(August 1967)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-06-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Zenith Books Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

All-Winners Squad / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Larry Lieber (vignettes); ?
Inks
Dick Ayers; Paul Reinman (vignettes); ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Winners Squad [Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner; Whizzer; Miss America]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Syd Shores; Jack Kirby; Larry Lieber
Inks
Syd Shores; Dick Ayers; Paul Reinman
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Another halcyon hallmark from the hectic hierarchy of Marveldom!

Indexer Notes

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

Stan Lee is credited as King of Comics Editors, Roy Thomas as Warlord of Word-Balloons.

The Crime of the Ages! [Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

All-Winners Squad / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Winners Squad [Captain America [Steve Rogers; William Naslund] (see note for Chapter 7); Bucky [Bucky Barnes; Fred Davis] (see note for Chapter 7); Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Miss America [Madeline Joyce]]; Professor Saba (introduction); Isbisa [Meke] (introduction)
Synopsis
The All-Winners Squad is hurriedly called to meet with the curator of a museum, whose exhibit, "The Ages of Mankind", has been smashed. In addition, a note has been left, signed by the mysterious Isbisa, who has challenged the members to follow up various clues he has left with each part of the exhibit in a winner-take-all battle. To make matters graver, Ibisa has left a spurious clue behind, intimating that Prince Namor is a part of the enemy camp.
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The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 2: The Age of Bronze! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Allen Bellman ?; ?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers; William Naslund] (see note for Chapter 7); Bucky [Bucky Barnes; Fred Davis] (see note for Chapter 7); Isbisa; Porky (introduction); Cellini (introduction)
Synopsis
Cap and Bucky head to a museum of art to locate a valuable piece of bronze art and find the "Idol With the Starry Eyes".....a bronze idol that actually has star sapphires for eyes. When a gang infects the idol with "bronze disease", Cap figures out the crooks are planning to hijack the idol as it is shipped off for electrolysis treatment, only to discover the idol is a red herring and the crooks really want to valuable art on display.
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The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 3: The Iron Age! (Table of Contents: 4)

Whizzer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Syd Shores; ?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Cameron (movie director); Clark (movie actor); Isbisa; Shut-Eye (introduction)
Synopsis
Whizzer arrives at the movie set for a film involving the life of notorious train robber, Mal Brennings, and the director mentions that the old railroad locomotive was secured for the film that originally had been robbed of the non-recovered gold on board. Some of Isbisa's men attempt to rob the train again for real, but it is the Whizzer who discovers the missing gold under the planks of the locomotive's cab.
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The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 4: The Steel Age (Table of Contents: 5)

Human Torch / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Bobby Lee (a policewoman); Isbisa; James Flore (architect)
Synopsis
The Torch is lured into a trap, but is rescued by a lady policewoman who is engaged to a detective that wants her to quit the force. However, she refuses to do so until she can solve one important case, and the Torch offers to help her do just that. The case: why does a newly constructed bank have a secret entrance that connects to a sewage tunnel?
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Awe-inspiring Announcements for You to Yawn With! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan's Soapbox, Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!

The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 5: The Stone Age (Table of Contents: 7)

Miss America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Miss America [Madeline Joyce]; John (Millstone Chief of Police); Isbisa; the Calcium Master (introduction, death)
Synopsis
Miss America heads to Millstone to visit the Chief of Police, but finds him turned to stone. When she finds a note from someone called the Calcium Master, who claims to be able to restore him to life for $10,000, she smells a rat and tracks down the vile sculptor responsible.
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The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 6: The Ice Age! (Table of Contents: 8)

Sub-Mariner; Toro / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Namor the Sub-Mariner; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Isbisa; Black Patch (introduction)
Synopsis
Toro joins Namor as the Prince heads up to a major Eskimo trading post to deal with a band of cut-throats who are using their whaling ship as a hideout for their fur hijacking mob!
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The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 7: Conclusion! (Table of Contents: 9)

All-Winners Squad / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
All-Winners Squad [Captain America [Steve Rogers; William Naslund] (see note); Bucky [Bucky Barnes; Fred Davis] (see note); Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Miss America [Madeline Joyce]]; Isbisa [Meke]
Synopsis
When the All-Winners Squad members reconvene after their various adventures, they discover Isbisa's challenge to them was a red herring, so that the master criminal would be free to pursue his main crime: the stealing of the atomic bomb, and to accomplish his main goal: to become dictator of the world!
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Indexer Notes

Chronologically, the next All-Winners Squad story is What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #4, which retroactively establishes that the post-war Captain America and Bucky here are William Naslund (a.k.a. The Spirit of '76) and Fred Davis. In that story, Naslund is killed and replaced as Captain America by The Patriot (Jeff Mace).

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

Fantasy Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Carl Burgos (illustration)
Inks
Carl Burgos (illustrations)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roy L. Davis and David Kies; includes M.M.M.S. membership form.

There Were Five Frightened Men...! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited as L. Lieber) (script)
Pencils
Larry Lieber (credited as L. Lieber)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Victor Conrad; Mr. Smythe
Synopsis
An art thief steals a painting of frightened men, only to be trapped in it as one of them.
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Beware! He Isn't Human! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers; George Klein (splash)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
V-493
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Eric Krugg; Diane Harper
Synopsis
A Hollywood special effects man builds an android to slay a woman who rejected his advances because she was "waiting". After he sends the robot to the museum where she works, he relaxes for a sufficient time, and then is startled when she appears at the door with the robot. She reveals that she too, is a robot, and she was "waiting" for a robot to be a mate. The two machines slowly approach him as he backs towards an open window which he falls through.
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Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script and inks added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    All-Winners Squad
  2. 1. ["Another halcyon hallmark from the hectic hierarchy of Marveldom!"]
  3. 2. The Crime of the Ages! [Chapter 1]
    All-Winners Squad
  4. 3. The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 2: The Age of Bronze!
    Captain America
  5. 4. The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 3: The Iron Age!
    Whizzer
  6. 5. The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 4: The Steel Age
    Human Torch
  7. 6. Awe-inspiring Announcements for You to Yawn With!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  8. 7. The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 5: The Stone Age
    Miss America
  9. 8. The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 6: The Ice Age!
    Sub-Mariner; Toro
  10. 9. The Crime of the Ages! Chapter 7: Conclusion!
    All-Winners Squad
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Fantasy Mailbag
  12. 11. There Were Five Frightened Men...!
  13. 12. Beware! He Isn't Human!
This issue was modified by, among others
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  • David Bruce
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  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Ethan Hoddes
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  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore