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Issue: Crypt of Shadows #19
Publication Date: September 1975
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Issues: #19 of 21 Issues (22 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: 06/10/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #119.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Colossus That Challenged the World!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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I Fought the Colossus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Reynolds; "Colossus" supercomputer
Synopsis: An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. Humanity turns on the computer and destroys the robot, only to find that it was intended to replace the supercomputer, which breaks down, leaving humanity without its intelligence.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #72 published December 1959
was I Fought the Colossus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [T-463]
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Hidden Martians

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Major Caswell; Bill Hamilton; Fred; Tess
Synopsis: A man charged with detecting hidden Martians is unaware that his girlfriend is one of them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #52 published December 1975
as Les martiens cachés [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #14 published November 1953
was The Hidden Martians [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [D-215]
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Earth Will Be Destroyed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location. They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #53 published December 1975
as La terre sera détruite ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]N&B [B&W]
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #9 published May 1960
was Earth Will Be Destroyed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [T-641]
Disclose Notes: This concept was re-used with a single creature in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961) as "Monsteroso!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962 series) as "The Terror of Tim Boo Baa" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is speculatively credited as the writer on the basis of his authorship of the second re-telling.
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He Never Reached the Ground!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man falls 35 floors but disappears at ground level just before impact, saved by a Tibetan mystic indebted to his great-grandfather.
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From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #11 published April 1958
was He Never Reached the Ground! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: [M-550]
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A Frantic, Frenetic Fun-Filled Foray Into the Fable-Fraught Fortress of Fandom's Favorite Fraternity!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items. Stan Lee writes about MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz (Marvel, 1975 series) #1. Miscellaneous Marvel news items. Small obituary for Artie Simek, who passed away on February 20, 1975.

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