Issue Details

Issue	#[nn]
Published	1977
Cover Price	9.95 USD
Pages	260
Editing	?

Cover Details

Characters	Red Sonja; Invisible Girl; Medusa; Black Widow; Ms.Marvel; Hela; Wasp
Pencils	John Romita
Inks	John Romita

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Preface"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

1 page story

Characters	Medusa; Spider-Man
Pencils	John Romita
Inks	John Romita
Reprinted	from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #62 (July 1968) [sans copy and backgrounds]

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Beware her Scarlet Hair!"

Script

Stan Lee

20 page Spider-Man story "Make Way for...Medusa!"

Characters	Spider-Man; Medusa; Gwen Stacy; J.Jonah Jameson; Norman Osborn; Mary Jane Watson
Synopsis	Spider-Man is duped by an ad agency into fighting Medusa.
Genre	super-hero
Script	Stan Lee (script/plot); John Romita (plot)
Pencils	John Romita (layouts); Don Heck (pencils)
Inks	Mickey Demeo [Mike Esposito]
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	Original presentation edited by Stan Lee
Reprinted	from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #62 (July 1968)

1 page Red Sonja illustration

Characters	Red Sonja
Pencils	John Buscema
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "She-Devil with a Sword!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

18 page Red Sonja story "Eyes of the Gorgon"

Characters	Red Sonja; Delores Garde (Intro, Death); Valek (Intro); Unkas (Intro, Death)
Synopsis	Red Sonja comes to a town that is being attacked by a Gorgon, who is turning the townspeople to stone.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Bruce Jones
Pencils	Frank Thorne
Inks	Frank Thorne
Colors	George Rousssos
Letters	Frank Thorne (?)
Notes	Original presentation edited by Roy Thomas. Inventory number: JV278
Reprinted	From Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1975 series) #4 (May 1976)

1 page Invisible Girl illustration

Characters	Invisible Girl
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Romita
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Now You See Her -- Now You Don't!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

22 page Fantastic Four story "The Return of the Mole Man!"

Characters	Mr. Fantatsic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; the Thing; Mole Man; Subterraneans
Synopsis	Invisible Girl discovers her force field powers and the FF battle Mole Man
Genre	super-hero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	G. Bell [George Roussos]
Letters	Sam Rosen
Editing	Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted	from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #22 (January 1964)

1 page Ms. Marvel illustration

Characters	Ms. Marvel
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Romita
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "And, Oh, How She Flies!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

17 page Ms. Marvel story "This Woman, This Warrior!"

Characters	Ms. Marvel; Scorpion; J. Jonah Jameson; Kerwin Kormin; Joe Robertson
Synopsis	Ms. Marvel resuces Jameson from the Scorpion.
Genre	super-hero
Script	Gerry Conway
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Colors	Marie Severin
Letters	John Costanza
Notes	Original presentation edited by Gerry Conway
Reprinted	from Ms. Marvel (Marvel, 1977 series) #1 (January 1977)

1 page Hela illustration

Characters	Hela
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Buscema
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Touch of a Goddess!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

19 page Thor story "The Icy Touch of Death!"

Characters	Thor; Odin; Hela; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Sif; Heimdall; Don Blake; Loki; Balder; Karnilla; Odin's Vizier
Synopsis	Odin attempts to hide Thor from Hela.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	Original presentation edited by Stan Lee.
Reprinted	from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #189 (June 1971)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

16 page Thor story "--And So, To Die!"

Characters	Thor; Hela; Karnilla; Balder; Odin; Sif
Synopsis	Thor sacrifices himself to Hela to prevent the end of death.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Letters	Sam Rosen
Editing	Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes	Original presentation edited by Stan Lee, the last three pages of the original story are not reprinted.
Reprinted	from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #190 (July 1971) [-3 pages]

1 page Cat illustration

Characters	Cat
Genre	Superhero
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Beware the Clutching Claws!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

22 page Cat story "Beware the Claws of the Cat!"

Characters	Cat; Greer Nelson; Joanne Tumolo; Mal Donaldbain
Synopsis	Origin of the Cat.
Genre	super-hero
Script	Linda Fite (script, co-plot); Roy Thomas (co-plot)
Pencils	Marie Severin
Inks	Wally Wood
Letters	John Costanza
Notes	Original presentation edited by Roy Thomas.
Reprinted	from Cat, The (Marvel, 1972 series) #1 (November 1972)

1 page Wasp illustration

Characters	Wasp
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Buscema
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Wasp!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

18 page Ant Man and the Wasp story "The Creature from Kosmos!"

Characters	Ant Man; Wasp; Maria Pym; Vernon van Dyne; the Kosmosian
Synopsis	Origin of the Wasp. Ant Man and Wasp foil an alien invasion.
Genre	super-hero
Script	Stan Lee (plot); H.E. Huntley [Ernest Hart](script)
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Don Heck
Letters	Artie Simek
Notes	Original presentation edited by Stan Lee
Reprinted	from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #44 (June 1963)

1 page Lyra illustration

Characters	Lyra
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Romita
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Fury in a Future World!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

10 page story "The Fury of the Femizons!"

Genre	science fiction
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	John Romita
Inks	John Romita
Notes	Original presentation edited by Stan Lee
Reprinted	from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971)

1 page Shanna illustration

Characters	Shanna
Genre	Superhero

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Beauty and the Beasts!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

22 page Shanna the She-Devil story "The Sahara Connection!"

Characters	Shanna; Jakuna Singh; El Montano
Synopsis	Shanna defeats a heroin smuggling ring.
Genre	jungle
Script	Carole Seuling
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Vince Colletta
Letters	John Costanza
Notes	Original presentation edited by Roy Thomas.
Reprinted	from Shanna the She-Devil (Marvel, 1972 series) #2 (February 1973)

1 page Black Widow illustration

Characters	Black Widow
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Romita
Inks	John Romita
Reprinted	From ?

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Then Along Came a Spider!"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset

17 page Spider-Man story "Beware the Black Widow!"

Characters	Spider-Man; Black Widow; Gwen Stacy; Capt. Stacy
Synopsis	An ill Spider-Man and the Black Widow fight through a misunderstanding.
Genre	super-hero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	John Romita
Inks	Jim Mooney
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	Original presentation edited by Stan Lee
Reprinted	from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #86 (July 1970)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Epilogue"

Script	Stan Lee
Letters	typeset