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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1975
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details - "Demon From the Depths"

Characters Ulysses Bloodstone
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Dan Adkins ? ; Frank Giacoia ?
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Possible Giacoia inking credit per Nick Caputo. Lettering credit from Nick Caputo.

10 page Bloodstone story "Dweller From the Depths!"

Characters Ulysses Bloodstone (Introduction); Villain: Possessor (Introduction); Ullux'yl Kwan T'ae 'Sny (Introduction)
Synopsis Ulysses Bloodstone battles a creature the Possessor calls from the sea.
Genre Superhero
Script John Warner
Pencils Mike Vosburg
Inks Bob McLeod
Colors Diane Buscema
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes This story was originally planned to be the first in a Bloodstone series in Where Monsters Dwell.

10 page Bloodstone story "Part Two: The Lurker Within"

Characters Ulysses Bloodstone (Origin); Guest Star: Bard Carter; P.D.Q. Werner; Villain: Ullux'yl Kwan T'ae 'Sny; Possessor
Synopsis Bloodstone fights the Possessor and during the battle the Possessor attempts to possess Bloodstone and is able to reach into Bloodstone's mind and see his life before he obtained the bloodstone.
Genre Superhero
Script John Warner
Pencils Pat Boyette
Inks Pat Boyette
Colors Diane Buscema
Letters Pat Boyette
Notes This story was originally planned to be the second in a Bloodstone series in Where Monsters Dwell.

1 page Marvel Comic Con 1975 promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Comic Con 1975!"

Synopsis Advertisement for the following items from Marvel Comic Con 1975: program book for $2.00, bumper stickers (2 for $1.00), a tee shirt ($2.50 for boys size and $3.95 for men), a button for $.50, a poster advertising the con for $2.00 or the whole kit for $6.95 which includes everything plus a shopping bag and event list. Shipping is $.25 per item or $.79 for the kit. Appears between pages 3 and 4 of the second story.
Pencils Various
Inks Various

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee's Soapbox promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: The King Is Back! 'Nuff Said! [October 1975]; Stan Lee's Soapbox"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
Synopsis Stan Lee welcomes back Jack Kirby whose first projects will include the Marvel Treasury edition of 2001, A Space Odyssey and writing and drawing Captain America. Stan says that after he finishes writing Son of Origins he and Jack will team up on a special edition of Silver Surfer. Items about the premiere of the Champions (starring Angel, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Hercules and Iceman) written by Tony Isabella and drawn by Don Heck, the premiere of the Howard the Duck comic written by Steve Gerber and drawn by Frank Brunner, the announcement of the cancellation of Savage Tales, Dracula Lives and Vampire Tales and the addition of new magazines Marvel Super Action (starring Ka-Zar, the Punisher and Dominic Fortune), Sherlock Holmes (written by Doug Moench and drawn by Val Mayerik), The Legion of Monsters (with stories about Dracula, The Frankenstein Monster and Manphibian), Masters of Terror (the works of Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch and others), Marvel Movie Premiere and Star-Lord, Don McGregor's classic tale of "Panther's Rage" starring the Black Panther in Jungle Action is drawing to a close and if you missed Marvelcon '75 you can still pick up FOOM Magazine #10 with a special photo-news report covering it. Includes a drawing of Captain America and the Thing. Appears between pages 7 and 8 of the second story sequence.
Script Stan Lee; ?
Letters Typeset