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Issue: Amazing Adult Fantasy #12
Publication Date: May 1962
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Issues: #12 of 8 Issues (16 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/01/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in February 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements and is the first Marvel comic with a letters page.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Living Statues!!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mike Rugger
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #166 published January 1976
as Living Statues!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Living Statues!! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #45 published ?
as Living Statues!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Reward $9,985.50 for This Coin!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement by Best Values Coin Company, listing prices they will pay for certain coins. Illustrated is the 1804 silver dollar. With coupon.
Inside front cover.
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Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Contents [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: V-636
Disclose Notes: The credits depict Stan Lee covering his face with typed pages and Steve Ditko with an inkpot for a head.
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Melvin and the Martian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Melvin Burns
First Line: Not many men bump into stray Martians accidentally but our friend Melvin did…to his everlasting regret!
Synopsis: A gambling cheat encounters a Martian who offers to give him the secret of never losing if he helps the Martian locate a treasure. The crook accepts, and true to his word, the Martian puts the man under a machine that gives him the ability to know which horse will win the race and how the dice will roll. When he asks the Martian what treasure he is looking for, the Martian mocks him "Haven't you realized yet, brainless earthling? The treasure is you!" and deposits him into a Martian zoo exhibit.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Melvin and the Martian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Retold by Stan Lee, illustrated by Tom Palmer, as a Tales of the Watcher story in Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) issue #23.
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How to 'Take Charge' of a Highly-Paid Job in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Commercial Trades Institute
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free booklets on the air conditioning and refrigeration trade.
On page after story "Melvin and the Martian!"
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I, the Gargoyle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alan Swan
First Line: To some, he was the ugliest man alive!
Synopsis: A kind but ugly, and hence lonely, man pilots a digging machine on a one-way journey to the Earth's core where he discovers a civilization who "see with their hearts" and not their eyes in the dim light. They offer him acceptance and love.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #202 published January 1984
as I, the Gargoyle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as I, the Gargoyle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-632
Disclose Notes: Retold in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #7 (August 1969) as a Tales of the Watcher story by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell.
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8mm Motion Picture Projector

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for "fully electric" 8mm movie projector with screen for $6.98.
On top of page after story "I, the Gargoyle!"
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Complete 4 Piece Matched Set of Luggage

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Products Corp.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for luggage "unbelievably priced at" $2.98.
At bottom half of page after story "I, the Gargoyle!"
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Something Fantastig? [sic] [Something Fantastic?]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Stan Lee; Steve Ditko
First Line: Have you ever searched for something that was right under your nose?
Synopsis: Lee and Ditko are having a story conference stricken with writer's block when a man walks into their office and offers to discuss ideas with them. They tell him to scram and when he doesn't take the hint, Ditko boots him out the door. The man gets up in the hallway outside and dissolves into sparkles, resolving to return to the fifth dimension as no one seems to be interested in his tales. Meanwhile, as Lee and Ditko mourn the fact that nothing supernatural ever happens to them, they decide to knock off for lunch.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn] published January 2005
as Something Fantastig? [sic] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Something Fantastic? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: V-636
Disclose Notes: Unusually, this story has the same job number as the contents page. Voted best story in this issue by more than 300 votes, according to Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August 1962).
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Learn Radio-Television Electronics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free information on NRI electronics courses.
On page after story "Something Fantastic?"
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The Plague!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ramon Corbo
First Line: Some tyrants hold the grim power of life and death in their grasping hands!
Synopsis: A dictator comes down with the plague and resolves to take everyone with him by starting a war with a nation he hates, the United States. He shoots down an American plane that crosses his border and requests permission to land. He thinks this will trigger a war, but a messenger gives him a message that causes his heart to fail and he dies. The message said the plane was bearing serum to cure the plague.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Plague! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-633
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I'll Give You the Keys to this Brand New Car…

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mr. Ned Mason
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Mason shoes.
On top half of page after story "The Plague!"
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Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Grit Publishing Co.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Grit newspaper.
On bottom half of page after story "The Plague!"
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page logo)
Inker(s): ? (Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page logo)
Colorist(s): ? (Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page logo); ? (background)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A letter from "John Doe" supposedly an anonymous 16-year old from Texas asks if he broke the law by buying the book. This may be a planted letter by Lee to explain that Amazing Adult Fantasy is a title that can be read by all ages.

Letters from readers: Jeff Dullum, Helmut Walter, Sam Smith, 'John Doe', Reggie Capes, Tommy Joyce Jr., J.S.
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Shop By Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for stamps and novelty products.
On page after "Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page"
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The Living Statues!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mike Rugger
First Line: Can an entire world turn to statues??
Synopsis: A man pilots a faster than light rocket and when he returns to Earth he finds that everyone appears to be almost motionless as he is still moving faster than light.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Living Statues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-631
Disclose Notes: This story received the second most votes for best story in this issue, according to Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August 1962).
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Bike Bonanza of Big Buys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for bicycle-related accessories including a "bike machine gun" for 75¢.
On top of first page after story "The Living Statues!"
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Record Your Voice at Home

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?; ? (background)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Products Corp.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for recording your own record at home - attaches to your own phonograph - for $6.98.
On bottom of first page after story "The Living Statues!"
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Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mike Marvel System
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98.
On second page after story "The Living Statues!"
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Start Your Own Business!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Christy Trades School
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for electronic appliance repair training information from Christy Trades School, Inc.
Inside back cover.
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He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Artists Schools
Character(s): Albert Dorne (portrait)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for no obligation Famous Artists Talent Test.
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