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Issue: Tower of Shadows #6
Publication Date: July 1970
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/21/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 23 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Pray for... the Man in the Rat Hole!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Signature in matchbook cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
1
Appears on inside front cover.
Man in the Rat-Hole!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
horror
A spy uses shrinking pills to easily discover military secrets. On a crucial mission, he is attacked by a rat and loses his growth pills, trapping him forever in his tiny form.
Reprinting
FlagStrange Tales #78 published November 1960
was Dear Reader: What Would You Have Done if You Were the… Worm Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]originally titled "Dear Reader: What Would You Have Done if You Were the… Worm Man"
 
Miscellaneous
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T-887
In the original the spy calls himself 'Worm Man'.

Both here and in Dracula Lives [UK] #15, the writer is credited as being Stan Lee although the original is unsigned.
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
1
Sold by The Fleetwood Co.
Appears after page 3 of the first story.
The Ghost-Beast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Beowulf
Reprinting
FlagX9 #5/1971 published June 1971
as Den döde demonen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagL'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. #6 published January 1978
as La BĂŞte-FantĂ´me [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood #[nn] published January 1982
as The Ghost-Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood #[nn] published January 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]Page 3 panel 1 only
FlagSorcelleries #[nn] published May 1982
as La BĂŞte-fantĂ´me [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
245-Z
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.4
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Marvelmania
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Miscellaneous
0.6
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Appears before page 2 of the second story.
Monster Size Monsters

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Sold by Honor House Products.
Appears before page 2 of the second story.
[untitled]

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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Appears after page 4 of the second story.
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
0.5
Appears after page 4 of the second story.
[untitled]

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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Appears after the second story.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Appears after the second story.
Contact!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror
Howard (death); Fal Ton; Fan Ton
Reprinting
FlagMonsters Unleashed #3 published November 1973
as Contact! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupernatural Thrillers #11 published February 1975
as Contact! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSon of Satan #8 published February 1977
as Contact! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
303-Z
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Shop By Mail
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Miscellaneous
1
Various classified-style ads. Appears after "Contact!" story.
The Scream from Beyond!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror
Gene Colan (host)
Reprinting
FlagFantomet #13/1972 published January 1972
as Dødsskriket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Shop By Mail
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Miscellaneous
2
Various classified-style ads. Appears after page 3 of the last story.
Polaris Nuclear Sub

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Miscellaneous
0.5
Appears after page 6 of the last comic story.
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
0.5
Appears after page 6 of the last story.
Tomes from the Tower!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Tomes from the Tower!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
LOC from readers Joe Lenius, Thomas W. Bulmer, Frank Johnson, and Marie and Joe Cinquezrana; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
3 Complete Fishing Outfits

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
1
Appears on the inside rear cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Appears on the rear cover.

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