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Issue: Weird Wonder Tales #19
Publication Date: December 1976
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Issues: #19 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: 1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860290812
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roger Stern
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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 Testing of an Occult Master!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): John Verpoorten
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Annette Kawecki ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Druid
Character(s): Dr. Druid; the Gorilion
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Reprint Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Am Dr. Druid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; John Tartaglione ?
Inker(s): Steve Ditko; John Tartaglione ?
Colorist(s): Bonnie Wilford
Letterer(s): Jim Novak ?; Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Druid
Character(s): Doctor Druid [Anthony Druid]
Synopsis: In the City Medical Club, a group of doctors is discussing the Tibetan lama who has requested medical attention from a Western physician. Anthony Druid decides to lend a hand. Before dying, the lama announces that Druid is fit to replace him in his battle against evil and passes on his mystic abilities.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Adventures #1 published June 1961
was I Am the Fantastic Dr. Droom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]character renamed from Doctor Droom to Doctor Druid
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: [V-164]
Disclose Notes: Original title: I Am the Fantastic Dr. Droom. Heavily edited for this reprint in accordance with Doctor Droom's retroactive renaming. New lettering on splash likely by Jim Novak. Tartaglione was given a credit in the letters page of issue #21. Bonnie Wilford credit revealed in the letters page of issue #22.
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I Challenged...Groot! The Monster from Planet X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): Bonnie Wilford ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Groot (introduction, origin); Leslie Evans; Alice Evans
Synopsis: The monarch of Planet X arrives on Earth in order to capture a town for experimental purposes back on his homeworld. The hero of our story defeats Groot with termites.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #13 published November 1960
was I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: [T-839]
Disclose Notes: Groot next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 in a flashback story, he then appeared in modern continuity in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (January 2006) and eventually became a member of the second incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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The Hypnotist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Colorist(s): Bonnie Wilford ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Irwin Botts; Professor Dubois; Mickey Davis; Rogan
Synopsis: A boxer becomes a champion under hypnosis.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #47 published March 1956
was The Hypnotist! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [H-619]
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The Spider-Man and the Fly!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Spider-Man; the Fly
Synopsis: Spider-Man escapes from The Fly's death-trap with the help of a Hostess Twinkie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Featured in November and December 1976 Marvel comics.

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