1972
IN THIS YEAR:
AMAZING ADVENTURES (VOL. II)
10-15
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 104-115
ASTONISHING TALES 10-15
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 95-106 / Annual 5
CAPTAIN AMERICA (VOL. I) 145-156 / Annual 2
CAPTAIN MARVEL (VOL. I) 22-23
CAT 1
COMBAT KELLY 1
CREATURES ON THE LOOSE 16
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 83-94 / Annual 3
DEFENDERS (VOL. I) 1-3
DOC SAVAGE 1
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 118-129
FEAR (Adventures into-) 10-11
HERO FOR HIRE 1-4
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 147-158 / Annual 4
IRON MAN (VOL. I) 44-53
JUNGLE ACTION 1
MARVEL FEATURE (VOL. I) 2-6
MARVEL PREMIERE 1-5
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (VOL. I) 2-7
MARVEL TEAM-UP (VOL. I) 1-5
NIGHT NURSE 1
REDWOLF 1
SHANNA THE SHE-DEVIL 1
SUB-MARINER 45-56 / Annual 2
SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS 1
THOR (VOL. I) 196-206
TOMB OF DRACULA 1-5
WARLOCK (VOL. I) 1-3
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (VOL. I) 1-2
X-MEN 74-79
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AMAZING ADVENTURES (VOL. II) 10 price $.20 1/72
"The Origin
of the Incomparable Inhumans" " "
BY:
PC:
COM: Inhumans story reprinted from TH1 #146. Last
Inhumans story.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 104 price $.20 1/72
"The Beauty
and the Brute"
BY: Roy Thomas, Gil Kane / Gil Kane
PC: Spider-Man, Ka-Zar, Zabu, ~ Kraven the Hunter, Gog.
COM: Spidey still in Savage Land.
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 95 price $.20 1/72
"Something
Inhuman This Way Comes"
BY: Roy Thomas / Neal Adams
PC: {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, {Black Bolt, Medusa, }, ~
COM: Kree/Skrull War Part 7. Cross-over with AA2
#5-8. Inhumans appearance. Black Bolt's origin retold.
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 145 price $.20 1/72
"Skyjacked!"
BY: Gary Friedrich / Gil Kane
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~ {the
Schemer}
COM: Schemer revealed as a Hydra agent.
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 83 price $.20 1/72
"The Widow
Accused"
BY: Gary Friedrich / Barry Windsor-Smith
PC: Daredevil, Black Widow, ~ Mr. Hyde.
COM:
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 118 price $.20 1/72
"Thunder In
the Ruins!" "What Mad World?"
BY: Archie Goodwin / John Buscema, Jim Mooney.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Crystal, Lockjaw, Thing-A (Reed Richards-A),
Sue Grimm-A, Mr. Fantastic-A
(Ben
Grimm-A), ~ Diablo, Gen. Robles,
Carlos, Luis.
COM: Torch falls into a civil war in Terra
Verde where Crys is being made to pose as local goddess, Ixchel by Diablo to
unseat local dictator Robles. FF arrives to help. Lockjaw grabs Ben in the
fight (see second feature), and Diablo tarts to lose control of his potions and
the situation. Crys wakes up, and in a struggle with Diablo, Robles is
killed when Diablo's lab and the temple explode. At story end, Lockjaw
returns with Ben, and Cryst tells Johnny she has to rejoin her family.
In the second feature: Lockjaw teleports he and Ben to
Earth-A, and Thing encounters several robots with
Reed's face that were all built by the Thing of that world. He sees the
local Ben and Sue as well, and gets a brief origin, which is very similar to his
won. At story end, he learns that this recluse Thing is really their Reed
Richards just before Lockjaw teleports him back to Terra Verde. John
Buscema, John Verpoorten, John Romita cover.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 147 price $.20 1/72
"The End of
Doc Samson" "Heaven Is a Very Small Place"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
PC: Hulk, Doc Samson, ~
COM:
IRON MAN (VOL. I) 44 price $.20 1/72
" "
BY: Gerry Conway / George Tuska,
PC: Iron Man I, ~ Night Phantom
COM:
SUB-MARINER 45 price $.20 1/72
"And Fire
Stalks the Skies!"
BY: Gerry Conway / George Tuska
PC: Sub-Mariner, ~
COM:
THOR (VOL. I) 196 price $.20 1/72
"Within the
Realm of Kartag"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC: Thor I, ~ Kartag.
COM:
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 105 price $.20 2/72
"The Spider
Slayer"
BY: Stan Lee, Gil Kane / Gil Kane
PC: Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson, ~ Spencer Smythe.
COM: 1st appearance of the Spider
Slayer. Spidey back in NYC.
ASTONISHING TALES 10 price $.20 2/72
"To End in
Flame"
BY: Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema, Barry Windsor Smith.
PC: Ka-Zar, ~
COM: Ka-Zar only stories begin.
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 96 price $.20 2/72
"The
Andromeda Swarm"
BY: Roy Thomas / Neal Adams
PC: {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, Captain Marvel I, ~
COM: Kree/Skrull War Part 8.
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 146 price $.20 2/72
"Mission:
Destroy the Femme Force!"
BY: Gary Friedrich / Sal Buscema
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~ { }
COM: Femme Force appearance.
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 84 price $.20 2/72
"Night of
the Assassin"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Daredevil, Black Widow, ~
COM:
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 119 price $.20 2/72
"Three
Stood Together"
BY: Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Black Panther (Leopard), Taku, ~ Klaw, Jeth
Robards, Nathan Kumalo.
COM: Ben and Johnny fighting, Reed introduces
AUNTIE to clean up the mess. Taku contacts
the FF for help in locating Panther, who followed the two men who stole their
Vibrotron into Rudyarda.
Reed sends Johnny and Ben because he is trying to locate Crystal on the sly.
They catch up with Kumalo and through him find Panther, who had been imprisoned
simply for not having an ID card. The trail leads them to Klaw and the
stolen device. Ben destroys Klaw's sonic-claw after he used it to kill
Robards, and Panther takes him down. At story end, the trio goes to leave,
but there are two separate doors for Europeans and blacks, so Ben tears down the
whole wall.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 148 price $.20 2/72
"But
Tomorrow the Sun Shall Die"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
PC: Hulk, Peter Corbeau, ~
COM:
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (VOL. I) 2 price $.25 2/72
" "
BY: / Mike Ploog
PC: Werewolf (Jack
Russel), ~
COM: Origin of Werewolf. Werewolf stories begin.
Frank Miller cover.
SUB-MARINER 46 price $.20 2/72
"Even the
Noble Die"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Sub-Mariner, ~
COM:
THOR (VOL. I) 197 price $.20 2/72
"The Well
At the Edge of the World"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC: Thor I, ~
COM:
X-MEN (VOL. I) 74 price $.20 2/72
"Holocaust!"
COM: Feature reprints UXM #26. Gil Kane and Frank
Giacoia cover.
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AMAZING ADVENTURES (VOL. II) 11 price $.20 3/72
" "
BY: / Tom Sutton,
PC: Beast, ~
COM: 1st appearance of blue Beast. 1st appearance
of Brand Corp. 1st appearance of
Secret Empire II. Signed cover by Gil Kane
and Bill Everett.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 106 price $.20 3/72
"Squash!
Goes the Spider"
BY: Stan lee, John Romita / John Romita
PC: Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson, ~ Spencer Smythe.
COM: Spider Slayer appearance.
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 97 price $.20 3/72
"Godhood's
End"
BY: Roy Thomas, Neal Adams / John Buscema, Bill
Everett, Sal Buscema, Gil Kane.
PC: {Goliath II, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, Captain Marvel I, ~
COM: Kree/Skrull War Part 9 and end.
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 147 price $.20 3/72
"And Behold
the Hordes of Hydra"
BY: Gary Friedrich / Sal Buscema
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~ {Kingpin, }
COM: Kingpin revealed as Hydra leader. Hydra
appearance.
CREATURES ON THE LOOSE 16 price $.20 3/72
"Warrior of
Mars" "The Impossible Tunnel!" "The Frightened Man"
BY: Roy Thomas / Gil Kane, Bill Everett.
PC: Gulliver Jones,
Lu-Pov, Princess Heru,
Prince Hath, ~ Ar-Hap.
COM: Gulliver Jones stories begin. Origin of
Gulliver Jones. Series adapted from LT. GULLIVER JONES by Edwin Arnold.
Jones summoned to ancient Mars. 1st appearance of Sethians, Hither people,
and the Wing Men. Jones rescues Heru from the Sethians only to lose her to
the Wing Men at story end. Feature is a
non-MU adventure story on the planet Mars. 2nd and 3rd features are
reprinted non-MU strange suspense stories by Jack Kirby.
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 85 price $.20 3/72
"Night
Flight"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Daredevil, Black Widow, ~
COM:
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 120 price $.20 3/72
"The Horror
That Walks on Air!"
BY: John Buscema, Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, Agatha Harkness, ~ Collins, Air-Walker
Automaton (Gabriel).
COM: Terrorists attack the FF's HQ, and the damage
incurred in repelling them gets Collins on their backs again. Agatha warns
the team about a great danger, and Air-Walker shows up terrorizing people across
the globe. Ff lure him to the Baxter Building to learn why he's on Earth,
but he shrugs them and the military off like insects. At story end, he
declares that mankind is doomed and blows his horn heralding the end. John
Buscema, Frank Giacoia cover.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 149 price $.20 3/72
"The
Inheritor"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
PC: Hulk, ~ Inheritor.
COM:
IRON MAN (VOL. I) 45 price $.20 3/72
" "
BY: Gerry Conway / George Tuska,
PC: Iron Man I, ~
COM:
MARVEL FEATURE (VOL. I) 2 price $.25 3/72
" "
BY: Roy Thomas / Ross Andru
PC: {Doctor Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner}, ~
COM: Defenders appearance. Second feature is a
reprinted '50s Sub-Mariner story.
MARVEL TEAM-UP (VOL. I) 1 price $.20 3/72
"Have
Yourself a Sandman Little Christmas"
BY: Roy Thomas / Ross Andru
PC: Spider-Man, Human Torch II,
Misty Knight (unnamed), ~ Sandman.
COM: Gil Kane cover.
SUB-MARINER 47 price $.20 3/72
"Doomsmasque!"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Sub-Mariner, ~
COM:
THOR (VOL. I) 198 price $.20 3/72
"And Odin
Dies"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC: Thor I, Odin, ~
COM:
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 107 price $.20 4/72
"Spidey
Smashes Thru"
BY: Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita
PC: Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson, ~ Spencer Smythe.
COM: Spider Slayer appearance.
ASTONISHING TALES 11 price $.20 4/72
"A Day of
Tigers"
BY: Roy Thomas /
PC: Ka-Zar,
COM: Origin of Ka-Zar.
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 98 price $.20 4/72
"Let Slip
the Dogs of War"
BY: Roy Thomas / Barry Windsor-Smith
PC: {Hawkeye (Clint Barton),
Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver}, ~ {.}
COM: Goliath II returns to his original Hawkeye
identity. 1st appearance of the Warhawks.
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 148 price $.20 4/72
"The Big
Sleep"
BY: Gary Friedrich / Sal Buscema
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~ {Red Skull,
}
COM: Red Skull revealed as a Hydra Leader. Hydra
appearance.
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 86 price $.20 4/72
"Once Upon
a Time"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Daredevil, Black Widow, ~ Ox II.
COM:
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 121 price $.20 4/72
"The
Mysterious Mind-Blowing Secret of Gabriel!"
BY: John Buscema, Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Silver Surfer, ~ Air-Walker Automaton, Galactus,
COM: Gabriel announces that the end of the world will
come when he blows his horn again, and people all over the world are despairing.
Reed uses his Beta-Ray on Gabriel and really ticks
him off. Surfer notices the fight that ensues and comes down to
investigate. Gabriel reveals that he was actually sent to destroy the
Surfer and all else was for show, but Surfer beats him easily, exposing that he
was only a robot. At story end, Galactus arrives to carry out Gabriel's
threat.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 150 price $.20 4/72
"Cry Hulk,
Cry Havok"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
PC: Hulk, Lorna Dane, Havoc, ~
Viking.
COM:
MARVEL PREMIERE 1 price $.20 4/72
"And Men
Shall Call Him....Warlock!"
BY: Roy Thomas / Gil Kane
PC: Warlock II, ~
COM: Origin of Counter-Earth.
SUB-MARINER 48 price $.20 4/72
"Twilight
of the Hunted!"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Sub-Mariner, ~
COM:
THOR (VOL. I) 199 price $.20 4/72
"If This Be
Death"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC: Thor I, ~
COM:
TOMB OF DRACULA 1 price $.20 4/72
"Dracula"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Dracula, ~ Frank Drake.
COM: Dracula revived. Origin of Frank Drake.
X-MEN (VOL. I) 75 price $.20 4/72
"Re-enter:
the Mimic!"
COM: Feature reprints UXM #27. Cover by Gil Kane
and John Romita.
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AMAZING ADVENTURES (VOL. II) 12 price $.20 5/72
" "
BY: / Tom Sutton,
PC: Beast, Iron Man I, ~
COM: Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Sinnott.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 108 price $.20 5/72
"Vengeance
from Vietnam"
BY: Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita
PC: Spider-Man, Flash Thompson, Sha-Shan,
~
COM:
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 99 price $.20 5/72
"They First
Make Mad"
BY: Roy Thomas / Barry Windsor-Smith.
PC: {Hawkeye, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, ~
COM:
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 149 price $.20 5/72
"All the
Colors....of Evil"
BY: Gerry Conway / Sal Buscema
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 87 price $.20 5/72
"From Stage
Left, Enter Electro!"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Daredevil, Black Widow, ~ Electro.
COM:
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 122 price $.20 5/72
"Galactus
Unleashed"
BY: Stan Lee, John Buscema / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Silver Surfer, ~ Galactus.
COM: Galactus has returned to Earth and dodges around
his oath to not return by offering to trade the lives of everyone on Earth for
the Surfer to return as his herald. Surfer tries to get to Galactus' ship
but is prevented by the barrier set there by his old master. While the
others occupy the world eater, Reed and Sue use the ICBM to get to his ship.
At story end, Reed threatens Galactus that either he vows to leave Earth in
peace forever or he'll destroy the ship, stranding him here. John Buscema,
Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten, and John Romita cover.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 151 price $.20 5/72
"When
Monsters Meet"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
PC: Hulk, ~
COM:
IRON MAN (VOL. I) 46 price $.20 5/72
" "
BY: Gerry Conway / George Tuska,
PC: Iron Man I, Marianne Rodgers,
~ Guardsman I.
COM: Death of Guardsman I/Kevin O'Brien. Title
goes back to Monthly.
MARVEL PREMIERE 2 price $.20 5/72
" "
BY: Roy Thomas / Gil Kane
PC: Warlock II, ~ Yellow Claw.
COM:
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (VOL. I) 3 price $.20 5/72
" "
BY: / Mike Ploog
PC: Werewolf , ~
COM:
MARVEL TEAM-UP (VOL. I) 2 price $.20 5/72
"And Spidey
makes Four"
BY: Roy Thomas / Ross Andru
PC: Spider-Man, Human Torch II, ~
COM: Gil Kane cover.
" "
BY: Gardiner Fox / Syd Shore
PC: Red Wolf I, ~
Lobo.
COM: Series is a non-timeline old west story.
SUB-MARINER 49 price $.20 5/72
"TheDreamstone"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Sub-Mariner, ~
COM:
TOMB OF DRACULA 2 price $.20 5/72
" "
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Dracula, ~
COM:
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 109 price $.20 6/72
"Enter:
Dr. Strange"
BY: Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita
PC: Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, ~
COM:
ASTONISHING TALES 12 price $.20 6/72
"Terror
STalks the Everglades"
BY: Roy Thomas, Len Wein / John Buscema, Neal Adams.
PC: Ka-Zar, Man-Thing,
COM:
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 100 price $.20 6/72
"Whatever
Gods There Be"
BY: Roy Thomas / Barry Windsor-Smith
PC: {Hawkeye, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, Black Knight III, ~
COM: Black Knight regains his magic sword. 100th
anniversary issue.
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 150 price $.20 6/72
"Mirror,
Mirror "
BY: Gerry Conway / Sal Buscema
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:
COMBAT KELLY (VOL. 2) 1 price $.20 6/72
"Stop the
Luftwaffe...Win the War!"
BY: Gary Freidrich / Dick Ayers.
PC: {Combat Kelly, Dum Dum Dugan, }, ~
COM: Title is a WW II action story. Kelly becomes
the new leader of Dum Dum Dugan's Deadly Dozen (from SgtF #98). Origin of
Combat Kelly.
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 88 price $.20 6/72
"Call Him
Killgrave"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Daredevil, Black Widow, ~ Purple Man.
COM: Origin of Black Widow.
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 123 price $.20 6/72
"This World
Enslaved!"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Silver Surfer, Agatha Harkness, Franklin Richards, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, Richard M. Nixon, ~ Galactus.
COM: Reed threatening to destroy Galactus' ship if he
doesn't leave; Galactus counters by threatening to destroy the planet if he
doesn't give up the ship and the Surfer. Reed gives up, but not without a
plan, but, while trying to convince the Surfer not to follow his master yet, he
is shot by a stray bullet. Surfer cures Reed, and Agatha helps him
convince the president to get the army to stand down. At story end, Reed
explains that he set Galactus' ship controls to take him into the Negative Zone,
where he can eat to his content, and from where he'll never return.
Sal Buscema cover.
HERO FOR HIRE 1 price $.20 6/72
"Out of
Hell..."
BY: Archie Goodwin / George Tuska, John Romita
PC: Power Man II (Luke
Cage), ~ Diamondback I.
COM: Origin of Power Man II.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 152 price $.20 6/72
"But Who
Will Judge the Hulk?"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
PC: Hulk, ~
COM:
IRON MAN (VOL. I) 47 price $.20 6/72
" "
BY: Gerry Conway / Barry Windsor-Smith, Jim Mooney
PC: Iron Man I, ~
COM: Origin of Iron Man I retold,
MARVEL FEATURE (VOL. I) 3 price $.20 6/72
" "
BY: Roy Thomas / Ross Andru
PC: {Doctor Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner}, ~
COM: Defenders appearance. Story continued into
DEF #1 in Aug. '72.
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (VOL. I) 4 price $.20 6/72
" "
BY: / Mike Ploog
PC: Werewolf , ~
COM: Werewolf stories continue into WW1 #1 in Sep. '72.
SUB-MARINER 50 price $.20 6/72
"Who Am I?"
BY: Gerry Conway / Bill Everett.
PC: Sub-Mariner, Namorita,
~
COM:
THOR (VOL. I) 200 price $.20 6/72
"Beware, If
This Be Ragnarok"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC: Thor I, ~
COM:
X-MEN (VOL. I) 76 price $.20 6/72
"The Wail of the
Banshee!"
COM: Feature reprints UXM #28. Cover by Gil Kane
and Frank Giacoia.
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AMAZING ADVENTURES (VOL. II) 13 price $.20 7/72
" "
BY: / Tom Sutton,
PC: Beast, Patsy Baxter
(Walker), Robert (Buzz) Baxter, ~
COM: Baxter Begins as head of security for the Band
Corp. Patsy Walker becomes Patsy Baxter. Signed cover by John
Romita.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 110 price $.20 7/72
"The Birth
of the Gibbon"
BY: Stan Lee, John Romita / John Romita
PC: Spider-Man, ~ Gibbon.
COM: Origin of the Gibbon. Stan Lee stops a
regular writer and becomes the editor of the title.
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 101 price $.20 7/72
"Five Dooms
To Save Tomorrow"
BY: Roy Thomas, Harlan Ellison / Rich Buckler
PC: {Hawkeye, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, the Watcher, ~
COM:
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 151 price $.20 7/72
"Panic on
Park Avenue"
BY: Gerry Conway / Sal Buscema
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 89 price $.20 7/72
"Crisis!"
BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
PC: Daredevil, Black Widow, ~
COM:
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 124 price $.20 7/72
"The Return
of the Monster!"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Mr. Blark, ~ Monster of Lost Lagoon
COM: Reed passes out from exhaustion, and the team
takes him to the East Side Medical Pavilion, where
there is hubbub a monster break in. Monster KO's Ben and kidnaps Sue,
bringing her back to his cave. Ben and Johnny figure out who the culprit
is, and Sue tries to escape and too late realizes that she's below water level.
At story end, the water is rising and Sue is drowning.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 153 price $.20 7/72
"The World,
My Jury"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
PC: Hulk, {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch
II, Thing}, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, ~
COM: Fantastic Four appearance.
IRON MAN (VOL. I) 48 price $.20 7/72
" "
BY: Gerry Conway / George Tuska,
PC: Iron Man I, ~ Firebrand.
COM:
MARVEL FEATURE (VOL. I) 4 price $.20 7/72
" "
BY: Mike Friedrich / Gil Kane
PC: Ant-Man I, Spider-Man, ~
COM: Brief retelling of Ant-Man's origin. Ant-Man
stories begin.
MARVEL PREMIERE 3 price $.20 7/72
" "
BY: Roy Thomas / Barry Windsor-Smith
PC: Doctor Strange, ~
COM: Doctor Strange stories begin.
MARVEL TEAM-UP (VOL. I) 3 price $.20 7/72
"The Power
to Purge"
BY: Roy Thomas / Ross Andru
PC: Spider-Man, Human Torch II, ~ Morbius.
COM: Gil Kane cover.
SUB-MARINER 51 price $.20 7/72
"Armageddon...At
Fifty Fathoms! "
BY: Gerry Conway / Bill Everett
PC: Sub-Mariner, Namora (1st Mod ?), ~
COM:
THOR (VOL. I) 201 price $.20 7/72
"Resurrection"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC: Thor I, ~
COM:
TOMB OF DRACULA 3 price $.20 7/72
"Who Stalks
the Vampire?"
BY: Archie Goodwin / Gene Colan
PC: Dracula, ~ Rachel Van Helsing.
COM:
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 111 price $.20 8/72
"To Stalk a
Spider"
BY: Gerry Conway, John Romita / John Romita
PC: Spider-Man, ~ Gibbon, Kraven the Hunter.
COM:
ASTONISHING TALES 13 price $.20 8/72
"Man-Thing!"
BY: Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Rich Buckler, Dan
Adkins.
PC: Ka-Zar, Man-Thing, ~
COM:
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 102 price $.20 8/72
"What to do
Till the Sentinels Come"
BY: Roy Thomas, Chris Claremont / Rich Buckler
PC: {Hawkeye, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, Hilary, Dmitri, ~
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"Terror in
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"I Slay By
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BY: Steve Englehart / Sal Buscema, Frank Giacoia.
PC: {Doctor Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner}, Kenneth Ward,
Barbara (Norris), Harriet, ~
Necrodamus, Nameless One, Night-Crawler, Demon of
the Dark.
COM: Story continues from MFT #3 in May '72.
Undying Ones appearance. Namor falls out of the sky in NJ at Hulk's feet
and, finding him unconscious in a mystical barrier, he goes to seek the help of
Strange. While trying to solve the mystery, Necrodamus appears and fills
them in how he's working for he Nameless One and looking to mete out their
revenge for past encounters (DrST1 #183, SUB #22, and IH #126), giving them one
hour (when the stars properly align) before he does the deed on Namor.
Strange tries to slow down time to give them more leeway and accidentally speeds
up the atomic clock governing Omegatron (from MFT #1). Strange and Hulk
hunt the villain down, going through his guard dog to get inside, and they
arrive in time to see him gain the power promised by the Nameless One.
Hulk takes him on and gets changed back to Banner by a mystical knife, while
Strange manages to free Namor. They manage to prevent N from making the
sacrifice at the right time, and he reverts to his old form and fades away with
a curse on his lips. At story end, as the heroes recover, it is revealed
that Namor had been pitched from the sky by the Silver Surfer. Letters
page: Defender's Dialogue.
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 125 price $.20 8/72
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COM: Sue saves herself from drowning, and Reed, still
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contained after finding out his wife's been kidnapped. A retelling of the
Monster's first visit in #97. Ben and Johnny go to Sue's rescue and are
met lake side by Reed, who while delirious, escaped from the hospital.
After Ben and Johnny fight the monster, Reed recovers and explains what is
really going on. The Quon is back on Earth stealing drugs because his wife
contracted a virus when they were her last. At story end, the pair are
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Johnny, who remembers back to how all this happened. How his father died
and he ended up with the Simpsons, and how Mona was killed and on her death bed
made him promise to never ride in the show. How, to maintain that pledge,
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sets it (22 cars) alienating Rocky, but later, when Mephisto comes to collect,
she saves him, but not until after he had bonded Zarathos to his soul.
Now, every time it gets dark, he changes into GR, and at story end, he's trying
to figure out what to do.
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"Captain
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COM: Title returns from hiatus in August 1970.
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 91 price $.20 9/72
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"The Way It
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visit their son in Whisper Hill, leaving Johnny and Ben alone. Then Johnny
cuts out to find Crystal, leaving Ben to monkey with the Helmet. Retelling
of their journey into space, their first encounter with Mole Man, and the
encounter with him in issues #88-90. The experience gives Ben the idea
that the Mole Man could cure Alicia's blindness, and, at story end, after a
brief altercation with the landlord, he goes to seek him out. Cover homage
to issue #1.
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COM: X-men appearance. Gil Kane cover.
SUB-MARINER 53 price $.20 9/72
"And the
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BY: Gerry Conway / Bill Everett
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COM: Back up features reprinting stories from the golden age
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THOR (VOL. I) 203 price $.20 9/72
"They Walk
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BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
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~
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Title is bi-monthly.
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"They Call
The Doctor...Octopus"
BY: Gerry Conway, John Romita / John Romita, Jim
Starlin, Joe Sinnott.
PC: Spider-Man, ~ Doctor Octopus,
Hammerhead.
COM:
ASTONISHING TALES 14 price $.20 10/72
"The Night
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COM: First feature reprinted story from SAV #1.
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AVENGERS (VOL. I) 104 price $.20 10/72
"With a
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BY: Roy Thomas / Rich Buckler
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COM:
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 154 price $.20 10/72
"The Falcon
Fights Alone"
BY: Gerry Conway / Sal Buscema
PC: Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, Bucky III, ~
Grand Director.
COM: 1st full modern appearance of 50's Bucky.
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 92 price $.20 10/72
"On the Eve
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BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
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COM:
DEFENDERS (VOL. I) 2 price $.20 10/72
"The Secret
of the Silver Surfer!"
BY: Steve Englehart / Sal Buscema, John Verpoorten.
PC: {Doctor Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner, Silver Surfer},
Wong, ~ Calizuma, Necrodamus.
COM: Silver Surfer joins the team. 1st appearance
of Calizuma's Warrior Wizards. Trying to
discover how the Surfer was mixed up with Necrodamus, Strange and Namor are
looking for him and run into him in the Arctic. Surfer doesn't know what
they're talking about, and Namor's hot head has him come out swinging.
Surfer leaves them to return to his private valley, and the heroes, using notes
in Ken Ward's diary, follow him to the Himalayas. Here, in the Valley of
the Undying Ones (named) they encounter the yeti creatures who are under his
protection and confront him again. He relates his alibi, how he came to
the valley, only to find out that the creatures were simply a disguise for
Calizuma and crew. The four quadruple team the main bad guys and then
quickly mop up the rest of his men. At story end, Strange offers to help
the Surfer find a way off the planet.
"The Man of
Bronze!"
BY: Steve Englehart / Ross Andru, Jim Mooney
PC: Doc Savage,
COM: Title is a non-MU action adventure story.
Adapts the book, Man of Bronze.
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 127 price $.20 10/72
"Where the
Sun Dares Not Shine!" "
BY: Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Agatha Harkness, Ebony, Franklin Richards, Crystal, Alicia Masters, ~ Mole Man,
Kala, Tyrannus, Collins.
COM: Alicia and Crystal only seen in flashback.
Ben seeking out the Mole Man in hopes of curing Alicia's blindness, uses the
escape tube down to his domain from issue #90. Johnny missing Crystal,
encounters Collins, who now has a court order of eviction, and learns what Ben
is up to. Ben, in Subterranea, kills the Kraawl
that he thinks is threatening Kala; she recounts the origin of the Netherworld
and tells him that she is due to marry Mole Man. FF follow Ben, who is
captured by Moloid Subterraneans and, while strapped to an electric torture
device, learns that the whole encounter was a set up. Kala mentions the
death of Baxu (Baxi), and Mole points that Tyrannus has been mesmerized and now
serves as his lackey. Mole also reveals his plot to flood the upper world
with lava. Ben frees himself, but the torture device also altered his
outward appearance, so, a story end, the Ff attack what they think is an
approaching monster.
FEAR (Adventures into-) 10 price $.20 10/72
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BY: / Howard Chaykin, Bill Everrett..
PC: Man-Thing, ~
COM: Man-Thing stores begin. Story continued from
SAV # 3. Chaykin Morrow cover.
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" "
BY: Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC: Power Man II (Luke Cage), ~
Mace.
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INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 156 price $.20 10/72
"Holocaust
at the Heart of an Atom"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
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Torla, Holi,
Moli, Cnerla,
Hrond, Ythaer,
Vidias, Glunno, ~
Lord Visis.
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IRON MAN (VOL. I) 51 price $.20 10/72
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BY: Gerry Conway / George Tuska,
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JUNGLE ACTION 1 price $.20 10/72
"Agu the
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COM: All features are non-MU jungle themed reprints.
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MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (VOL. I) 6 price $.20 10/72
"Angel's
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BY: Gary Friedrich / Mike Ploog, Frank Chiaramonte
(Monte).
PC: Ghost Rider IV, Roxanne Simpson, Mona Simpson, ~ {Curly
Samuels (Crash Simpson), Jack}, Mephisto (as
Satan).
COM: 1st appearance of Satan's
Servants. A motorcycle gang encounters GR, and, after being run off
with Hell-fire, their new leader offers to let him join their gang and brings
him back to their crash pad. GR relates his origin just before Curly takes
control over him, offers him up for sacrifice to his master, and is revealed to
be his deceased step-father. 'Satan' strikes a deal that if Crash kills
his daughter to leave GR open to him, he'd grant the man immortality.
Johnny returns home, but can't tell Rocky about what has happened, and that
night Curly's gang tries to nab her. GR stops them, all under the eyes of
an adoring crowd and he becomes the show's new headliner. At story end,
Curly kidnaps his own daughter and is ready to do anything to complete his
bargain with the master.
SUB-MARINER 54 price $.20 10/72
"Comes Now
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Namora"
BY: Gerry Conway / Bill Everett
PC: Sub-Mariner, ~ Lorvex.
COM: Back-up stories from the golden age SUB-MARINER
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THOR (VOL. I) 204 price $.20 10/72
"Exiled on
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BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
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WARLOCK (VOL. I) 2 price $.20 10/72
"Count-Down
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X-MEN (VOL. I) 78 price $.20 10/72
"The
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was "The Warlock Wakes!" but it was relettered to avoid confusion with Adam
Warlock. Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia.
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 114 price $.20 11/72
"Who the
Heck is Hammerhead?"
BY: Gerry Conway, John Romita / John Romita, Jim
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PC: Spider-Man, Dr. Jonas Harrow,
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COM: Origin of Hammerhead.
AVENGERS (VOL. I) 105 price $.20 11/72
"In the
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BY: Steve Englehart / John Buscema
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CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 155 price $.20 11/72
"Incredible
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CAPTAIN MARVEL (VOL. I) 23 price $.20 11/72
"Death at
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DAREDEVIL (VOL. I) 93 price $.20 11/72
"A Power
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FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 128 price $.20 11/72
"Death in a
Dark and Lonely Place!" "The Fabulous FF's Friends--and Foes!"
BY: Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott. Frank
Giacoia.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Rev. Josiah Mandiz, ~ Mole Man, Kala, Tyrannus.
COM: Moloid Subterraneans appearance. FF attack
Ben because his appearance has been changed by Mole Man, but Reed realizes the
mistake, and the team converges on Mole's HQ. Ff free the Rev. and are
attacked by the Mole Man's Android. Soon, the
Mole has the team at bay, when Kala turns against him for the restored Tyrannus,
and then he turns against both. The Ff are freed by Mole; Tyrannus tries
to escape in the Magma-Cruiser, but it's booby trapped. Ben finds out that
Mole can't cure Alicia's blindness. Reed sabotages Mole's lava device, and
they escape in the Fantasti-Car just before it blows up. At story end,
Mole left to remember the woman he loved...alone. In the second feature:
a four page glossy paper pin-up section featuring Doctor Doom Mole man, Hulk,
Sub-mariner, Silver Surfer, Galactus, the Frightful Four ( medusa, Wizard,
Trapster, and Sandman), and the Inhumans (Black Bolt, Karnak, Crystal, Triton,
and Gorgon).
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 157 price $.20 11/72
"Name My
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IRON MAN (VOL. I) 52 price $.20 11/72
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BY: Gerry Conway / George Tuska,
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BY: Roy Thomas / Mike Ploog, P. Craig Russell
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"A Passion
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"The Making
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SUB-MARINER 55 price $.20 11/72
"The
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THOR (VOL. I) 205 price $.20 11/72
"A World
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"Death to A
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"The
Hunter--And the Hunted"
BY: Gerry Conway / Mike Ploog
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COM:
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 115 price $.20 12/72
"The Last
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BY: Gerry Conway, John Romita / John Romita
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"And Who
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BY: Roy Thomas /
PC: Ka-Zar, ~
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AVENGERS (VOL. I) 106 price $.20 12/72
"A Traitor
Stalks Among Us"
BY: Steve Englehart / Rich Buckler, George Tuska
PC: {Hawkeye, Black Panther, Vision, Scarlet Witch,
Quicksilver}, ~ {Space Phantom, Grim Reaper}.
COM: SP and GR revealed as Hydra leaders. Hydra
appearance.
CAPTAIN AMERICA and Falcon (VOL. I) 156 price $.20 12/72
"One into
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BY: Steve Englehart / Sal Buscema
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"He Can
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BY: Gerry Conway / Gene Colan
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COM:
DEFENDERS (VOL. I) 3 price $.20 12/72
"Four
Against the Gods"
BY: Steve Englehart / Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney.
PC: {Doctor Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner, Silver Surfer},
Barbara (Norris), ~ Nameless One.
COM: After dealing with Calizuma (last ish), Strange suggests
that Surfer tries traveling to another dimension to beat the barrier around
Earth. They end up in the realm of the Nameless One, and the combined
power of Surfer and Strange allows hem to rescue Barbara who had been trapped
there since IH #126. They are attacked by a mystic tornado, and when they
break free, they find images of Clea, Dorma, Jarella, and Shalla Bal in the
trap, and worse yet, that the Nameless One has somehow joined with Barbara as
her mate. After a fierce battle, they manage to catch his foot in the
trap, but, before leaving, Strange casts a spell to save the girl.
Unfortunately, because she was a willing participant in being the monster god's
mate, the process shatters her mind. Worse yet, when Strange, learning
that they were now beyond the barrier, tries to return them to their dimension,
they end up in the British Isles. Feeling betrayed, the Surfer storms
off at story end.
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I) 129 price $.20 12/72
"The
Frightful Four--Plus One!"
BY: Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott.
PC: {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II,
Thing}, Agatha Harkness, {Black Bolt},
Avius, Flaidermaus,
Pinyon ~ {Medusa, Wizard, Trapster, Sandman, Thundra}.
COM: Inhumans appearance. Frightful Four
appearance; Thundra joins. Ff return home from last issue; Johnny
announces that he's leaving the team to join Crystal, takes the ICBM.
Great Refuge seen for the first time with protective dome to keep out pollution;
and Johnny wrecks the ICBM. Agatha contacts the team and tells them that
she can no longer care for Franklin, and Sue goes to fetch him. Ben
encounters the Frightful Four; Thundra joins their side when Medusa starts
helping the Thing. At story end, Medusa is trapped in paste, Ben is out
for the count, and the Wizard is planning for an attack on the Baxter Building.
John Buscema, Frank Giacoia, and John Verpoorten cover.
FEAR (Adventures into-) 11 price $.20 12/72
" "
BY: / Rich Buckler, Jim Mooney
PC: Man-Thing, ~
COM: Neal Adams cover.
HERO FOR HIRE 4 price $.20 12/72
" "
BY: Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC: Power Man II (Luke Cage),
Phil Fox, ~
COM: Title goes monthly.
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I) 158 price $.20 12/72
"Frenzy on
a Far-Away World"
BY: Roy Thomas / Herb Trimpe, John Severin
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COM: Hulk and Rhino on Counter-Earth.
IRON MAN (VOL. I) 53 price $.20 12/72
" "
BY: Gerry Conway / Jim Starlin
PC: Iron Man I, ~ Black Lama.
COM:
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (VOL. I) 7 price $.20 12/72
"Die,
Die, My Daughter!"
BY: Gary Friedrich / Mike Ploog, Frank Chiaramonte
(Monte).
PC: Ghost Rider IV, Roxanne Simpson,
Barney, Harvey, Bart
Slade, ~ {Curly Samuels/Crash Simpson, Jack}, Mephisto (as Satan).
COM: Satan's Angels appearance. 1st appearance of
Church of Satan, Sword of
Satan, and Devil's Dagger. Curly has
kidnapped Rocky, and GR, unaware of the snatch, has a run in with local police,
then ponders his future in a grave yard. Curly takes Rocky to his 'Church'
under the streets of Manhattan, while Johnny is informed of her disappearance.
That night, GR goes looking for her and questions the Angels where he might find
their leader. Curly prepares for the sacrifice when GR bursts in to save
the day. Mephisto steps in, changes Curly to Crash, and forces GR to
choose between saving the girl and killing his own step-father.
SHANNA THE SHE DEVIL 1 price $.20 12/72
"Shanna The
She-Devil"
BY: Roy Thomas / George Tuska
PC: Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna
O'Hara), Ina, Biri,
~
COM: Title is bi-monthly.
SUB-MARINER 56 price $.20 12/72
"Atlantis
Mon Amour"
BY: Gerry Conway / Bill Everett
PC: Sub-Mariner, Tamara Rahn,
~
COM:
SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS 1 price $.20 12/72
"It!"
BY: Roy Thomas / Marie Severin, Frank Giacoia.
COM: Series begins as non-MU adaptations of strange
suspense stories until #5 in 8/73. Feature adapted from a Theodore
Sturgeon story.
THOR (VOL. I) 206 price $.20 12/72
"Rebirth"
BY: Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC: Thor I, ~
COM:
WARLOCK (VOL. I) 3 price $.20 12/72
"The Apollo
Eclipse"
BY: Roy Thomas / Gil Kane
PC: Warlock II, ~
COM:
X-MEN (VOL. I) 79 price $.20 12/72
"We Must Destroy
the Cobalt Man!"
COM: Feature reprints UXM #31. Cover by Gil Kane and
Frank Giacoia.
INSTRUCTIONS FIND BY DATE ENCYCLOPEDIA FIND BY TITLE ABBREVIATIONS
AVENGERS SPECIAL 5 price $.25 1972
"Kang the
Conqueror" "The Mighty Avengers Meet Spider-Man"
COM: First feature reprinted story from AV1 #8.
Second feature reprinted story from AV1 #11.
CAPTAIN AMERICA SPECIAL 2 price $.25 1972
"The Sleeper
Shall Awake" "Where Walks the Sleeper" "The Final Sleep"
"The Revengers VS Captain America"
COM: First feature is a reprinted story from ToS1 #72.
Second feature is a reprinted story from ToS1 #73. Third feature is a
reprinted story from ToS1 #74. Fourth feature is a reprinted story from
Not Brand Ecch #3.
DAREDEVIL SPECIAL 3 price $.25 1972
"Enter:
Spider-Man" "None Are So Blind...!"
COM: First feature is a reprinted story from DD1 #16.
Second feature is a reprinted story from DD1 #17
INCREDIBLE HULK SPECIAL 4 price $.50 1972
"Not All My
Power Can Save Me!" "I, Against the World!" "Bruce Banner is
the Hulk!" "The Ever-Lovin' Thung VS. the Inedible Bulk"
COM: First feature is reprinted story from TtA1 #75.
Second feature is reprinted story from TtA1 #76. Third feature is
reprinted story from TtA1 #77. Fourth feature is reprinted story from NOT
BRAND ECCH #5.
SUB-MARINER SPECIAL 2 price $.25 1972
"When Fails
the Quest" "The End of the Quest" "Uneasy Hangs the Head"
COM: First feature is a reprinted story from TtA1 #74.
Second feature is a reprinted story from TtA1 #75. Third feature is a
reprinted story from TtA1 #76. Bill Everett cover.