(June 1967)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except November semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-03-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Blastaar, the Living Bomb-Burst! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Blastaar; Sandman [Flint Marko]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

Don Bolander / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Blastaar, the Living Bomb-Burst! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited as Stan "the Man" Lee); Jack Kirby (credited as Jack "King" Kirby) (co-plot)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Jack "King" Kirby)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's goin' on?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
The Inhumans: Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Triton
Blastaar; Sandman [Flint Marko]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The FF battle Blastaar and the Sandman.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Here the credit reads "Stan "the Man" Lee and Jack "King" Kirby have done it again."

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

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics; Fantasy Masterpieces / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Gag Cards / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Book and Dummy / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, A passing comment in an old issue of...
Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page
Characters
Silver Surfer; the Thing
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Arthur Stickney, Joe Kovacs, Gil E. Cerf, Luke Carpenter, Mrs. Nancy Burtnett, and Dean Hill; M.M.M.S. membership form.

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

H.H. Ward & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Blastaar, the Living Bomb-Burst!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Shamed by your English?"]
    Don Bolander
  3. 2. Blastaar, the Living Bomb-Burst!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["More triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Marvel Collectors' Item Classics; Fantasy Masterpieces
  5. 4. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Honor House Products
  6. 5. ["Would you believe…"]
    Gag Cards
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Be a super spy"]
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  9. 8. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Book and Dummy
  10. 9. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  11. 10. ["Jet race boats"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  12. 11. ["Dazzling data, dizzy dispatches, and dangerous declarations of rather dubious distinction!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
  14. 13. ["Hang loose, true believers…"]
  15. 14. ["Dear Stan and Jack, A passing comment in an old issue of..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  16. 15. ["Must I lose my hair?"]
    H.H. Ward & Co.
  17. 16. ["Let me show you too, how to make yourself astronaut-tough"]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jochen G.
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore