Marvel Premiere 1972 #31 25¢ - back issue - $4.00

A strange humanoid creature, created in a secret lab, frightens the townspeople. They break into the lab, kill the scientist and his wife and accidentally release experimental nerve gas, wiping out the town. Government forces come to investigate, battling the creature to a standstill.

Captain America foils the Red Skull's plans to take over the United States during the Bicentennial when he gives the Cosmic Cube a Hostess Twinkie and it stops obeying the Skull

Bulletman helps the Super Adventure Team stop a dangerous flood and they invite him to join up.

On sale date from the Comic Reader #130.

• A Birthday Nightmare! - A previous indexer listed Joe Sinnott as inker.
• The Marvel Explosion Is Here! - Ad for Marvel comics, with illustrations of many characters.
• A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic! - Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox, news about upcoming comics.
• Bulletman, the Human Bullet Blasts Into the GI Joe Super Adventure Team - Advertisement for the G.I. Joe Action Pack toys from Hasbro.