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Issue: Weird Wonder Tales #1
Publication Date: December 1973
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Issues: #1 of 22 Issues (32 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: 08/28/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Thing That Devoured a Planet!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Giant #17 published September 1975
as The Thing that Devoured a Planet! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Weird Wonder Tales #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Thing That Devoured a Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: ...so you see, a cat is small --to a man-- but to a flea, that very same cat is a gigantic monster!
Synopsis: A professor postulates a giant being roaming through space that could eat the planets of the solar system, but that could also be eaten by an even larger being.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Giant #17 published September 1975
as The Thing That Devoured A Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Weird Worlds #2 published February 1952
was When a World Goes Mad! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: [9473]
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Enter: the Machine Age!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Always, it seemed, the machine had been there in the underground city, growing larger...
Synopsis: Following an atomic war, the human survivors live underground, building machines to do their work for them. Years later, they return to the surface, leaving the machines behind, but the machines begin to think for themselves, and rise up to conquer the surface world.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #17 published August 1954
was Machine Age! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [E-557]
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It Came from Beneath the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The surface!! At last!
Synopsis: A creature from an underground civilization is sent as a scout to determine the weaknesses of the surface world, but none of the surface dwellers are afraid of his monstrous form, as he expected.
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In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #39 published November 1974
as L'invasion venue de sous la terre! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Weird Worlds #12 published November 1952
was The Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: [B-238]
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The Eye of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Venus: The morning star, ancient symbol of love and kindness!
Synopsis: Floating eyes from Venus invade Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystic #6 published January 1952
was The Eye of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: [8558]
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Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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A Genuine Spider-Man Medallion-Coin

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spider-Man Medallion Coin
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for a Spider-Man Medallion Coin, Coin Holder, Keychains and Neckchains.

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