Volume: 1
Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1976-04-13
Editing: Marv Wolfman (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #23 Edit Cover
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The Gorilla Man?
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; jungle
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil and cover ink credits from Nick Caputo (April 1, 2006).
Al Milgrom tentatively confirms 2006 that he inked the cover, although he's not 100% sure when judging by the scan.
Cover letterer credit 2006 by Steven Tice.

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #129.

Where Lurks the Ghost!
(Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils:
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks:
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Stan Lee (original story)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:[V-354]
Characters:
Joe; Mike
Synopsis:
A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house’s caretaker. He thinks that he didn’t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.
Reprints (1)

Bat's Tale
(Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils:
Russ Heath (signed)
Inks:
Russ Heath (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Stan Lee (original story)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:[C-132]
Synopsis:
A vampire captures a fat man and takes his victim to display him to his brothers. They all agree that not even the Beast-Man captures such victims and ask the fat man his name. The fat man doesn't speak and instead transforms into the Beast-Man and attacks the vampires.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

original title: Terror Tale

Have We Got Marvel T-Shirts for You!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Men in the Morgue
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks:
Gene Colan (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Editing:
Stan Lee (original story)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:[D-748]
Synopsis:
Two killers attempt to hide in the morgue, but the attendant locks them in the freezer.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page

Who Are They? What Are They? Why Are They?
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

The Eternals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Why Is This Man Smiling?
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Crazy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Gorilla Man
(Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
Stan Lee (original story)
  • Genre:horror-suspense; jungle
  • Job Number:[D-648]
Characters:
Lil Hale
Synopsis:
Tormented by dreams of a strange gorilla man, Ken Hale is compelled to go to Africa to figure out what is happening. When he finds the gorilla man of his dreams, they fight and Hale is transformed into a gorilla man himself.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

This story is now considered to be the origin of Gorilla Man of the Agents of Atlas.

An Omnium-Gatherum of Odysseys Occult, Olios, and Occasions Obbligato!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page

Captain America and the Red Skull
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain America; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Eagle-Eye GI Joe Meets The Intruder
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Gorilla Man?
  2. Where Lurks the Ghost!
  3. Bat's Tale
  4. Have We Got Marvel T-Shirts for You!
  5. The Men in the Morgue
  6. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  7. Who Are They? What Are They? Why Are They?
    The Eternals
  8. Why Is This Man Smiling?
    Crazy
  9. Gorilla Man
  10. An Omnium-Gatherum of Odysseys Occult, Olios, and Occasions Obbligato!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  11. Captain America and the Red Skull
    Captain America; Hostess Twinkies
  12. Eagle-Eye GI Joe Meets The Intruder
    G.I. Joe
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Salvatore Carotenuto
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Steve Jenner
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Keith Smith
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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