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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published July 1975
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 84
Editing Roy Thomas; Gerry Conway (Associate Editor); Marv Wolfman (Consulting Editor); Len Wein (Consulting Editor); Archie Goodwin (Consulting Editors)

Cover Details - "Lost City of Mars"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Frank Brunner (signed) (painted)
Inks Frank Brunner (signed) (painted)
Colors Frank Brunner (signed) (painted)
Letters typeset

1 page illustration "untitled"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Robert Kline (signed)
Inks Robert Kline (signed)
Letters typeset

1 page credits "Contents"

Pencils ? (illos)
Inks ? (illos)
Letters typeset

3 page story "Prologue: An Official Inquiry"

Genre science fiction
Script Tony Isabella
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Frank Chiaramonte

11 page story "The Enchanted Village"

Genre science fiction
Script A.E. van Vogt (Original Story); Don Thompson (Adaptation); Maggie Thompson (Adaptation)
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Adaptation of A.E. van Vogt's story.

5 page text article "The Dreaming Kind A Conversation With SF Master Author A.E. van Vogt"

Script Alan Brennert (Interviewer); A.E. van Vogt (Interviewed)
Pencils ? (Photograph); Rick Bryant (signed) (illos); Steve Harper [as H.] (illo)
Inks ? (Photograph); Rick Bryant (signed) (illos); Steve Harper [as H.] (illo)
Letters typeset
Notes Interview includes a photograph of van Vogt.

1 page text article "Otis Adelbert Kline: Visionary Of Venus"

Genre bio
Script David Anthony Kraft
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Letters typeset
Notes Overview of the life and career of Kline; includes a photograph.

5 page story "A Vision Of Venus"

Genre science fiction
Script Otis Adelbert Kline (Original Story); Tim Conrad (Adaptation)
Pencils Tim Conrad
Inks Tim Conrad; Pete Iro
Notes Adaptation of Otis Adelbert Kline's story.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Know Ye All By These Presents:"

Pencils Robert Kline (signed)
Inks Robert Kline (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Subscription advertisement.

4 page text article "Fantastic Worlds"

Script Don Thompson; Maggie Thompson
Pencils Steve Harper (signed) (illo); Maggie Thompson (Photograph); Rick Bryant (signed) (illo)
Inks Steve Harper (signed) (illo); Maggie Thompson (Photograph); Rick Bryant (signed) (illo)
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a photograph of Forrest J. Ackerman.

7 page story "Good News From The Vatican"

Genre science fiction
Script Robert Silverberg (Original Story); Gerry Conway (Adaptation)
Pencils Adrian Gonzales [as Ading Gonzales]
Inks Adrian Gonzales [as Ading Gonzales]
Notes Adaptation of Robert Silverberg's story.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A year or two ago, comics-fan Jan S. Strnad and underground cartoonist Richard V. Corben..."

Genre science fiction
Pencils Richard Corben
Inks Richard Corben
Letters typeset

13 page story "Encounter At War"

Genre science fiction
Script Jan S. Strnad
Pencils Richard Corben
Inks Richard Corben

8 page story "Kick The Can"

Genre science fiction
Script Bruce Jones
Pencils Bruce Jones (signed)
Inks Bruce Jones (signed)

3 page story "Epilogue:"

Genre science fiction
Script Tony Isabella
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Frank Chiaramonte

1 page story "Next Issue:"

Pencils Frank Brunner [as FB]
Inks Duffy Vohland [as DV]
Letters type
Notes Preview of next issue's cover.

2 page letters page "The Shape Of Things That Came"

Pencils Rick Bryant (illo) (signed); George Perez (illo)
Inks Rick Bryant (illo) (signed); Rico Rival (illo)
Letters typeset
Notes LOC from readers Ken Meyer Jr., Steve L. Duff and Steven Scheibner.
Reprinted from Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction (Marvel, 1975 series) #2 [illustration]