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Issue Details

Issue #94
Published March 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands on December 12, 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Bob Bailey.

Cover Details - "Pildorr, The Plunderer From Outer Space!"

Characters Pildorr; John Brett
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers

7 page story "I Was a Decoy for Pildorr: The Plunderer from Outer Space!"

Characters John Brett; Pildorr
Synopsis Earth sends a pilot to get an important cargo past attacking space pirates. He is caught and thrown into space, his cargo taken. The cargo is a cobalt bomb that destroys the pirates, and the pilot is a robot, so he survives.
Genre science fiction
Script Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004)

2 page text story "The Treasure"

Characters Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
Synopsis A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #36 (October 1955)

6 page story "Save Me From the Weed!"

Characters Lucius Farnsworth; George
Synopsis A man urges his unambitious gardener to go into business for himself, but his humble diligence saves the world when he snips a radioactive telepathic weed while it rests.
Genre science fiction
Script Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #3 (February 1975); in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (January 1994)

5 page story "He Came from Nowhere!"

Characters Joe Morgan; Groff
Synopsis A fugitive meets a man from the future who offers to switch places. When he arrives, however, he finds that the man was another criminal, a shape-shifting Uranian. The authorities imprison him, assuming his form is a disguise.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils George Tuska
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes This story is a retelling of "My Nightmare Has No End!", drawn by Don Heck, from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960). George Tuska inks changed to Joe Sinnott based on information from the Atlas/Timely list. Bob Bailey confirms Sinnott inks, 12 August 2005. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted in Supernatural Thrillers (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (June 1974)

5 page story "Help!"

Synopsis A man gets a mysterious call for help but thinks it's a crank call and slams down the phone, breaking it. The caller is overjoyed, since it was a tiny alien spaceship trapped inside the phone receiver.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
Reprinted in Kull the Destroyer (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 (August 1974); in Capitan America (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #91; in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]