Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #6

(December 1966)

Marvel's Merry Living-End Line-Up (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko

Inks

Dick Ayers; Steve Ditko; Don Heck

Letters

Sam Rosen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by Marie Severin. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin, Stan Goldberg, and Flo Steinberg.

The End of the Fantastic Four! [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-995

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis

The Fantastic Four are bankrupt and the Sub-Mariner is scheming to use this.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (December 1962)

[The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 2: Sub-Mariner Gives the Orders! (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-995

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; James Arness; Alfred Hitchcock; Dean Martin; Bob Hope

Synopsis

The Sub-Mariner offers the Fantastic Four one million dollars if they star in a film that he's producing.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (December 1962)

[The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 3: The Fury of Mr. Fantastic (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Cyclops

Synopsis

Mr. Fantastic discovers that the film project is a setup.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (December 1962)

[The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 4: The Flame of Battle (Table of Contents: 5)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis

Human Torch and Thing discover that the film project is a setup.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (December 1962)

[The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 5: Vengeance Is Ours! (Table of Contents: 6)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-995

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis

The film is produced and an unwilling Sub-Mariner pays the Fantastic Four their money.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (December 1962)

Iron Man Versus Kala, Queen of the Netherworld! (Table of Contents: 7)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns) (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-216

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala (introduction); General Baxu (introduction); Jim; Evans

Synopsis

Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #43 (July 1963)

Return to the Nightmare World! (Table of Contents: 8)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-517

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wong (unnamed); Ancient One [Yao] (cameo); Doctor Warren; Nightmare

Synopsis

Nightmare has discovered the ability to capture humans and bring them to his world for study while they sleep. The police ask Strange's help, as a "last resort," to discover the cause behind a rash of people unable to awaken. Strange tracks the cause down to the Nightmare World, and has a rematch with his old foe.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #116 (January 1964)

Keywords

magic

See the New Superheroes (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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Beauty and the Beast! (Table of Contents: 10)

Hulk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-48

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Tyrannus (introduction)

Synopsis

Underground overlord Tyrannus kidnaps Betty and lures the Hulk into his subterranean kingdom, forcing the Hulk to do his bidding to keep Betty safe. The Jade Giant is powerless until Rick frees Betty, thus leaving the Hulk free to bring the house down on Tyrannus.

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #5 (January 1963)

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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