Amazing Adult Fantasy #9 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1962

About Amazing Adult Fantasy #9

Featuring the classic story "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba." Stan Lee story. Steve Ditko cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Terror of Tim Boo Ba!

Characters: Tim Boo Ba

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #10 (April 1974)

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: The Terror of Tim Boo Ba

Characters: Tim Boo Ba

Synopsis: Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #10 (April 1974)

Notes: This is a retelling of "Earth Will Be Destroyed!" drawn by Steve Ditko, from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960). This version of the story is retold in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #4 (February 1969) as a Tales of the Watcher story by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Title: The Man Who Captured Death!

Characters: Death

Synopsis: An old man builds a machine to freeze Death in his tracks since he is unwilling to go when he has so much more left to accomplish. With Death removed from the picture, the Earth becomes a shambles. Insects and microbes do not die, and the sick and injured gain no release from their suffering. The old man realizes how selfish he has been, and switches the machine off, joining Death willingly.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #21 (December 1973)

Notes: Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Title: I Come from the Black Void

Synopsis: An alien ambassador finds his offer of diplomatic relations shunned and ridiculed. Perplexed, he enters his space ship and leaves Earth, unaware that the day he had landed was April 1st.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #27 (January 1974)

Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series). Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Title: The Spirit of Swami River

Characters: Swami River; Doris Parks; Sarah; Stefen's ghost

Synopsis: A swami crook steals money from gullible widows with his fake act until he promises to deliver money to a dead husband's spirit and the swami is surprised to find himself disappearing when the real spirit holds him to his word.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #86 (February 1974)

Notes: Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Title: The Genie Lives

Characters: Davey

Synopsis: A boy finds a genie, but his wishes go wrong and he turns back time to before he found the genie.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974)

Notes: Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	8	12	10	11	16	18	7	11	8	14	11	8	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	150
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	4	9	12	10	11	17	18	9	12	8	14	11	8	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	157

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