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Issue: Amazing Adult Fantasy #11
Publication Date: April 1962
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Issues: #11 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: 01/02/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in January 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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In Human Form?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Zogg
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as In Human Form [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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New Discovery in Hypnotism

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
Ad for "How to Hypnotize" book for $1.98 from Bond Book Co.
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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)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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In Human Form!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Zogg
First Line: It would probably be great to be able to change yourself into any form you desired!
Synopsis: Alien invaders send a shapeshifting scout to disguise himself as one of Earth's dominant lifeform, but he mistakenly takes the form of a mosquito and is swatted.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as In Human Form! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Third place in the voting for best story in this issue, according to issue #13 (June 1962).
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: New super-speed way to add pounds of solid muscle to chest, back, arms, wrists!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for "Chest Pull Body Builder" for $1.00 from Medford Products, Inc.
On page after end of "In Human Form!".
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For the Rest of Your Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rico
First Line: It must be a terrible thing to be sentenced to life in prison!
Synopsis: Jupiter's courts are thought soft, but their convicts are actually imprisoned for life within an illusion of freedom.
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In Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #89 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1974
as For the Rest of Your Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as For the Rest of Your Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-565
Disclose Notes: Set in 2061.
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Great New Idea from CTI

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free booklets on the air conditioning and refrigeration trade.
On page after end of "For the Rest of Your Life!".
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The Secret of the Universe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Something must exist out there!
Synopsis: A rocket is built which travels faster than light in order to probe the edge of the visible universe, but the volunteer pilot de-ages to infancy during the trip, curing him of his terminal disease.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupernatural Thrillers #9 published October 1974
as The Secret of the Universe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Secret of the Universe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #100 published ?
as The Secret of the Universe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: V-569
Disclose Notes: Runner up for best story according to the letters page in issue #13 (June 1962).
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Reward $2,000.00

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send for "Large Coin Catalog" for $1.00.
On top half of page after end of "The Secret of the Universe!".
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Amazing Wrist Radio

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for wrist radio with private ear phone for $2.98 from Honor House Products Corp.
On bottom half of page after end of "The Secret of the Universe!".
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The Ice Monster Cometh!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Hugo Bogg; Ice-Monster
First Line: Some call him the abominable snowman!
Synopsis: A thief tries to use the legend of a local ice monster to recover his loot, but the legend is true.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Man-Thing #1 published August 1974
as Ice-Monster Cometh! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Ice-Monster Cometh! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-568
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Boys — 12 or Older —

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Grit newspaper.
On top half of page after end of "The Ice-Monster Cometh!".
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Transistor Radio

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for transistor radio with private earphone for $9.98 from Honor House Products Corp.
On bottom half of page after end of "The Ice-Monster Cometh!".
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Coming Attractions
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Coming Attractions [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises letters page beginning in the next issue.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Multiple small ads for stamps and other products.
On page after Coming Attractions.
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Where Walks the Ghost?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Jimmy; Emma
First Line: No, this is not just another ghost story!
Synopsis: A reverse ghost story that leads the reader to believe that a young man in the civil war has been slain and returns to his waiting parents in the form of a ghost when the last panel reveals that the young man is still within the land of the living and the waiting parents are ghosts who were killed during artillery shelling.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Stan Lee #[nn] published February 2005
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Where Walks the Ghost? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-567
Disclose Notes: Voted best story in this issue by the readers according to the letters page of issue #13 (June 1962).
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You Can Have the Secret Weapon

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various books at $1.00 each, starting with "Lightning Ju-Jitsu".
On first page after end of "Where Walks the Ghost?".
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Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items, starting with "Throw Your Voice".
On second page after end of "Where Walks the Ghost?".
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For a Successful Career in Radio Television Electronics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free information on NRI electronics courses.
Inside back cover.
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New Kind of Shoe Will Fill Your Pockets with Cash!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Mason shoes.
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