Tomb of Darkness

Originally entitled Beware, this title was one of the stock of Marvel horror/science-fiction comics of the early seventies. It reprinted classic stories of the genre including early features from Tales of Suspense and Tales to Astonish. Along with the requisite monsters and supernatural thrillers, encounters with aliens ranked high on the list of storylines. One favorite was a story called, “We Can’t All be Human,” where aliens had taken on the forms of nice, soft-spoken humans in order do their mischief. They succeeded in fooling everyone except a young philosophy major “whose training had taught him not to trust appearances.” (And all his friends had said that his degree wasn’t good for anything!)

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#9

Jul 1974

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A: Gene Colan

Series continued from Beware #8

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#10

Sep 1974

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Reprints from Adventures in Terror #12, Journey into Mystery #16, Weird Worlds #6, and Uncanny Tales #42

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#11

Nov 1974

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Reprints stories from Marvel Tales #96; Astonishing Tales #17; Mystical Tales #6

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#12

Jan 1975

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Reprints stories from Adventures into Terror #24, Strange Tales #8, Mystery Tales #15, and Spellbound #14

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#14

May 1975

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#15

Jul 1975

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A: Don Heck, Steve Ditko

Reprints material from Astonishing Tales #33, Strange Tales #96, Uncanny Tales #54, and Tales of Suspense #7

1 copy for $14.99
#16

Sep 1975

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W: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber · A: Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Don Heck

Reprints from Tales of Suspense and Astonishing Tales

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#17

Nov 1975

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A: George Woodbridge

1 copy for $5.76
#19

Mar 1976

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W: Stan Lee · A: John Buscema, Don Heck, Jack Kirby

Reprints stories from Chamber of Darkness #1, Tales to Astonish #12, Tales to Astonish #13

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#20

May 1976

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1 copy for $17.00
#21

Jul 1976

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#22

Sep 1976

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W: Stan Lee · A: Pete Morisi, Mike Sekowsky

Reprints from Marvel Tales (1st Series) #113, Venus #19, and Strange Tales (1st Series) #16 and #75

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#23

Nov 1976

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Final Issue

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