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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published June 1974
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "It Lurks Behind the Wall!"

Genre monster
Pencils Jack Kirby; John Romita (retouches)
Inks Chris Rule; John Romita (retouches)
Notes Heavily re-worked by John Romita.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959) [with additional art by John Romita]

5 page story "The Secret of the Black Planet"

Characters Bruno Brugg
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko (signed)
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Script added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #28 (April 1962)

7 page story "We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!"

Characters Capt. Kane; Simms; Prof. Briggs; Dr. Parker; "Experiment 247"; "Experiment XYZ"
Synopsis An expedition in remote waters finds a missing scientist who has used serums to create giant turtles, one the size of a house, the other the size of an island.
Genre monsters
Script Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Christopher Rule
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959)

5 page story "I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!"

Characters Hank Jordan; Bob Jonson; Azka
Synopsis A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Carl Burgos
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Notes Narrated in the first person.
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959).

3 page story "Beyond Belief!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Harry Lazarus
Inks Harry Lazarus
Reprinted From Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (June 1956).