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CATALOG RECORD

Fear #5

Marvel · Series began 1970 · November 1971

Dates

Cover date
November 1971
On sale
June 15, 1971
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heckinks: Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Don Heckletters: Morrie Kuramoto, John Duffy, Artie Simekediting: Stan Leescript: Stan Lee

Stories

  • I Am the... Gorilla-Man · 7 pages

    A scientist plans to exchange his brain with a gorilla's so that he can use the gorilla's strength to commit burglaries.

  • One Look Means Doom! · 5 pages

    A man avoids the deadly gaze of Medusa because he is blind.

  • Rocket Ship X-200 · 5 pages

    An aging space pilot is mocked for his slow ship, but when an invading armada approaches Earth, his ship is the first to see it. Other ships are moving too fast to see the sneak attack coming, and his warning allows Earth to beat back the invasion, making him a hero and the commander of a new space patrol.

  • What Lurks on Channel X? · 6 pages

    Bill and Ruth receive a free television set but it comes from Plutonian invaders who plan to hypnotice Earthlings. The plot is foiled by a crabby landlord who tears down the aliens' antenna.

  • Menace from Mars! · 5 pages

    Martians come to Earth to discover if humans represent a threat to them. They question a human using a machine to verify his answers, and find that he is totally free of greed, hatred or deceit. The Martians leave satisfied, unaware that they questioned a mental patient.

  • The Return of the Gorilla-Man · 7 pages

    Radzic thinks he will be able to exchange his brain back into his own body, but things don't work out.

Reprinted in

Adventure into Fear Omnibus (2020)

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