Amazing Fantasy #12

Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Key Facts

Debut of Stan Lee's letter column 'Mailbag'

Cameo appearances of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, silhouetted, in story

Issue Details

Publisher

Marvel

Artist

Steve Ditko

Writer

Stan Lee

Published

May 1962

Synopsis

Stories Include: "Melvin And The Martian!" The crooked gambler Melvin Burns gambles his life with a martian for the secret of never losing!    "I, The Gargoyle!" The ugliest man alive, Mr. Alan Swan, is also the nicest, kindest, and most generous man on Earth...but a man with no chance for love.   Choosing to sacrifice himself for the good of mankind, he volunteers to drill into the center of the earth...what will fate have in store for the man who looks like a gargoyle?   "Something Fantastig?" Stan Lee and Steve Ditko are trying to come up with their next fantasy story, when a visitor shows up selling stories...and gets kicked out!   Will Stan and Steve's brashness cost them? "The Plague!" Evil dictator Ramon Corbo declares war against the United States while his country suffers with the plague... The Living Statues!  What can cause an entire world to become living statues?  Mike Rugge will discover that answer as he cheats his way into an experiment he was not ready for!

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