(July 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
1968-04-09
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 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

... Stranded in Sub-Atomica! (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]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Psycho-Man's servant
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

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

Stranded in Sub-Atomica! (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
Reed! If we don't bring the Surfer...
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]; Psycho-Man; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Psycho-Man's servant
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Reed, Ben, and Johnny journey to Subatomica to bring the Silver Surfer back to Earth.
Reprints
Keywords
reducta-craft

Indexer Notes

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

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

Don Bolander Career Institute 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) /

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

Missile Firing Tank (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Missile Firing Tank / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

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

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 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 (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, I just got F.F. #72 and I must...
Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page
Characters
Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Bennet Marks, Jim Morgan, Joe Momberg, Mike Nassour, Gene Wallace, Jimmy Holan, and Dave FitzPatrick.

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

Spectacular Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ... Stranded in Sub-Atomica!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. Stranded in Sub-Atomica!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Shamed by your English?"]
    Don Bolander Career Institute Booklet
  5. 4. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
    Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  6. 5. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  7. 6. Missile Firing Tank
    Missile Firing Tank
  8. 7. ["We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  9. 8. ["You can now become an expert with forbidden Oriental fighting arts"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  10. 9. Shop by Mail; Stamps
  11. 10. ["The second Golden Age of Marvel is here! (And you didn't even bake a cake!)"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  12. 11. ["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
    American Circle Products
  13. 12. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  14. 13. ["Dear Stan and Jack, I just got F.F. #72 and I must..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  15. 14. ["The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!"]
    Spectacular Spider-Man
  16. 15. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  17. 16. ["132pc. Roman soldiers set"]
    Roman War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Fawzy Partridge
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore