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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published October 1973
Frequency 7 times a year
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "I Was Trapped By the Things on Easter Island!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Christopher Rule
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959)

5 page story "I Was Trapped By the Things on Easter Island!"

Synopsis A pilot crash lands on Easter Island where he observes the statues rise out of the ground and discuss invasion plans of their home planet and the enslavement of Earthmen.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Christopher Rule
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959)

5 page story "The Ape Man"

Characters Salty Gruner; Ape Man
Synopsis A criminal hopes that the story of an ape man in the jungle surrounding his prison will prevent pursuit. Instead he discovers that the ape man is real and his curse causes the convict to transform into an ape until he to finds someone to take his place.
Genre horror
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Artie Simek
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes This story seems similar to "Gorilla Man" drawn by Robert Q. Sale in Men's Adventures (Marvel, 1950 series) #25 (March 1954).
Reprinted From Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #85 (June 1961)

4 page story "The Spice of Life!"

Synopsis The fantastically wealthy Ed Bean finds everything he has done in his life frightfully boring (even murder). He offers a million dollars to anyone who can come up with something he hasn't done, and a grotesque old man answers the ad, bringing him to deserted house where Bean will get to try something he never has before -- dying!
Genre horror
Pencils Al Eadeh
Inks Al Eadeh
Reprinted from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #11 (May 1953)

6 page story "The Monster Escapes!"

Synopsis An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape. Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates.
Genre science fiction
Script Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #95 (April 1962)