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"The Demon that Devoured Hollywood!"


Set Type: Tower of Shadows (1969)
Owner: picon3
Last Modified: 2/23/2021
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Rank: 2
Score: 2560
Leading by: 560
Points to Higher Rank: 112

Set Description:

An anthology title that started in September, 1969 with a solicitation that read, "Marvel's newest, most mysterious mag! Tales of weird and maddening menace, tinged with witch-craft and the dark unknown!"

Tower of Shadows 1 (Cover by John Romita)
"At the Stroke of Midnight!" written, penciled, inked, and colored by Jim Steranko.
"From the Beyond the Brink" written by Johnny Craig with art by Johnny Craig and John Romita
"A Time to Die" written by Stan Lee with art by John Buscema and inks by Don Heck

Tower of Shadows 2 (cover by John Romita & Frank Giacoia)
"Witch Hunt!" by Roy Thomas, Don Heck, and Dan Adkins
"Look Out, Wyatt - Automation's Gonna Get Your Job!" by Gary Friedrich, John Buscema and John Verpoorten

"One Hungers" by written/illustrated by Neal Adams with inks by Dan Adkins

Tower of Shadows 3 (cover by Marie Severin & Frank Giacoia)
"The Moving Finger Writhes...!" written by Lein Wein, with art by Gene Colan and inks by Joe Gaudioso
"Midnight in the Wax Museum" written by Gary Friedrich with art/inks by George Tuska
"The Terrible Old Man" written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith, and inks by Dan Adkins & John Verpoorten. Based upon an original short story by H.P. Lovecraft and part of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Tower of Shadows 4 (cover by Marie Severin)
"Evil is a Baaaaad Scene"! by Allyn Brodsky with art/inks by Don Heck.
"One Little Indian!" by Marv Wolfman with art by Gene Colan and inks by Dan Adkins
"To Sneak...Perchance to Scream"! written by Denny O'Neil with art/inks by Tom Sutton

Tower of Shadows 5 (cover by Marie Severin/Bill Everett)
"The Demon that Devoured Hollywood!" written by Roy Thomas with art by Barry Windsor-Smith inks by Dan Adkins
"Flight into Fear!" written by Wally Wood with art/inks also by Wally Wood
"Time Out!" written by Gerry Conway with art/inks by Syd Shores

Tower of Shadows 6 (Cover by Marie Severin)
"The Man in the Rat Hole" reprinted from Strange Tales #78 (Original Title "Worm Man"). Written by Stan Lee with art/inks by Steve Ditko.
"The Ghost-Beast" written by Wally Wood with art/inks by Wally Wood.
"Contact" written by Tom Sutton with art/inks by Tom Sutton
"The Scream from Beyond" written by Steve Skeates with art by Gene Colan and inks by Dan Adkins

Tower of Shadows 7 (Cover by Jack Kirby)
"I was trapped by Titano, the Monster that Time Forgot!" Reprint from Tales to Astonish 10. Written by Stan Lee/Larry Lieber with art by Jack Kirby and inks by Joe Sinnott.
"The Scream of Things" written by Allyn Brodsky with art by Barry Windsor-Smith/Herb Trimpe with inks by Vince Colletta and Herb Trimpe (includes a poem by Barry Smith).
"Of Swords and Sorcery" written by Wally Wood with art/inks by Wally Wood.

Tower of Shadows 8 (Cover by Bernie Wrightson)
"Sanctuary!" written by Wally Wood with art/inks by Wally Wood.
"Behold! I am the Master of Time" Steve Ditko art/inks Reprinted from Tales to Astonish 14
"I Found the Hidden World" Don Heck art/inks Reprinted from Tales to Astonish 13
"My Touch Means...Doom!" Don Heck art/inks Reprinted from Tales to Astonish 16

Tower of Shadows 9 (Cover by Bernie Wrightson)
"Pickman's Model" written by Roy Thomas with art/inks by Tom Palmer. Adapted from Pickman's Model a short story by H.P. Lovecraft and part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
"I Dared to Enter the Haunted Room!" Reprinted from Tales to Astonish 17 with art by Don Heck.
"The World that was Lost!" Reprinted from Strange Tales 69. Art by Jack Kirby and inks by Christopher Rule.
"The Threat from the 5th Dimension!" Reprinted from Strange Tales 69 Art/inks by Steve Ditko.

Tower of Shadows King-Size Annual 1 (John Romita Cover)
Reprints "Witch Hunt", "One Hungers" and "Look Out, Wyatt - Automation's Gonna Get Your Job!" from Tower of Shadows 2.

Reprints "From the Beyond the Brink" and "A Time to Die" from Tower of Shadows 1.

"I Opened the Doorway to Nowhere!" reprinted from Journey Into Mystery 61 Written by Stan Lee with art/inks by Steve Ditko.
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