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Issue: Where Monsters Dwell #5
Publication Date: September 1970
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Issues: #5 of 38 Issues (42 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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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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Mankind Is Doomed! Taboo Lives Again!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; Marie Severin (alterations)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers; Marie Severin (alterations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek; Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Taboo (alien)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #77 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1960
was Taboo Returns!! [Illustration on Cover, Front]heavily retouched
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Some figures added by Marie Severin.
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The Return of Taboo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dan; Susan (only appearance for both); Taboo
Synopsis: After his apparent destruction, Taboo reconstitutes himself and runs amok. He is eventually stopped by the arrival of others from his world, who reveal that he is not an advance scout for invasion, but merely a deranged criminal.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #77 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1960
was The Return of Taboo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: T-809
Disclose Notes: Sequel to story in issue #2 (March 1970).
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Snoopy Strikes Again!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Snoopy; Monogram models
Character(s): Snoopy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Monogram plastic model of Snoopy in his Sopwith Camel, drawn in comic style.
Appears between pages 3 and 4 of first story.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Mighty Marvel Checklist
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
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The Strange Magic of Master Khan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Ditko (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hawk Gormey (only appearance); Master Khan (introduction)
Synopsis: A pirate steals the ship of an Asian sorcerer. The ship's owner curses the thieves, shrinking the ship and imprisoning them in a glass bottle.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #77 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1960
was The Strange Magic of Master Khan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-796
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We Met in the Swamp!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lem Whipple
Synopsis: A hermit claims to have helped a group of aliens in return for a chest of treasure. The chest is empty, but he realizes that air is precious to space travellers.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #7 published January 1960
was We Met in the Swamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-473
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Lived a Ghost Story!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Howard; John Lang
Synopsis: A real estate agent tries to dissuade a man from buying a haunted house, but he insists on spending a night there. He is chased from the house by spirits and is scared off, which relieves the agent, since he is one of the ghosts, and wouldn't want to have to share their home.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #7 published January 1960
was I Lived a Ghost Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: T-477
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.

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