Menace Vol 1 3

Menace Vol 1 #3 Published May, 1953 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Bill Everett Stan Goldberg "Men in Black!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler John Romita Sr. Inker John Romita Sr. Editor Stan Lee "The Urge to Kill" "Werewolf!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Bill Everett Inker Bill Everett Letterer Bill Everett "Rodeo!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Russ Heath Inker Russ Heath "You're Gonna Live Forever!" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Joe Maneely Inker Joe Maneely Previous Issue Next Issue Menace #2 Menace #4

Appearing in "Men in Black!"

Featured Characters:

• Jim Horton

Supporting Characters:

• Marion Horton

Antagonists:

• Hooded Bigots
  • Rocky
  • Pete

Other Characters:

• Gonzales
• Luigi
• Reilly
• Pat (Police officer)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• United States of America
  
  

Synopsis for "Men in Black!"

After losing his job, Jim Horton organizes a gang that wears black hoods to beat and rob anyone he considers "foreign," but his bigotry leads to his death.

Appearing in "The Urge to Kill"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Strange Tales #9.

Synopsis for "The Urge to Kill"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Strange Tales #9.

Appearing in "Werewolf!"

Featured Characters:

• Waldo Forrest (Only appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

• Emily Forrest (Only appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

• Matt Collins (Only appearance; dies)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Werewolves

Locations:

• Earth
  • Hungary (Mentioned)
    
    

Synopsis for "Werewolf!"

A man goes into the forest in order to find proof of werewolves and is attacked. He shoots the beast and returns home to his shrew wife, but he has been bitten, so she screams as he begins to transform. She shoots him in the back with a shotgun but he tears out her throat before he dies.

Appearing in "Rodeo!"

• Appearances not yet listed
  
  

Synopsis for "Rodeo!"

A rodeo clown tries to get rid of his rival by pretending to trip and failing to distract the bull when the rival is thrown off the bull during the riding event. What the clown fails to realize is that the bull resents him more than the rider for all the times in the past he has distracted it by leaping into a protective barrel where the bull's horns can't get him. The bull sees its opportunity and gores the clown.

Appearing in "You're Gonna Live Forever!"

Other Characters:

• Harry Sikes (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Louisiana
    
    

Synopsis for "You're Gonna Live Forever!"

A gangster drinks a serum that will allow him to live forever and goes to hide out in the bayou where he falls into a pit of quicksand.

Notes

• "Men in Black!" reprinted in Uncanny Tales #4
• "Werewolf!" reprinted in Chamber of Chills #11
• "Rodeo!" reprinted in Chamber of Chills #15
• "You're Gonna Live Forever!" reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #8

See Also

• 3 Image(s) from Menace Vol 1 3
• 6 Reprints of Menace Vol 1 3

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