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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published January 1994
Cover Price 1.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Todd

Cover Details

Genre horror
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko

5 page story "When The Totem Walks"

Characters Bull Drago; Hunk; Indian shaman (introduction for all); Totem (introduction and origin)
Synopsis Two escaped convicts stumble across a tribe of Indians, rob them of food, and plan to shoot them in the morning to eliminate witnesses to their flight. Their totem comes alive during the night in response to the chieftain's prayers and chases the convicts back to prison. They think they are safe, but the story ends with the totem tearing the iron bars off their cell window while they shrink back in fear from its approach.
Genre horror
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Story continued in Monster Menace #4 (March 1994).
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #74 (April 1960)

6 page story "Save Me From The Weed"

Characters Lucius Farnsworth; George
Synopsis A wealthy man urges his unambitious gardener to go into business for himself, his diligence saves the world when he snips a radioactive telepathic weed while it rests. His employer realizes that everyone has their own part to play.
Genre horror
Script Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #94 (March 1962)

1 page text article "Jack Kirby, Atlas Comics and Monsters"

Script Jack Kirby
Letters typeset

5 page story "I Can't Escape From The Creeping Things"

Characters Silas Bleede
Genre horror
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #62 (November 1960)

5 page story "I Fought The Colossus"

Characters Prof. Reynolds; "Colossus" robot
Synopsis An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. Humanity turns on the computer and destroys the robot, only to find that it was intended to replace the supercomputer, which breaks down, leaving humanity without its intelligence.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko ?
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #72 (December 1959)