(December 1968)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Official Magazine Corp.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- standard color comic
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in L' Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #4 (18 Giugno 1970), #5 (2 Luglio 1970), #6 (16 Luglio 1970) -
in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976) [with alterations]
-
The Power and the Prize!
Silver Surfer / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Buscema
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Silver Surfer; Mephisto; Shalla Bal; Demons
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in L' Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #5 (2 Luglio 1970)
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1979 series) #3 (February 1980)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 ([September] 1990)
- in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #25 (Ottobre 1991)
- in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
- in Sensational Spider-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #41 (December 2007)
-
in Marvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema (Panini España, 2010 series) #[nn] (Abril 2010) - in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1
-
Indexer Notes
Sinnott inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.
The Power and the Prize!
Silver Surfer / comic story / 40 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- John Buscema
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- FEATURE: Silver Surfer; GUEST: Shalla Bal; VILLAINS: Mephisto (1st); Demons
- Synopsis:
- Mephisto captures Shalla Bal and tries to tempt the Surfer into joining him by using his one true love as bait.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in L' Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #4 (18 Giugno 1970) [part 1], #5 (2 Luglio 1970) [part 2], #6 (16 Luglio 1970) [part 3]
- in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1979 series) #3 (February 1980)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 ([September] 1990)
- in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2007)
- in Sensational Spider-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #41 (December 2007) [pp. 8-20]
- in Marvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema (Panini España, 2010 series) #[nn] (Abril 2010)
- in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1
-
Why Won't They Believe Me?
Watcher / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Gene Colan
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Watcher (narrator); Professor Crater
- Synopsis:
- A man finds a crashed spaceship and reads the log which shows that the alien was to take the form of an earthling when he lands. The man goes to the Space Agency to warn them but the person he talks to (Professor Crater) pulls a gun on him. The man assumes that Professor Crater must be the alien but then finds out that the log is written in another language so he must be the alien and he has helped himself to be caught.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #31 (August 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
A retelling of "Why Won't They Believe Me?" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #7 (December 1961).
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Power and the Prize!
Silver Surfer -
1.
The Power and the Prize!
Silver Surfer -
2.
Why Won't They Believe Me?
Watcher
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- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Darrel McCann
- Nick Caputo
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- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Robert Wood
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