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Amazing Adult Fantasy #12
May 1962 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1962-02-01
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
A gambling cheat encounters a Martian who offers to give him the secret of never losing if he helps the Martian locate a treasure. The crook accepts, and true to his word, the Martian puts the man under a machine that gives him the ability to know which horse will win the race and how the dice will roll. When he asks the Martian what treasure he is looking for, the Martian mocks him "Haven't you realized yet, brainless earthling? The treasure is you!" and deposits him into a Martian zoo exhibit.
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editor
- Stan Lee
Notes
Distributed to newsstands in February 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements and is the first Marvel comic with a letters page.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Reprinted in
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- Creepy Worlds #40
- Creepy Worlds #45
- Creepy Worlds #152
- Creepy Worlds #166
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- Uncanny Tales #65
- Sinister Tales #24
- Sinister Tales #202
- Amazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn]
- Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn]
- Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #2
- Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn]
- The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man #1