(October 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
1967-07-11
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:

The Power of... Him! (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]
Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Dr. Jerome Hamilton; Alicia Masters
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

When Opens the Cocoon! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited as Stan (the Man) Lee); Jack Kirby (co-plot)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Jack (King) Kirby)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Alicia Masters has been mysteriously brought to a hidden land known...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Dr. Jerome Hamilton (death); Him (first full appearance); Alicia Masters; Dr. Maris Morlak; Professor Wladyslav Shinski; Dr. Carlo Zota
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The FF track the kidnapped Alicia to the Beehive, where the cocoon opens and reveals Him.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby co-plot credit was acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in several interviews. The credit here read "Proudly produced by Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."

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

The Avengers; Daredevil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Liftee Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop By Mail; Stamps] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 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) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Super Heroes Club Posters / 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, Since I am planning to devote my life to the...
Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page
Characters
Invisible Girl; Thing
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Chuck Thornton, Grandma Doom (alias Tim Allen), Jim de Luca, Jon Phillips, Jim Engdahl, Marty Ross, and Greg Marshall; membership form for M.M.M.S.

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

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Power of... Him!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. When Opens the Cocoon!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["More triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    The Avengers; Daredevil
  5. 4. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  6. 5. ["Now you can be taller instantly!"]
    Liftee Height Increase Pads
  7. 6. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time for cash profits and free prizes"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Famous name prizes or cash…from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  9. 8. [Shop By Mail; Stamps]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  10. 9. ["Amazing illusory “X-ray” vision instantly!"]
    "X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]
  11. 10. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  12. 11. ["A sagacious smattering of scuttlebutt, scoops, and space-wasting small-talk!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
  14. 13. ["Hang loose frantic ones…"]
    Super Heroes Club Posters
  15. 14. ["Dear Stan and Jack, Since I am planning to devote my life to the..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  16. 15. ["204pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set"]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  17. 16. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  18. 17. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore