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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published December 1976
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Archie Goodwin

Cover Details - "The Testing of an Occult Master!"

Characters Dr. Druid; the Gorilion
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks John Verpoorten
Notes Inker credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (7 January 2005). Original indexer credited Al Milgrom ?.

6 page Doctor Druid story "I Am Dr. Druid!"

Characters Doctor Druid [Anthony Druid]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby; ? (retouches)
Inks Steve Ditko; ? (retouches)
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted from Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 (June 1961) [originally "I Am the Fantastic Dr. Droom." Heavily edited for this reprint in accordance with Doctor Droom's retroactive renaming.]

7 page story "I Challenged...Groot! The Monster from Planet X!"

Characters Groot (introduction, origin); Leslie Evans; Alice Evans
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Leiber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Notes Groot next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 in a flashback story, he then appeared in modern continuity in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (January 2006) and eventually became a member of the second incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #13 (November 1960)

5 page story "The Hypnotist!"

Genre Occult
Pencils Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Inks Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Reprinted from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #47.