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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published June 1967
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia
Colors Stan Goldberg

16 page Human Torch story "The Origin of the Human Torch"

Genre superhero
Script Carl Burgos
Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos
Colors Stan Goldberg
Reprinted from Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #1 (November 1939)

10 page Sub-Mariner story "The Sub-Mariner"

Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett
Colors Stan Goldberg
Reprinted from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #4 (February 1940)

5 page story "Monsteroso!"

Characters Monsteroso
Synopsis A creature hatches from an egg and imagines itself lord of all it surveys, but it is suddenly drowned, as it is only a microbe in a scientist's culture.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Colors Stan Goldberg
Notes This story was retold in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962 series) as "The Terror of Tim Boo Baa" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is given a speculative writing credit based on his authorship of the retelling.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961)

5 page story "We Search the Stars!"

Characters Sir Edward Ramsey
Synopsis A space expedition discovers what they believe is a savage human-like species and flee, not suspecting that they are an advanced psychic race able to meet all their needs through thought.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Matt Fox
Letters Art Simek
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #110 (July 1963)

6 page story "I Don't Believe in Ghosts!"

Characters Mr. Jordan; Wilbur Weems
Genre horror
Script Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Colors Stan Goldberg
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script and inks added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #77 (February 1962)

11 page Captain America story "Spy Ambush"

Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Colors Stan Goldberg
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #10 (January 1942)