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Issue Details

Issue #64
Published January 1961
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in September 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "I Battled Rorgg, King of the Spider Monsters!"

Characters Rorgg; Tim Johnson; Ann
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers

7 page story "I Dared to Battle...Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!!"

Characters Rorgg; Tim Johnson; Ann; Frank Johnson; Fred
Synopsis A spider-like alien invades a small New Mexico town. No one can stop him except for a boy who reads science-fiction comics, who shows the value of imagination by killing him with a spray can of DDT.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Narrated in the first person. Rorrg next appears in Fantastic Four Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #7 (September 1994). The Frank Johnson in this story is not the same character as the creator of Zzutak from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #88 (September 1961). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971); in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994)

2 page text story "The Weatherman"

Characters Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
Synopsis In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
Genre science fiction; occult
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (August 1956)

6 page story "I Found the Lair of...the Lizard Men"

Characters Eric Kane
Synopsis A convict escapes and hides in a cavern, where he finds a society of lizard men unable to breathe on the surface. When he tries to steal the diamond that provides their light he is transformed into a lizard man and forced to live among them as an outcast.
Genre occult
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Narrated in the first person. For some reason, a "Dread African prison camp" contains only white convicts and guards. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (December 1966)

5 page story "I Must Find Korumbu!"

Characters Hugo Barge; Korumbu
Synopsis A fat man who wishes to lose weight without giving up overeating goes to Korumbu for a magic potion. Korumbu tells him it is too dangerous at first, but when the fat man threatens to sic the authorities on the gypsy camp, Korumbu gives him the potion. He drinks, and passes out. When he comes to, the gypsy camp is gone, and he finds the potion has worked too well. He is constantly losing weight and if he stops stuffing his face even for a moment, he is in danger of wasting away to nothing. He spends the rest of his days searching for Korumbu.
Genre occult
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted In Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971)

5 page story "Who Is the Ape Man?"

Characters Bruno Storme; Pierre Duval; Kazar
Synopsis A bullying strong-man torments the animals in the circus where he works. He is humiliated and beaten by a mysterious strong-man, who turns out to be a gorilla disguised by its trainer, who is a chimpanzee in disguise.
Genre horror
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.