(March 1963)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-01-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Male Publishing Corp.
Brand
MC
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Some information supplied by the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[To Me, He Was Like a God!] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
romance
Reprints

Indexer Notes

credits per Nick Caputo 01/27/2005; updated May 2013. Story title not shown on cover, but characters and situation are from listed story.

Please Don't Let Me Be a... Spinster! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Joe Orlando
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Job Number
?
Genre
romance
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previously credited to Dick Giordano pencils, but this displays no traits associated with Giordano's style. Orlando is not generally known to have worked out of the Colletta Studio, but this could have been a solo job that he was called upon to ink by Marvel.
A script recycled from "Don't Let Me Be an Old Maid".

To Me, He Was Like a God! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
John Duffy

Job Number
X-65
Genre
romance
Reprints

Someone to Love (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Sawyer
Inks
Tom Sawyer
Letters
typeset

Job Number
H-869
Genre
romance
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes statement of ownership.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912 (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher: Martin Goodman, Editor: Stan Lee, Business Manager: John F. Hayes
Owner: Male Publishing Corp. & Martin Goodman
Average Monthly Circulation: 135,301

Our Last Goodbye (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Dick Giordano ?
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (sourced) (pages 1-4); ? (page 5)

Job Number
?
Genre
romance

Indexer Notes

Many Un-Giordano-like characters here, but he's a best guess.
Another recycled script.

Why Doesn't He Love Me? (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Al Hartley
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Terry Szenics

Job Number
?
Genre
romance
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [To Me, He Was Like a God!]
  2. 1. Please Don't Let Me Be a... Spinster!
  3. 2. To Me, He Was Like a God!
  4. 3. Someone to Love
  5. 4. Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
  6. 5. Our Last Goodbye
  7. 6. Why Doesn't He Love Me?
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • James MacKay
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Roe
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore