Amazing Adult Fantasy #12 (Marvel, 1962) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

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Amazing Adult Fantasy #12 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1962

About Amazing Adult Fantasy #12

Steve Ditko cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Living Statues!!

Characters: Mike Rugger

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Melvin and the Martian!

Characters: Melvin Burns

Synopsis: A gambling cheat encounters a Martian who offers to give him the secret of never losing if he helps the Martian locate a treasure. The crook accepts, and true to his word, the Martian puts the man under a machine that gives him the ability to know which horse will win the race and how the dice will roll. When he asks the Martian what treasure he is looking for, the Martian mocks him "Haven't you realized yet, brainless earthling? The treasure is you!" and deposits him into a Martian zoo exhibit.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: I, the Gargoyle!

Characters: Alan Swan

Synopsis: A kind but ugly, and hence lonely, man pilots a digging machine on a one-way journey to the Earth's core where he discovers a civilization who "see with their hearts" and not their eyes in the dim light. They offer him acceptance and love.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Retold in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #7 (August 1969) as a Tales of the Watcher story by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell.

Title: Something Fantastic?

Characters: Stan Lee; Steve Ditko

Synopsis: Lee and Ditko are having a story conference stricken with writer's block when a man walks into their office and offers to discuss ideas with them. They tell him to scram and when he doesn't take the hint, Ditko boots him out the door. The man gets up in the hallway outside and dissolves into sparkles, resolving to return to the fifth dimension as no one seems to be interested in his tales. Meanwhile, as Lee and Ditko mourn the fact that nothing supernatural ever happens to them, they decide to knock off for lunch.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Unusually, this story has the same job number as the contents page. Voted best story in this issue by more than 300 votes, according to Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August 1962).

Title: The Plague!

Characters: Ramon Corbo

Synopsis: A dictator comes down with the plague and resolves to take everyone with him by starting a war with a nation he hates, the United States. He shoots down an American plane that crosses his border and requests permission to land. He thinks this will trigger a war, but a messenger gives him a message that causes his heart to fail and he dies. The message said the plane was bearing serum to cure the plague.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Pages: 1.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: ? (Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page logo)

Inks: ? (Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page logo)

Letters: typeset

Notes: A letter from "John Doe" supposedly an anonymous 16-year old from Texas asks if he broke the law by buying the book. This may be a planted letter by Lee to explain that Amazing Adult Fantasy is a title that can be read by all ages. Letters from readers: Jeff Dullum, Helmut Walter, Sam Smith, 'John Doe', Reggie Capes, Tommy Joyce Jr., J.S.

Title: The Living Statues!

Characters: Mike Rugger

Synopsis: A man pilots a faster than light rocket and when he returns to Earth he finds that everyone appears to be almost motionless as he is still moving faster than light.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: This story received the second most votes for best story in this issue, according to Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August 1962).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	1	2	0	2	2	4	11	13	16	17	14	15	24	16	12	6	14	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	183
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Total	1	2	0	2	2	4	11	14	19	17	15	16	24	16	15	6	14	6	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	193

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