(January 1969)

Marvel, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-10-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (associate editor); Gary Friedrich (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Guardians of the Galaxy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (logo)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Guardians of the Galaxy [Vance Astro; Yondu; Charlie-27; Martinex]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sam Rosen logo credit per Nick Caputo, Aug 2012. Original indexer listed Herb Cooper as possible letterer.

[Marvel Super-Heroes present:] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan; Bill Everett; Syd Shores
Inks
Mike Esposito; Bill Everett; ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover, issue credits, listing of stories with one panel reprinted from each story. Credits list Stan Lee (editor), Sol Brodsky (production chief), Roy Thomas (associate editor), John Verpoorten (correctionist), Stan Goldberg (as Stan G, colorist) and Morrie Kuramoto (production assistant) and Gary Friedrich (assistant editor).

Earth Shall Overcome! (Table of Contents: 2)

Guardians of the Galaxy / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Herb Cooper (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is the year 3007!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Guardians of the Galaxy [Vance Astro; Martinex; Charlie-27; Yondu]; Drang; Maz; Yur; the Badoon; Betina Marsh
Reprints
Keywords
Jupiter; Pluto

Indexer Notes

Title is spread over two pages (2 and 3). The opening three pages of the story look like three splash pages. Next appearance is in Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #4.

[Magic Art Reproducer] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Johnson Smith Products] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Magic Movie Library] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Aids to learn to play an instrument.] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

U. S. School of Music Lessons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Marvel Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Herb Trimpe; Gene Colan (illustrations)
Inks
Herb Trimpe; Mike Esposito (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Gary, and Herb, In my opinion...
Characters
Phantom Eagle; Guardians of the Galaxy [Vance Astro; Yondu; Charlie-27; Martinex]

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Steven Grant (appears this may be Steven Grant, future comics writer), Jim Meschwitz, David Anglin, Jimmy Golden, Gary Dahlberg. Also printed is an illustration from the cover and Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #16.
Includes a blurb for next issue "The most eagerly-awaited Super-Saga of all time!!" with a statement betting that readers couldn't guess who it would be.

Courage! (Table of Contents: 8)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Everett
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Bill Everett

Job Number
F-12
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Byrrah; Princess Fen; Dekka
Synopsis
A young Namor (10 years old) is teased into proving his toughness by staying on the surface in a blizzard.
Reprints

[All Winners Comics #21] (Table of Contents: 9)

All-Winners Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Syd Shores (illustration)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek; ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The All-Winners Squad [Captain America (see note on Chapter 7 index); Bucky (see note on Chapter 7 index); Namor the Sub-Mariner; Miss America [Madeline Joyce]; Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (inset); Future Man
Reprints

Wave of Destruction! [Chapter 4] (Table of Contents: 10)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Syd Shores; ?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Millions of people are threatened with drowning by one huge tidal wave, as Future Man stirs up troubled waters!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Namor the Sub-Mariner; un-named Mermaid; Future Man (introduction; Madame Death (introduction); the Pacific Pirates (introduction)
Synopsis
Namor arrives in Asia along the China coast, and soon discovers the presence of the Pacific Pirates, modern day raiders who use a submarine as their weapon of attack. They are secretly saved from Namor and enlisted by Madame Death and Future Man to help create a massive tidal wave that will wipe out most of the population of Asia.
Reprints

[Learn Karate] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[Skin Diving Torch] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Freeman Electric Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Living Dead! [Chapter 5] (Table of Contents: 13)

Miss America / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Syd Shores; ?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
SL-840
Genre
superhero
Characters
Miss America [Madeline Joyce]; Future Man; Madame Death; living mummies (introduction, all die)
Synopsis
Miss America, while flying over the continent of Africa, notices a caravan below being attacked apparently by living mummies. The mummies have been revived by Future Man's "life battery", which has been converted to give off "life currents", allowing the villain to use thousands of these mummies from unknown tombs to sweep, like an Army, over the entire continent, wiping out all living souls.
Reprints
Keywords
Africa; Egypt

Indexer Notes

Job number SL-840 likely indicates Stan Lee's editorial involvement.

[Shop By Mail] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Grand Book Comics; Live Sea Horses; S.F.C.A. Comic Collector's Handbook; Squirrel Monkey / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Marvel themed pillows and t-shirts] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Flames of Fury! [Chapter 6] (Table of Contents: 16)

Human Torch / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Syd Shores; ?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The greatest disaster to hit America is this atomic fire, wrought by the evil genius of Future Man!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Future Man; Madame Death; desert gang of badmen (introduction for all)
Synopsis
Future Man uses a common incendiary bomb to start a huge forest fire in North America for the purpose of decoying the Torch and Toro long enough so that he and Madame Death can enlist the aid of desert badmen, who supply the villains with Uranium-235 so that they can produce an atomic match.....a match that will burn anything that has atoms.
Reprints

[Earn a Diploma from Home] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Comic Sales Comics; Liftee Height Increase Pads; Passaic Book Center Comics; Robert Bell Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Missile Firing Tank] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Sell Grit] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

War Between the Worlds! [Chapter 7] (Table of Contents: 21)

All-Winners Squad / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The most menacing threat of all now hovers over the Earth...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The All-Winners Squad [Captain America (see note); Bucky (see note); Miss America [Madeline Joyce]; Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro]; Future Man; Madame Death
Synopsis
When Future Man is seemingly stopped at every turn by the All-Winners Squad members, he threatens to make a call for help into the future, requesting hundreds of future men be sent by giant spaceships armed with Neutronic Bombs! However, the Squad attacks before this can happen, and, by a quirk of fate, controls on the villain's ship are locked to keep going far in the past, thus ending the threat of future attackers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The next All-Winners Squad story is in What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #4, which occurs chronologically before this one and retroactively establishes that the post-war Captain America and Bucky here are Jeff Mace (a.k.a. The Patriot) and Fred Davis. The next chronological appearance of the All-Winners Squad, Future Man and Madame Death is in All Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 Series) #1.

[Shop By Mail] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Fox Mini Bike; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Jaxon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Muscle Building Products] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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

[Art courses] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Guardians of the Galaxy
  2. 1. [Marvel Super-Heroes present:]
  3. 2. Earth Shall Overcome!
    Guardians of the Galaxy
  4. 3. [Magic Art Reproducer]
    Magic Art Reproducer
  5. 4. [Johnson Smith Products]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  6. 5. [Magic Movie Library]
  7. 6. [Aids to learn to play an instrument.]
    U. S. School of Music Lessons
  8. 7. ["Dear Stan, Gary, and Herb, In my opinion..."]
    Marvel Mailbag
  9. 8. Courage!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  10. 9. [All Winners Comics #21]
    All-Winners Squad
  11. 10. Wave of Destruction! [Chapter 4]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  12. 11. [Learn Karate]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  13. 12. [Skin Diving Torch]
    Freeman Electric Co.
  14. 13. The Living Dead! [Chapter 5]
    Miss America
  15. 14. [Shop By Mail]
    Grand Book Comics; Live Sea Horses; S.F.C.A. Comic Collector's Handbook; Squirrel Monkey
  16. 15. [Marvel themed pillows and t-shirts]
  17. 16. Flames of Fury! [Chapter 6]
    Human Torch
  18. 17. [Earn a Diploma from Home]
    Academy for Home Study
  19. 18. [Shop by Mail]
    Comic Sales Comics; Liftee Height Increase Pads; Passaic Book Center Comics; Robert Bell Comics
  20. 19. [Missile Firing Tank]
    Honor House Products
  21. 20. [Sell Grit]
    Grit Newspaper
  22. 21. War Between the Worlds! [Chapter 7]
    All-Winners Squad
  23. 22. [Shop By Mail]
    Fox Mini Bike; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Jaxon Stamps
  24. 23. [Muscle Building Products]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  25. 24. [Art courses]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Tom Zsolt