Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #20

(April 1969)

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Don Heck; Larry Lieber; Steve Ditko (illustrations)

Inks

Joe Sinnott; Dick Ayers; Larry Lieber; Steve Ditko

Letters

typeset

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal]; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Dr. Strange; The Watcher

Indexer Notes

inside front cover. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Stan Goldberg, Morrie Kuramoto, Gary Friedrich and Irving Forbush.

We Have to Fight the X-Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-686

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing]; Alicia Masters; X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Angel; Iceman; Beast]; Mad Thinker; Awesome Android; Puppet Master

Synopsis

Puppet Master makes a model of Professor X and commands him to send the X-Men after the FF. When Xavier regains control of his senses, the Mad Thinker sends in his Android to finish off both teams.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #28 (July 1964)

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Ka-Zar / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Suspected of Murder! (Table of Contents: 4)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-782 (A)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Avengers [Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Sergei Amkov

Synopsis

When Tony Stark is unable to remove his armor without endangering his life, Iron Man is accused of murdering Stark. The Black Widow sends Hawkeye to steal Stark corporate secrets, but while he is gone, she is abducted and sent back behind the Iron Curtain.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #60 (December 1964)

The Sun-Stealer! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited)

Inks

Larry Lieber (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-693

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]

Synopsis

The Watcher must save Earth from an alien without breaking his vow of non-interference.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #55 (July 1964)

You'll Blow Your Mind! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Not Brand Echh / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Beware...Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Don Rico (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Editing

Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Dr. Strange; Dr. Green (scientist); Schuyler (scientist); Mr. James (producer, "The Twelth Hour" TV show); The Ancient One; Tiboro

Synopsis

Dr. Strange refuses to appear on a television show that regularly debunks magic as mere superstition, but when staffers from the show are kidnapped into another dimension ruled by the tyrant Tiboro, Strange agrees to help bring them back.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #129 (February 1965)