(January 1964)

Marvel, 1953 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-10-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Co.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor); Martin Goodman (publisher)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

The Fangs of the Fox! (Table of Contents)

Two-Gun Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
Inks
Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers (box))
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Fox outsmarted me again...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; The Fox
Reprints

All-Transistor Wrist Watch Type Radio (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

All-Transistor Wrist Watch Radio / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Fangs of the Fox! (Table of Contents: 2)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-491
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Younger brothers!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; The Fox [Professor Stephen Stanley] (Introduction; Villain); Cole Younger; The Younger Brothers; Nancy Carter; Boom-Boom Brown; Stanley's twin brother
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

Mustang Maverick (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
[K-162]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spring cleaning had set in on the Broken Bar ranch,
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Hank Benton; Merv Willett; Bart Willett (his son); Joe Bemis; Mrs. Willett
Reprints

Indexer Notes

text story includes illo by Joe Maneely.

Draw Any Person (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Grayson Products Giant Kite / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Hypno-Coin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Reward $11,750.00 For This Coin (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Record Riot (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Hit Records / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Come on, Fella (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps/Shop By Mail (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man Called: Durant! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Inks
Jack Keller (signed as Jack Keller)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the old west nothing is more impressive than a man's rep!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Durant; Bull; Sheriff
Reprints

A Lifetime of Fun, Money and Friends (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Blackstone's Mysteries of Magic / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Learn Radio-Television Electronics (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Give Me Just One Evening (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Guide to Hypnotism / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Fangs of the Fox!
    Two-Gun Kid
  2. 1. All-Transistor Wrist Watch Type Radio
    All-Transistor Wrist Watch Radio
  3. 2. The Fangs of the Fox!
    Two-Gun Kid
  4. 3. Mustang Maverick
  5. 4. Draw Any Person
    Magic Art Reproducer
  6. 5. ["You'll have fun & thrills as this 7 foot giant zooms 500 ft. in 3 minutes!"]
    Grayson Products Giant Kite
  7. 6. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  8. 7. Hypno-Coin
    Hypno-Coin
  9. 8. Reward $11,750.00 For This Coin
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  10. 9. Record Riot
    Hit Records
  11. 10. Come on, Fella
    Grit Newspaper
  12. 11. Stamps/Shop By Mail
  13. 12. The Man Called: Durant!
  14. 13. A Lifetime of Fun, Money and Friends
    Blackstone's Mysteries of Magic
  15. 14. Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  16. 15. Learn Radio-Television Electronics
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  17. 16. Give Me Just One Evening
    Guide to Hypnotism
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Stephen Mitchell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dave Redmond
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore