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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published January 1971
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Vandoom! He Who Made a Creature!"

Characters Vandoom's Creature
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Steve Ditko credit for inks from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (February 2009). Monster on cover of Tales to Astonish #17 was altered, this is the unaltered version of the cover.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #17 (March 1961) [relettered]

13 page story "Vandoom, the Man Who Made a Creature!"

Characters Ludwig Vandoom; Vandoom's Creature
Synopsis The owner of a Transylvanian wax museum named Vandoom sets out to build a new monster in order to bring customers back to the museum. A bolt of lightning brings the creature to life long enough to stop a Martian invasion.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #17 (March 1961)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Another Marvel Masterpiece"

Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes House ad for Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #7

5 page story "Beware! of the Ghastly Glass!"

Characters Bruno
Synopsis An old man searches for an enchanted crystal that will grant four wishes.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #17 (March 1961)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Another Marvel Masterpiece"

Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers ?
Notes House ad for Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2