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#24
August 1973 · 0.20 USD · 40 pages
On sale 1973-05-08
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Why this issue matters
Stories & credits
- Script
- Larry Lieber, Stan Lee
- Plot
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Dick Ayers, Bill Everett, Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Artie Simek, Joe Rosen
- Editor
- Roy Thomas
- Original story
- Stan Lee
- Page 1-6
- Sam Rosen
- Page 7-13
- Artie Simek
- See notes
- John Romita
Synopsis
A strong but dim man is exploited for profit by a con man and then abandoned, unable to find work except in a freak show. His unusual size is thought to make him the perfect passenger for an experimental space flight, but a strange cloud gives him magnetic powers. Angry at his previous humiliation, he attacks society and runs amok until a special rocket is created to allow him to leave Earth and find somewhere where he can fit in.
Notes
Issue includes 4 page advertising insert for Mark Jewelers in some copies. On-sale date from The Comic Reader #96, April 1973.
Reprinted from
- Strange Tales #84— as "This is...Magnetor!"; original title "This Is...Magneto!"
- Journey into Unknown Worlds #55