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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published July 1971
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Earth Is Doomed --When Lo-Karr Stalks!!"

Genre Monster
Pencils Jack Kirby (top half of cover); Steve Ditko (bottom half of cover); Marie Severin (revisions - new art)
Inks Dick Ayers (top half of cover); Steve Ditko (bottom half of cover); Marie Severin (revisions - new art)
Notes The cover is divided horizontally into two panels. Corrected cover credits from Nick Caputo (June 30, 2006). Top portion of cover originally credited to just Marie Severin.
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 [top portion of cover]

6 page story "Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom!"

Characters Lo-Karr
Synopsis A scientist creates a robot to unite Cold War rival nations against an alien invasion that will never materialize.
Genre monsters
Script Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) The plot is similar to "Titan, The Amphibian from Atlantis" in Tales of Suspense #28.
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961)

7 page story "Mister Gregory and the Ghost!"

Characters Lucius P. Gregory
Synopsis Lucius Gregory builds a house from haunted trees, which means he can never get rid of the ghost.
Genre horror
Script Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961)

6 page story "I Spent a Night in the Haunted Lighthouse!"

Characters John
Synopsis A man visiting a coastal town is stranded in an abandoned lighthouse during a storm and sees a ghostly ship and pirates arrive. Next morning he finds a life preserver from the Flying Dutchman.
Genre horror
Pencils Joe Sinnott
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #56 (January 1960)

6 page story "My Nightmare Has No End!"

Synopsis A man meets an extradimensional being in his nightmares. The being tells him that the world he comes from is a paradise, but boring, and offers to switch places. The man agrees, but the traveller wakes up to find that he entered the dreams of a prisoner.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960)

5 page story "The Boy Who Vanished!"

Characters Billy Carter; Alana
Synopsis A lame boy wills himself to the future and his legs are healed before he sends himself home.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #71 (August 1961)

6 page story "He Walked Through Walls!"

Synopsis A man makes a deal with the devil to obtain great wealth.
Genre horror
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted From Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #26 (December 1961)

5 page story "I Turned Into a...Martian!"

Synopsis An Earth astronaut on Mars has his mind switched with a Martian, who plans to infiltrate Earth.
Genre horror
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #60 (September 1960)

13 page story "I Created Krang! The Most Fantastic Monster the World Has Ever Known!"

Characters Krang; Prof. Carter; Ludwig
Synopsis When an ant is accidentally enlarged and attains human intelligence, it wants to create a giant ant army to take over the world.
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) #14 (December 1960)