(June 1968)

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
1968-03-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group; MCG
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Worlds Within Worlds! (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]; Galactus [Galan]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
the Microverse

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

Colonial Studios Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Worlds Within Worlds! (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
If ya ask me, ol' stretcho lost his marbles--
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]; Galactus [Galan]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Mr. Fantastic duplicate; Human Torch duplicate; Thing duplicate
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Reed, Ben, and Johnny battle their dopplegangers, created by Galactus, who is determined to learn the location of the Silver Surfer.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Donated to Mighty Marveldom by: Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."

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

Academy for Home Study Free Booklet / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Liftee Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Senses-Shattering Surprises Go On and On – ! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

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

Precise Publications Book & Dummy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, It is with a heavy heart that I...
Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page
Characters
The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Silver Surfer

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bruce Coville, Joe Sykora, Kenneth Rekrut, Anthony Kowalik, Neil Maloney, Ed Martin, and Keith White.

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

Doctor Strange; Nick Fury / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Worlds Within Worlds!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Gigantic art mural offer!"]
    Colonial Studios Greeting Cards
  3. 2. Worlds Within Worlds!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study Free Booklet
  5. 4. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
    Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  6. 5. ["Free! Muscle course that can add 3 inches to your arms fast!"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. [Shop by Mail]
  9. 8. [Shop by Mail; Stamps]
  10. 9. ["Now you can be taller instantly!"]
    The Liftee Company
  11. 10. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  12. 11. The Senses-Shattering Surprises Go On and On – !
    Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Book & Dummy
  14. 13. ["Dear Stan and Jack, It is with a heavy heart that I..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  15. 14. ["The Marvel beat goes on!"]
    Doctor Strange; Nick Fury
  16. 15. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  17. 16. ["Make money get prizes"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore