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Issue: Weird Wonder Tales #5
Publication Date: August 1974
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Issues: #5 of 22 Issues (28 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Thing in Cell 13!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Larry Lieber; John Romita (alterations)
Inker(s): Al Milgrom ?; John Romita (alterations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Thing in Cell 13

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hans Vogez
Synopsis: A corrupt police chief uses frivolous fines to fund a giant useless prison in order to increase his own prestige. He imprisons a passerby for no reason, but is shocked to find that he is the leader of a group of aliens who are in such a rush to leave that they take the whole prison when they cannot open his cell, leaving the chief disgraced and humbled.
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In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #35 published July 1974
as La chose de la cellule 13 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor v2 #23 published August 1976
as La cosa en la celda 13! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #81 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1961
was The Thing in the Cell! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Thing in Cell 13"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [V-26]
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Greed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Tumlinson
Inker(s): Pete Tumlinson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A researcher receives telepathic signals from evil Martians, now long dead, who want him to build a machine that will allow them to cross space and conquer Earth. The gold that he gets through the machine as payment is now molten and buries him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #36 published December 1954
was Greed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [E-854]
Disclose Notes: reprint mistakenly identified as from Astonishing Tales #36
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I, the Robot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Romita
Inker(s): John Romita
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): The Human Robot [M-11]
Synopsis: A robot is given a command to kill the man in the room by someone who wishes to steal the robot after it has slain its creator. When the would-be thief enters the room, the robot slays him as well, then the robot goes out into the night looking for rooms to slay men in.
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From Content Item: FlagMenace #11 published May 1954
was I, The Robot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [D-922]
Disclose Notes: The Human Robot next appears in What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #9, in the superhero team eventually known as the Agents of Atlas.
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The Invaders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens from a dry desert world park their invasion fleet on a large expanse of the ocean thinking it to be a solid surface, whereupon the ships sink like stones.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #38 published October 1974
as Les envahisseurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #34 published August 1962
was The Invaders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Bullpen Bonus Page

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Romita
Inker(s): John Romita
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider-Man
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Giant-Size Spider-Man (Marvel, 1974 series) #1

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