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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published January 1972
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Thing that Crawls!"

Genre monsters
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia

13 page story "I Dared to Battle the Crawling Creature!"

Characters Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature
Synopsis A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. He lures the creature to the surface to save the tribe and traps it in a canyon, keeping all of this secret.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp).
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #22 (August 1961)

5 page story "When Darkness Falls!!"

Synopsis A man sees mannequins move during the business hours of the store, and stays until closing. When the mannequins step down from their positions he berates them for nearly being caught, since he was another living mannequin all along.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #69 (June 1961)

5 page story "The Frightening Fog"

Synopsis A mysterious fog envelops the entire world for days, terrifying everyone. It was actually created by benevolent alien peacekeepers to hide Earth from an invasion.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko (signed)
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell, ed.). This plot is simiilar to a plan used by the Watcher in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #48 (March 1966), also written by Stan Lee.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (February 1962)