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The Complete Marvel Tales

William L. Crawford

First published 2012
Publisher Lance Thingmaker
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages 354
Price $50.00

Edited by Lance Thingmaker.
Facsimile collection of all 5 issues of the fanzine Marvel Tales.
300 copies hand-printed and bound copies; this is one of 100 copies with a slipcase.
Thingmaker is a pseudonym.
The first four issues are enlarged by 15% and the last one reduced by 10%.
The first issue had 40 pages, the other four issues were continuously numbered; there are also 2 to 4 pages, sometimes Roman numeraled, at the beginning of each issue. Facsimile copies of the covers are also included, and 8 pages at the front.
To keep pages in proper order, 2000 is added to the page numbers for issue 2, 3000 for issue 3, etc.
There is a printing error in the original issue #2: pp.13-16 from "The Garden of Fear" were printed as pp.33-36 from "Synthetic", so the four pages from former story are missing.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Man with the Hour Glass L. A. Eshbach Novelette
20 Antares Natalie H. Wooley Poem
21 The Cossacks Ride Hard August Derleth Short Fiction
26 Celephais H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
33 Binding Deluxe David H. Keller, M.D. Short Fiction
1903 Editorial Scribblings (Marvel Tales, #2 July/August 1934) The Editors Essay
2001 The Dark Beasts Frank B. Long, Jr. Short Story
2011 The Garden of Fear Robert E. Howard Novelette
2030 Synthetic Harl Vincent Short Story
2037 From the Log of the Space-Ship Flammarian Manly Wade Wellman Poem
2038 Antidote Robert M. Hyatt Short Story
2043 Conquest H. Donald Spatz Poem
2044 The Torch of Life Joe W. Skidmore Short Story
2051 A Horror in Profile Wilfred Blanch Talman Short Story
3001 Editorial Scribblings (Marvel Tales, Winter 1934) William L. Crawford Essay
3061 The Second Step Orris M. Kellar Short Story
3077 The Ferryman Timothy H. Loft Poem
3078 Lilies Robert Bloch Short Story
3080 The Ship Duane W. Rimel Poem
3081 On Board the Space Ship Terra L. A. Eshbach Short Story
3092 The Golden Bough David H. Keller, M.D. Short Story
3112 The Titan (Part 1 of 4) P. Schuyler Miller Serial
4128 The Creator Clifford D. Simak Novelette
4157 The Doom That Came to Sarnath H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
4164 The Cathedral Crypt John Beynon Harris Short Story
4170 Sanctuary Natalie H. Wooley Poem
4171 The Titan (Part 2 of 4) P. Schuyler Miller Serial
4198 Masters of Matter Amelia Reynolds Long Short Story
4211 Haunted House Lovell Hart Poem
4212 The Nebula of Death (Part 1 of 2) George Allan England Serial
5000 Editorial Scribblings (Marvel Tales, Summer 1935) William L. Crawford Essay
5237 Mars Colonizes Miles J. Breuer, M.D. Novelette
5251 The Man from Makassar Carl Jacobi Short Story
5258 The Titan (Part 3 of 4) P. Schuyler Miller Serial
5268 Annabel Reeves Ralph Milne Farley Short Story
5273 Witch's Bercuse Emil Petaja Poem
5274 The Elfin Lights Anders W. Drake Short Story
5278 The Nebula of Death (Part 2 of 2) George Allan England Serial
5291 Famous Fantasy Fans Forrest J. Ackerman Essay
[40] Tales Ahead uncredited Essay
[5292] The Control Room uncredited Essay