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Issue: Amazing Adult Fantasy #13 [JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack] #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1994
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ? (reprint editor)
Disclose Notes: No indicia present.

One of the 1994 JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack reprints. These are second printings of Marvel comics from the 1950s-1970s. There are a total of 15 different comics in the set:

Amazing Adult Fantasy #13; Amazing Spider-Man Special [Annual] #5; Avengers #88; Captain America #109; Fantastic Four #66 & #67; Incredible Hulk #140; Sgt. Fury #13; Sub-Mariner #8; Thor Special [Annual] #2; Tomb of Dracula #25; X-Men #28, #62, #63; and Young Men #25.

Three issues are reprinted from reprints: Fantastic Four #66 is reprinted from Marvel's Greatest Comics #49; Sgt. Fury #13 is reprinted from Special Marvel Edition #11; and X-Men #28 is reprinted from X-Men #76.

This set of 15 comics was available through the 1994 JC Penney Christmas Catalog, for $14.99 plus shipping. The front covers of these comics look exactly like the originals, but inside, contain advertisements from 1994, except for Young Men #25, which has all the original inside ads. All of these reprints have the same back cover Stridex ad. "Second Printing" appears at the end of the indicia.

Publication information from Roger Perez, STL Comics web site, https://web.archive.org/web/20141017032516/http://stlcomics.com/gallery/jcpenney_stridex/
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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: one-shot
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At the Stroke of Midnight!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: V-689
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The Unsuspecting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bobby
Synopsis: Shape-shifting aliens invade Earth, taking the form of TV sets in order to influence people's thinking.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-685
Disclose Notes: The second page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). This story is retold in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #6 (June 1969) as a Tales of the Watcher story by Stan Lee and Syd Shores.
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Great Zeus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Zeus
Synopsis: Zeus decides to leave Mt. Olympus and return to Earth, but when he arrives, far from his lightning bolts intimidating mortals, they find him a source of entertainment and want to book him as an act. Exasperated, Zeus leaves the big city and returns to Mt. Olympus.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-687
Disclose Notes: The third page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The Little Gypsy Tea Room

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Bruno the Burglar; a gypsy
Synopsis: A criminal forces a gypsy to hide him from the police, but gets more than he bargained for when she does help him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: V-688
Disclose Notes: The second page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The Ultimate Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The western powers launch an empty globe over Moscow that intimidates the communist leaders into disarming because they fear that it is a bomb.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-684
Disclose Notes: Set in 1970. The fourth page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a planted letter from a "Joan Boocock" from England; the maiden name of Stan Lee's wife.

"The Amazing Scoreboard" is introduced, a ranking of the stories according to reader feedback. From issue #11 (April 1962), the readers voted for: #1-"Where Walks the Ghost?" #2-"The Secret of the Universe!" #3-In Human Form!".
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At the Stroke of Midnight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Giant undersea creatures attack New York, but they find the streets deserted due to a civil defense drill. They are attacked by a giant, and conclude that humans are actually larger then they are. The next morning the Stature of Liberty has skinned knuckles.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-686
Disclose Notes: The third page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).

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