(October 1964)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of December, February, April and June
On-sale Date
1964-08-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (sourced) (editor); Martin Goodman (credited) (publisher)

Marvel Proudly Introduces... Wonder Man (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Inks
Chic Stone (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (headshot); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (headshot); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (headshot); Thor [Thor Odinson] (headshot); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (headshot)
Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]; Enchantress [Amora]; The Executioner [Skurge]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Zemo's ionic ray machine

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Coming of the... Wonder Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-795
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You won't escape me again, Zemo!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers! [slightly diagonal letters]
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (featured); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (featured); Thor [Thor Odinson] (featured); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (featured); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (death) (introduction, joins team unofficially)
Masters of Evil: Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (villain); Enchantress [Amora] (villain); The Executioner [Skurge] (villain); Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (death, origin) (villain) (introduction, joins team)
Teen Brigade (with additional unnamed members, supporting): Willie Bishop (supporting)
Bucky Barnes (flashback) (cameo); Jane Foster (guest); Happy Hogan (guest); Pepper Potts (guest)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
6th dimension; 7th dimension; Amazon Jungle; Avengers Mansion; Baron Zemo's Headquarters; Captain America's Shield; DC-8 Jetliner; Donald Blake's Medical Practice; Iron Man Armor Model 2; Manhattan; Mjolnir; New York City; Pym Laboratories; Queens; South America; Stark Enterprises Main Plant; Wonder Man's rocket belt; Zemo's ionic ray machine; Zemo's jet flyer

Indexer Notes

Introduction and death of Wonder Man; Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Doctor Strange; Human Torch; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; The Thing; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Live Sea Horses / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Famous Military Medals (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Famous Military Medals / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Captain America; Fantastic Four; Giant-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

All About the Avengers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
All About the Avengers [All About on top]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roger Gilman, Mitchell Maslin, Greg Hendricks, Tom Nester, Gary Rafferty, Jim Costantini, Ronald Pehr, and David Jackson. Includes a special announcements section.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Mason Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Marvel Proudly Introduces... Wonder Man
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?"]
    American Body Building Club
  3. 2. The Coming of the... Wonder Man!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. ["More triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Doctor Strange; Human Torch; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; The Thing; Thor
  5. 4. ["Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing"]
    Commercial Trades Institute Courses
  6. 5. ["Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method"]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  7. 6. ["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  8. 7. ["Live seahorses $1 each"]
    Live Sea Horses
  9. 8. Famous Military Medals
    Famous Military Medals
  10. 9. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  11. 10. ["4 more Marvel masterpieces!"]
    Captain America; Fantastic Four; Giant-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Spider-Man
  12. 11. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    All About the Avengers
  14. 13. ["Will you work Saturday mornings for $5.00 to $20.00 extra?"]
    Mason Shoes
  15. 14. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  16. 15. ["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  17. 16. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Adam Knights
  • James Ludwig
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore