(December 1965)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-09-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

When Fails the Quest! (Table of Contents)

Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan; Bob Powell (inset)
Inks
Vince Colletta; Mike Esposito (inset)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner] (inset); Lady Dorma; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Warlord Krang; The Watcher [Uatu] (inset)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Hulk vignette taken from interior story. Information per Mark Elstob and Nick Caputo.

When Fails the Quest! (Table of Contents: 1)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited as Adam Austin)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While Warlord Krang desperately fights to save his throne... the throne he has stolen from Namor...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lady Dorma; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Vashti the Elder; Warlord Krang; Faceless Ones
Synopsis
Sub-Mariner battles The Faceless Ones to try to save Dorma while Krang stops a rebellion in Atlantis.
Reprints
Keywords
plasti-cage

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Wisdom of the Watcher! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited) (Layouts); Bob Powell (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The evil Leader has sent ol' Green Skin to the home planet of the Watcher, by means of...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Leader [Samuel Sterns] (villain); The Watcher [Uatu]; an alien
Synopsis
The Hulk fights the baddest alien in the galaxy over the Watcher's ultimate machine. After the battle, the Watcher allows Hulk to take it and he is teleported back to the Leader's lair. The Leader tries to use the machine which dispenses all of the Watcher's collected knowledge but even his big brain can't handle it and the strain kills him.
Reprints

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

Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Hey, what's this Marvel "Pop Art Productions?"
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bud Plant, A. Merle Derrick, Curtis Martens; M.M.M.S. membership form.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. When Fails the Quest!
    Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. When Fails the Quest!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. The Wisdom of the Watcher!
    Hulk
  5. 4. ["Dear Stan, Hey, what's this Marvel "Pop Art Productions?""]
    Mails to Astonish
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Timothy L. Stroup
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore