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Issue: Amazing Adult Fantasy #14
Publication Date: July 1962
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Issues: #14 of 8 Issues (16 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (5 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Beware the Giants!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
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Pages: 1
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Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Pages: 1
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Beware of the Giants!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Mr. Jann
Synopsis: An old man tells children stories of giants whom he insists actually exist. The adults of village think him mad, but the last panel reveals that old man is a resident of a Leprechaun village.
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Pages: 5
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The Man in the Sky!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tad Carter (introduction, origin); Brad Carter; Mr. Filbert; Tobias Messenger (identified in X-Men: the Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #18)
Synopsis: A boy's early exposure to radiation causes him to develop powers. He is attacked when others learn of his powers, and suddenly is lifted into the sky by another far-off mutant, who contacts his mind and explains that he must live in hiding with other mutants until the world is ready.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-719
Disclose Notes: This story is a retelling of "The Man With the Atomic Brain" drawn by Steve Ditko, from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #52 (May 1959).

This story is often erroneously referred to as the first Marvel mutant story, the idea is used in earlier stories from their SF anthologies, for example "The Mutants and Me!" in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959) but also "Concentrate in Chaos" in Yellow Claw (Marvel, 1956 series) #2.

Tad Carter next appears in X-Men: the Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #15 (January 2001).
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What Happened in the Wax Museum?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Herr Wagner's statue
Synopsis: A thief attempts to rob a wax museum and is prevented from doing so by the wax figure of the museum's founder.
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Pages: 3
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Footsteps at Midnight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Officer Jones; Molly
Synopsis: Conquering aliens who detest violence use fear as a weapon instead. They observe a policeman complaining about his lot in life and figure that he will aid them as he says he hates his job. When they approach him and attempt to intimidate him, the officer responds violently. The aliens flee the planet, not realizing that many humans grouse about their lot in life without being serious about what they say.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page
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Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from "Carl the Cat" in Greenwich Village. Stan Lee responds to a question about who edits the stories that Lee and Ditko do their own editing.
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Ozarr, the Mighty!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Bertha; Homer; Ozarr
Synopsis: A genie grants the wish of a nagging wife for genuine diamonds but she becomes paranoid about their theft, and so stays locked in her room all day guarding them, while her husband enjoys the peace and quiet.
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