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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published November 1971
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960) [relettered]

6 page story "Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!"

Characters Orogo; Albert Carstairs
Synopsis An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960)

5 page story "The Earth-Crawlers!"

Characters Henry Salt; Martha Salt
Synopsis An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa. He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Reprinted From Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960).

6 page story "The Metal Monster"

Characters Mr. Mason; Grosko
Synopsis An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. On of the gypsies causes his steam shovel to attack him until he agrees to stop building.
Genre horror
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #57 (March 1960)

5 page story "The Last Voyage of Captain Kragg"

Characters Captain Kragg; Kumbus
Synopsis A cowardly space pilot flees a battle until his spaceship runs out of power and he crashes into a bog on an Earth-like planet. He finds an explorer who is going to prove the planet is round and takes his place, hoping for fame and fortune, but this time it turns out that the world really is flat.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Art Simek
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #67 (April 1961)

5 page story "The Pretender!"

Characters Stephen Dwane; Kusoom
Synopsis A man looking through an abandoned house find notes in an alien language. They tell of an alien shapeshifter disguised as a human to undermine Earth before an invasion, and are accompanied by a photograph of the alien's human form, Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee?; Larry Lieber?
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks Paul Reinman (signed)
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (May 1962)

5 page story "Quogg!"

Characters Quogg
Synopsis A fugitive hides in an enclosure said to contain a horrible monster, and realizes too late that the monster appeared to be an ordinary hut.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko (signed)
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (April 1962)

5 page story "The Black Clock!"

Characters Mr. Jordan
Synopsis A criminal steals a strange clock from an old man, but finds that it is cursed. He cannot put it down without pain, but he ages rapidly as he holds it. He believes that returning the clock will cure him, leaving him to choose between rapid death, pain or jail.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #67 (April 1961)