Publishers / Marvel / Tower of Shadows (1969) / #5

5May 1970
$0.15

Tower of Shadows #5

Marvel · May 1970 · on sale February 24, 1970

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Identification plate

Series: Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: May 1970
Key date: May 1970
On-sale date: February 24, 1970
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	I Created... the Demon That Stalks Hollywood!	cover	1	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Jason Roland
1	The Demon That Devoured Hollywood!	comic story	6	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Barry Smith, Marie Severin; inks: Dan Adkins, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Barry Smith (host); Jason Roland; Charlie; Stella Houston
2	Flight into Fear!	comic story	7	script: Wally Wood; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Sam Rosen	Wally Wood (host); Johnny; Marilyn; The Old One; Princess Yrill; Xzar (death)
3	Time Out!	comic story	7	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd Shores; letters: Artie Simek	Syd Shores (host); Richard Mason; Dianna Mason
4	-	letters page	1	script: Roy Thomas

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood #[nn] ISBN 0-942480-02-3	1982	On eBay ›
Monsters of the Movies #1	1974	On eBay ›
Tower of Shadows ISBN 979-8-8750-0037-9	2025	On eBay ›
Back to the Savage Land: Barry Windsor-Smith at Marvel Vol. 1 ISBN 979-8-8750-0152-9	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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