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Issue: Amazing Adventures #3
Publication Date: August 1961
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Issues: #3 of 6 Issues (8 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/09/1961
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in May 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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
Format Notes:  
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We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Paul Harper; Cathy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as We Were Trapped in the Twilight World! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Barnes; Paul Harper; Cathy; Giant Flying Saucer Bird; Sabretooth Tiger; Giant Man-Ape Infant; Giant Lizard; Tyrannosaur; Dinosaur Bird; Cro-Magnon Man Cro
First Line: Have you ever thought about abstract things like space and time and reality??
Synopsis: A college student and his girlfriend are transported into prehistoric times, where they discover that legends like the abominable snowman and flying saucers are the result of time anomalies.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #25 published January 1962
as We Were Trapped in the Twilight World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpellbound #57 published January 1965
as Trapped in the Twilight World! [Illustration on Cover, Front]Splash page used as cover.
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as We Were Trapped in the Twilight World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-233
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Trapped in the Twilight World!" (7 pp).

George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index credits Lee with full script.
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The Masterpiece

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Claude Duval; Queen's messenger Monsier Finnault; Landlady Madame Fleury
First Line: "But you must do this portrait, Claude," the queen's messenger spoke sternly and convincingly.
Synopsis: Claude Duval is a portrait painter of high renown. Nobility is always asking for commissions from him. He now turns them all down, saying he wants to paint a landscape that shall be a symbol of man’'s peace and contentment. He has the landlady lock him in. She is only allowed to open the door to bring him food. At the order of the queen, she is forced to unlock the door one day. The painter is gone, the portrait is finished – and a small figure reclining by a lake (in the painting) looks exactly like Claude Duval.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Masterpiece [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #28 published November 1955
was The Masterpiece [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-864
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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The Teddy Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Carol; Teddy; Jim; Mountain Lion
First Line: He was just an ordinary toy teddy bear!
Synopsis: As a young girl, Carol had received a teddy bear that she kept by her side always. Her husband, Jim, is a surveyor, and is assigned to a rough rocky region for a short period. Jim spots some mountain lions tracks, and, gun in hand, goes off after the beast; however, the mountain lion knocks Jim aside, damaging his gun, and heads for the tent where Carol is asleep. When Jim reaches the tent the mountain lion is dead and the teddy bear has some inexplicable scratches on it. Jim no longer criticizes Carol for wanting to take the bear everywhere.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as The Teddy Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-235
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee is credited as writer in George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Doctor Droom Meets Zemu!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Anthony Droom [later retroactively renamed Doctor Druid]; Magician Zemu [Saturn Warrior]; Saturn Leader
First Line: H-He's doing it!!
Synopsis: Zemu appears to be a stage magician of incredible prowess. His name is on everyone's lips. Zemu announces he is running for governor. Dr. Droom not only discovers that Zemo is a fraud, but also is an alien from Saturn, bent on paving the way for an alien invasion. Dr. Droom overpowers him, hypnotizes him so that he'll reveal the truth, and turns him over to the authorities.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Wonder Tales #20 published January 1977
as Behold the Power of Zamu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] published August 2007
as Doctor Droom Meets Zemu! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-234
Disclose Notes: George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index lists Stan Lee as solo author.

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