenge by using hypnotic compulsion to remove the surgeon's head and place it in the life support machinery instead. "The Living and the Dead!" (from Mystic 27); Oscar Holmes, a man who does not believe in the supernatural, steals the plots of stories from his friend John, then publishes them as his own stories. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Larry Lieber and Mike Esposito. All reprints. "The Man Who Cried Ghost!", with art by Ed Robbins (from Adventures in Terror 12); A bored cemetery caretaker crank calls the police about being menaced by ghosts, but then the ghosts show up for real and haul him away. "Man Alone!", with art by Al Eadeh (from Journey Into Mystery 16); Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot, but they succeed in their training too well. "The Wooden Man" (from Weird Worlds 6); A ventriloquist and his dummy are not what they seem. "The Vultures" with art by Mannie Banks (also from Journey Into Mystery 16); Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral, of which, only his daughter does. "Which Road To Take!", with art by Bill Benulis (from Uncanny Tales 42); A man driving through backroads finds himself dreaming about coming upon a sorcerer's town and rescuing a captive girl. Stan Lee talks about the new Spidey comic coming out, that's tied into the Electric Company television show. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ron Wilson and Frank Giacoia. All reprints. "The Mask of the Mind!" (from Marvel Tales 46); No one suspects that the handsome and kind Dr. Hill is secretly a grave robber who disguises himself with a hideous mask to do his evil work. "The Forbidden Room", with art by Joe Sinnott (from Mystical Tales 6); A woman anxious about her upcoming marriage is analyzed by her psychotherapist. "Tomb With a View" (from Astonishing 17); A grave robber decides to head for India where there will be less competition and they leave their dead out in the open on four pillars. "To Build a Robot!" with art by Jack Kirby; A young engineer attempts to acquire funding from a wealthy industrialist in order to build an android. "The Witch's Son!" (from Marvel Tales 96); A boy releases bears from their cages in order to save an old woman from being burned at the stake as a witch, but she actually is a witch, and rewards him with a protective spell. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Gil Kane and Klaus Janson. All reprints. "The Body Snatchers" with art by Al Luster (from Adventures Into Terror 24); Corpses rise to take revenge upon a doctor who deals with grave robbers in order to procure bodies for his medical school. "If the Shoe Fits" with art by Joe Maneely (from Strange Tales 8); A man who murders a shoe maker becomes trapped in wet cement. "The Vampire's Coffin!" with art by Tony DiPreta (from Mystery Tales 15); A vampire's coffin is brought about a ship and when the crew mutinies under the cruel captain's treatment, they stake him and place his body in the coffin. "Love Story" with script by Stan Lee and art by Joe Maneely (from Spellbound 14); The wife of an African guide plots with a doctor to murder her husband. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

All reprints. "The Man in the Tomb!" with art by Bob Fujitani (from Mystic 12); A mobster wants to join a lodge so the reluctant members subject him to their toughest initiation: being locked in a mausoleum. "Alone" with art by Ben Brown and David Gantz (from Weird Worlds 9); An actor who despises his fans gets his wish to be left alone when he loses the ability to perceive other people. "Stop the Presses" with art by Gene Colan (from Mystic 12); A reporter is driven to murder the newspaper's editor in order to achieve a sensational story. "The Gal Who Talked Too Much!" (from Uncanny Tales 7); A scientist looking for volunteers to spend the rest of their lives buried in a time capsule gives two sleeping pills to a husband and his blabber-mouth wife, lying to the both of them that they can be rid of each other if they administer the pill to their spouse. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. All reprints. "Vampire" (from Marvel Tales 100); A man awaiting execution recalls how he killed his brother, who had been bitten by a vampire, to save him from becoming a vampire. "The Trap" with script by Carl Wessler, art by Manny Stallman (from Strange Tales 5); When a man's plane explodes he is thrown into the future to view his act of killing his new boss and then being executed."Wish You Were Here!" with art by Ed Winiarski (from Marvel Tales 159); An artist with a poor memory for details comes across an old man who designs greeting cards with magic ink that makes what is drawn there actually occur. "The Strange Power of Mr. Dunn!" with art by John Romita (from Astonishing 57); A man tests his cell growth formula on himself so that he can be an attraction in his friend's failing carnival. Hostess Fruit Pies ad with Spider-Man, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ron Wilson and Vince Colletta. All reprints. "I Ain't Got No Body" with art by Chuck Winter (from Astonishing 33); scientist figures out how to switch bodies with a homeless man, but both men end up dead. "Beware the Future Man!" with art by Don Heck (from Strange Tales 96); An unnamed gangster tries to escape the police by forcing an old man to take him to another state. "The Hidden Island" with art by Fred Kida (from Uncanny Tales 54); A man ventures out to a mist-hidden island that has curative properties in order to marry a couple there. "I Was Trapped Inside of the Martian Maze" with art by Steve Ditko (from Tales of Suspense 7); The Martians force anyone wanting to trade with them to solve a puzzle. Hostess Twinkies ad with Captain Marvel, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover inks by Joe Sinnott All reprints. "Back From the Dead!" with script by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers (from Tales of Suspense 28); A fugitive hides on Easter Island and finds a scroll that awakens the stone heads. "The Last of Mr. Mordeaux" with art by Joe Sinnott (from Astonishing Tales 11); A man seeks proof of his aristocratic heritage in the old country and finds that the peasants have driven the last of his family, alleged to be sorcerers, into underground warrens beneath their castle where they have devolved. "We Can't All Be Human!" with plot by Stan Lee, script by Larry Lieber, art by Don Heck (from Tales of Suspense 38); Seemingly friendly aliens arrive on Earth, seeking refuge from pirates, but a philosophy student figures out that the first visitors are the pirates, and disguised themselves to appear pleasant to humans. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ron Wilson. All reprints. "Find a Pin and Pick It Up!" with art by Joe Sinnott (from Uncanny Tales 14); A man fashions a voodoo doll to kill his partner and winds up killing himself. "There's No Tomorrow" with art by Bob Powell (from Astonishing 48); A pirate captures a gypsy scow and a gypsy foretells that the captain's experience tomorrow will be to be stuck in a gale and arrested by the Spanish army. "The Secret Beyond Belief" with art by George Woodbridge; A scientist invents a rejuvenation process and a fellow scientist wants him to share it with the world, but the man refuses because the creative people who have gone through the process are no longer productive as they have all the time in the world to perfect their craft but never finish anything. "The Assassin!" with art by Vince Colletta. (from Marvel Tales 129); Josef Silov is sent on a secret mission by his Communist masters but it ends in his arrest and disgrace. Ad for MGM'S Marvelous Wizard of Oz (Marvel / DC, 1975 series) #1, art by John Romita. The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil! Hostess Fruit Pies ad, art by John Romita. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover inks by Tom Palmer. All reprints. "Something Lurks on Shadow Mountain!" with script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten (from Chamber of Darkness 3); After George Ashton is tricked by a mysterious woman into opening a box, he learns that she is really Pandora and he must figure out how to undo the damage he has caused. "I Unleashed Shagg Upon the World!" with pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers (from Tales of Suspense 14); An explorer wakes the Sphinx, really a robot warrior called Shagg. "Eve of Halloween!" with art by Ed Winiarski (from Astonishing 47); A witch and her young daughter go out riding on Halloween. Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper Hostess Twinkies ad, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ron Wilson and Pablo Marcos. All reprints. "It's Only Magic!" with script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Buscema, and inks by John Verpoorten (from Chamber of Darkness 1); Tommy steals a spellbook and summons a Djinn who plans to destroy the world. "My Nightmare Has No End!" with art by Don Heck (from Tales to Astonish 12); A man meets an extra-dimensional being in his nightmares. The being tells him that the world he comes from is a paradise, but boring, and offers to switch places. "I Found the Abominable Snowman!" with pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; A thug ventures to the Himalayas with the intention of capturing the Abominable Snowman for profit but is frustrated in his attempts of getting the locals to refer him to the creature he has in a photograph. Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper Hostess snack cake ad, inks by Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Larry Lieber and Tom Palmer. All reprints. "And Fear Shall Follow!" with script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by John Verpoorten (from Chamber of Darkness 5); A U-2 pilot crashes his plane in China; He escapes from the wreckage but a strange man pursues him relentlessly, even walking through walls. "Skull-Face" with script by Stan Lee, pencils by Tony DiPreta (from Mystic 6); To publicize a horror movie, a scientist performs an experiment to bring a skeleton to life; Unexpectedly, the experiment works and the skeleton murders both the scientist and the movie's publicist. "The Kiss of Death!" with art by Bill Everett; Venus and Whit set out to expose a fraudulent medium, but learn that he can indeed summon the dead. Spider-Man and the "Twinkie Takers" Hostess ad, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Larry Lieber and Tom Palmer. All reprints. "The Day Before Doomsday!" with pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers (from Journey Into Mystery 99); A US scientist defects to the USSR and builds a large dome to protect their leaders from retaliation, allowing a massive strike on the US. "Five Fingers" with art by Paul Hodge (from Marvel Tales 131); A pickpocket fashions a wax hand to use as a distraction, but it causes his death when it comes to life. "You Can't Kill Me!" with script by Stan Lee, art by Harry Anderson (from Strange Tales 16); A scientist develops a method of reattaching severed heads, but when his beloved daughter makes him promise to reattach the head of an executed killer she wishes to marry, he puts the man's head back on upside down to save her from herself. Captain America and the Red Skull Hostess ad, art by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito. G.I. Joe ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Michael Netzer (as Mike Nasser), Pablo Marcos, and John Romita, Sr. All reprints. "I Created Grutan!" with art by Don Heck (from Strange Tales 75); A short and bitter scientist is obsessed with building a powerful giant robot in which to live for the rest of his life. "Brother of a Monster" with script by Stan Lee (from Marvel Tales 113); Two brothers, a deformed one and handsome one, are situated near the occurrence of murders. "The Madman's Music" with art by Pete Morisi (from Venus 19); After being injured in a fight, a clarinet player finds that he can play better than before, but when he tries to show his agent, the other man can't hear him playing at all. "They Made Me a Ghost!" with script by Stan Lee, art by Mike Sekowsky (from Strange Tales 16); A condemned man makes a deal with Satan to be made a ghost so that he can haunt the judge responsible for his sentence. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Ron Wilson and Frank Giacoia. Final issue of the series. All reprints. "Death is a Mountain!" with art by Paul Reinman (from Men's Adventures 25); A band of mountain climbers turn on each other, each wanting to be the first to climb Mount Keller, but all end up dead. "Address Unknown" with art by Bob Bean (from Marvel Tales 146); An inventor creates a machine to convert rocks into diamonds but kicks it when it doesn't work and leaves, turning to panhandling. "Spaceship in My Barn" with art by Bill Everett (from Astonishing 47); A reporter is frustrated to meet alien visitors and to fail to acquire pictures or evidence of any kind for their landing on Earth. "The Odd Couple!" with art by Sid Greene (from Marvel Tales 132); When an elderly couple pass away, they find that they are young once again in the afterlife. The Spider-Man and the Fly! Hostess Twinkies ad, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.30.