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Tower of Shadows #5

Marvel · Series began 1969 · May 1970

Dates

Cover date
May 1970
On sale
February 24, 1970
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Marie Severin, Barry Windsor-Smith, Wally Wood, Syd Shoresinks: Bill Everett, Marie Severin, Dan Adkins, Wally Wood, Syd Shoresletters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simekscript: Roy Thomas, Wally Wood, Gerry Conway

Stories

  • The Demon That Devoured Hollywood! · 6 pages

    A b-list actor named Jason Roland strikes a deal with an agent for Satan to help him with his movie career. The dwarfish man helps him by applying real looking monster makeup to him that allows him to take Hollywood by storm as a famous monster movie actor. When Roland reneges on his deal, the dwarfish man makes it so he can't take the makeup off, and he's trapped in his monster makeup forever.

  • Flight into Fear! · 7 pages

    A crippled young man falls asleep on a stone gargoyle at a park. The gargoyle comes to life and takes him to a medieval world in another dimension, where he not only isn't crippled anymore, but is a giant. He helps the little people from an evil demon named Xzar. When he destroys the demon with an enchanted sword, the grateful people have a gargoyle return him to the real world. He wakes up thinking it was all a dream, until he realizes he's not crippled anymore and can walk.

  • Time Out! · 7 pages

    A couple whose marriage is falling apart are trying to get to the woman's uncle's house as he lies dying so they can get his inheritance. Driving through a storm, they end up having to find shelter. They enter a creepy old abandoned house where they are locked in over night. They survive the night and find that their romance has rekindled. When they are able to leave the next morning, they find out that seven years have passed. The woman feels her now dead uncle (who dabbled in the black arts) was responsible for the ordeal so she can save her marriage.

Reprinted in

Lost Marvels (2025), Monsters of the Movies (1974), The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood (1982), Marvel Creator Collection (2025)

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