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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published January 1970
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "I Brought Cyclops Back to Life!!"

Characters Cyclops [Polyphemus]; Duncan; Amanda
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes slightly redrawn
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #10 (July 1960)

7 page story "I Brought the Mighty Cyclops Back to Life!"

Characters Cyclops [Polyphemus]; Duncan; Amanda
Synopsis A young couple thaw out a cyclops in an iceberg, and must lure it into an icy pit to keep it from hurting anyone.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #10 (July 1960)

7 page story "Gorgolla! The Living Gargoyle!!"

Characters David Hartnell (only appearance); Gorgolla (only appearance); Stonians (introduction and origin)
Synopsis An explorer discovers Gorgolla in the Himalayan Mountains. Gorgolla awakes and captures him, then summons his Stonian brethren to begin their attack on Earth. The lesser gargoyles under his command however betray Gorgolla. He is seemingly killed by the Stonian army when they revive as they had learned the ways of peace by observing humanity for centuries and no longer wished to live as slave soldiers. After defeating Gorgolla, the Stonians pledge themselves towards protecting 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).
Reprinted From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #74 (April 1960)

7 page story "I Alone Know the Dread Secret of Gor-Kill, The Living Demon!"

Characters Gor-Kill; Hans Grubnik
Synopsis A gaseous alien comes down to Earth and inhabits a dam of water to harass local villagers. The village loafer realizes that the alien is using the water in the dam to embody itself and steals dynamite in order blow up the pass before the alien can reach the sea. The loafer succeeds, but is imprisoned for stealing the dynamite.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (November 1960)