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'''''Adventure into Fear''''' is an American [[horror fiction|horror]] [[comic book]] series published by [[Marvel Comics]] from cover dates November 1970 through December 1975, for 31 issues. This is its [[trademark]]ed cover title for all but its first nine issues, though the series is [[copyright]]ed in its postal [[Indicia (publishing)|indicia]] as simply '''''Fear'''''.
The first nine issues, cover-titled ''Fear'', reprinted [[science fiction]]/[[fantasy]] and monster stories from the late 1950s and early 1960s "[[Atlas Comics (1950s)#Pre-superhero Marvel|pre-superhero Marvel]]" comics, primarily ''[[Journey into Mystery]]'', ''[[Strange Tales]]'', ''[[Tales to Astonish]]'', and ''[[Tales of Suspense]]''. Most were written by Marvel editor-in-chief [[Stan Lee]] and/or [[Larry Lieber]], and generally [[Penciler|penciled]] by [[Jack Kirby]], [[Steve Ditko]], or [[Don Heck]], though occasionally by [[Paul Reinman]] or [[Joe Sinnott]]. Most covers were reprints, though [[Marie Severin]] drew the new top half of issue #4, [[John Severin]] the cover of issue #8, and the team of [[Gil Kane]] (penciler) and [[Frank Giacoia]] (inker) the covers of issues #5, 6 and 9.
==Man-Thing==
With issue #10 (Oct. 1972), the series was retitled ''Adventure into Fear'' (though it remained titled ''Fear'' in the [[Indicia (publishing)|indicia]]) and began featuring new material.  Issues #10-19 featured the swamp creature the [[Man-Thing]], continuing from his introduction in the black-and-white comics-magazine ''[[Savage Tales]]'' #1 (May 1971). Following a story written by Man-Thing co-creator [[Gerry Conway]], scripting was taken over by [[Steve Gerber]], for whom the feature and eventual comic book series ''The Man-Thing'' would prove a signature work.  Through issue #14, a back-up reprint story would be featured, similar to those that appeared in the first nine issues.
==Howard the Duck==
The story in issue #19 (Dec. 1973) introduced [[Howard the Duck]], a cynical, cigar-smoking, [[anthropomorphic]] waterfowl — a [[parody]] of [[cartoon animals]] — intended as a throwaway character. That plan changed when the duck quickly proved popular, becoming one of Marvel's biggest 1970s characters and a pop-culture phenomenon that would later also get a solo series, as well as a notoriously poorly received{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} [[Howard the Duck (film)|feature film]] produced by [[George Lucas]]. Issue #20 was originally supposed to finish this story, but it was published as ''The Man-Thing'' #1 (Jan. 1974) instead.
==Morbius==
[[Image:Adventure into Fear 20.jpg|thumb|right|''Adventure into Fear'' #20 (February 1974), cover art by [[Gil Kane]] (penciler) and [[Frank Giacoia]] (inker)]]
[[Morbius|Morbius the Living Vampire]], introduced in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #101 (Oct. 1971), became the starring feature with ''Adventure into Fear'' #20 (Feb. 1974) and continued through the rest of the run, ending at #31. After a single issue by writer [[Mike Friedrich]] and penciler [[Paul Gulacy]], Steve Gerber wrote several issues, in which Morbius went on a [[picaresque]] interdimensional journey and fought the Caretakers of [[Arcturus]] IV and was advised by the eyeball-headed character I. [[Doug Moench]] and [[Bill Mantlo]] followed, successively, as the feature's writers. Its round robin of artists included [[Gil Kane]], [[P. Craig Russell]], [[Frank Robbins]], [[George Evans (comics)|George Evans]] and [[Don Heck]]. Back-up reprints shortly resumed in issue #20. Morbius would then receive his own short-lived comic book series in the 1990s.
==Collected editions==
* ''Adventure into Fear Omnibus'' (hardcover, July 2020, {{ISBN|978-1302925123}}) collects ''Adventure into Fear'' #1-31.
===Man-Thing===
* ''Essential Man-Thing Vol. 1'' (reprints ''Adventure into Fear'' #10-19)
* ''Man-Thing Omnibus'' (reprints ''Adventure into Fear'' #10-19)
===Howard the Duck===
* ''Howard the Duck Omnibus'' (reprints ''Adventure into Fear'' #19)
* ''Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 ''(reprints ''Adventure into Fear'' #19)
===Morbius===
* ''Morbius Epic Collection Vol. 1: The Living Vampire'' (reprints ''Adventure into Fear'' #20-26)
* ''Morbius Epic Collection Vol. 2: The End of a Living Vampire'' (reprints ''Adventure into Fear'' #27-31)
* ''Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus'' (reprints ''Adventure into Fear'' #20-31)
== External links ==
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