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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published January 1972
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Spragg! The Living Mountain!"

Characters Spragg
Genre monsters
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Bill Everett ?; Joe Sinnott ?
Colors Marie Severin ?
Notes Nick Caputo, via the GCD Error List (7 January 2005), suggests Joe Sinnott as the inker.

13 page story "Spragg, the Conqueror of the Human Race!"

Characters Spragg (introduction, origin); Prof. Bob Robertson (introduction, last name not given)
Synopsis Spragg, an outcast of his race, is forced to the surface of the Earth in Transylvania, where he enslaves the local villagers and forces them to build him a device to boost his powers. A visiting scientist figures out how to rid the planet of Spragg, and flings him into space.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter one (6 pp) and chapter two—"Spragg" (7 pp). Spragg and Prof. Robertson next appear in Sensational She-Hulk (Marvel, 1989 series) #31 (September 1991).
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #68 (May 1961)

5 page story "Where Lurks the Ghost"

Characters Joe; Mike
Synopsis A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house’s caretaker. He thinks that he didn’t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (November 1961)

5 page story "Help!!"

Synopsis A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Source of story corrected by Gary Willison via the GCD Error List (November 2009).
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (August 1961)