(December 1968)

Marvel, 1965 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-09-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Animated Timely Features Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
Sharon Kay ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Infant Terrible
Reprints

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Don Heck; Steve Ditko (illustrations)
Inks
George Roussos; Dick Ayers; Steve Ditko (illustrations)
Letters
Sam Rosen ?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Sharon Kay, Morrie Kuramoto and Irving Forbush.

The Infant Terrible! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)
Colors
Sharon Kay
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Infant Terrible; Alicia Masters; Big Joe
Synopsis
An extra-terrestrial wreaks havoc in New York City, until Reed deduces that it is an infant and summons its parents.
Reprints

Now in Full Color! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

In Mortal Combat with Captain America! (Table of Contents: 4)

Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Sharon Kay
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
X-762
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov]; Kraven [Sergei Kravanoff]; Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]
Synopsis
The Chameleon tricks Iron Man into attacking Captain America, and the two fight until the misunderstanding is discovered.
Reprints

Duel with the Dread Dormammu! (Table of Contents: 5)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (plot, uncredited); Stan Lee (credited) (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
Sharon Kay
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
X-813
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed); The Mindless Ones; Ancient One
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Infant Terrible!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Now in Full Color!
    Spectacular Spider-Man
  5. 4. In Mortal Combat with Captain America!
    Iron Man
  6. 5. Duel with the Dread Dormammu!
    Doctor Strange
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Darrel McCann
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore