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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published September 1973
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas ?

Cover Details - "The Thing on Haunted Hill!"

Genre horror
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane ?

6 page story "Horror on Haunted Hill!"

Synopsis An alien from Saturn lands in a graveyard.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Carmine Infantino
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Source of story supplied by Ralf Kienzle through GCD Errors list, February 2008.
Reprinted from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (January 1953)

5 page story "Forever Is a Long Time!"

Synopsis A man finds a bottle containing a genie who is content to stay in the bottle.
Genre occult
Pencils Larry Woromay
Inks Larry Woromay
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Source of story supplied by Ralf Kienzle through GCD Errors list, February 2008.
Reprinted from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (January 1953)

3 page story "A Shriek in the Night"

Synopsis A man saves a women who is being chased by a man, only to find that the situation isn't what he thought it was.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Bill Savage ?
Inks Bill Savage ?
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Source of story supplied by Ralf Kienzle through GCD Errors list, February 2008.
Reprinted from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (January 1953)

Half page Conan promo (ad from the publisher) "Savage Tales is Back!"

Characters Conan
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Notes House ad for Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 with illustration of Conan from the cover of Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #21

5 page story "The Man Who Walked on Water!"

Synopsis A man gains the power to walk on water, but finds out too late there is a drawback.
Genre occult
Pencils Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Inks Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Editing Stan Lee (original story)
Notes Source of story supplied by Ralf Kienzle through GCD Errors list, February 2008.
Reprinted from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (January 1953)

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher) "More Mirth-Inducing Memorabilia From Memo-Minded Marvel"

Letters typeset
Notes Marvel promo on top half of page; ad for Foom! (Friends of Old Marvel) fan club on bottom half.

1 page Conan promo (ad from the publisher) "On Sale Now!"

Characters Conan
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (signed)
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (signed)
Notes House ad for Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (here titled Conan the Barbarian King Size Special) with illustration of Conan taken from cover of comic

13 page advertisement "various"

Notes Ads for various companies, including North American School of Drafting; Outdoor Careers Guide Book; Olympic Sales Club; Howard Rogofsky (comics); Locksmithing Institute; Passaic Book Center (comics); Robert Bell (comics); Grand Book, Inc., (comics); Centre Coin Co.; Menomonee Falls Gazette (comic strip magazine); The S. F. C. A (G.B. Love) for "The Comicollector"; Grit newspaper; La Salle Extension University; Johnson Smith Co.; and many others.