(June 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-03-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
World Color Press, Inc., Sparta Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Man Behind the Mask! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita (signed)
Inks
John Romita (signed)
Colors
John Romita (sourced) (color sketch); Marie Severin (sourced) (see notes)
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America; Steve Rogers
Reprints

Indexer Notes

John Romita provided the cover sketch and color overlay which Marie Severin closely followed: https://motto.media/2015/12/23/original-art-color-guide-and-final-cover-ar…

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man Behind the Mask! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain America / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited as Stan (the Man) Lee)
Pencils
John Romita (credited as Johnny (Ring-a-Ding) Romita)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Cooper (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've done it -- at last!
Feature Logo
Captain America, Living Legend of World War II
Genre
superhero
Characters
the Avengers [Goliath [Clint Barton]; Vision; Black Panther; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Captain America [Steve Rogers]]; Nick Fury; Sharon Carter; Bucky [Rick Jones]; Red Skull; Cosmic Cube
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer credited Sal Buscema as co-penciler.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Doctor Doom; Spider-Man; Marvel Super-Heroes; Marvel Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

The Race to Danger (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Lee Jeans [Lee Leens] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Let's Rap with Cap [Captain America] / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks
George Tuska (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Feature Logo
Let's Rap with Cap
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Kenneth Burke, Rick Ellrod, Michael Higgins and Rick Bilyen.

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

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man Behind the Mask!
    Captain America
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. The Man Behind the Mask!
    Captain America
  4. 3. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel...!"]
    Doctor Doom; Spider-Man; Marvel Super-Heroes; Marvel Tales
  6. 5. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  7. 6. The Race to Danger
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  8. 7. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  9. 8. ["Hand control stunt flying plane"]
  10. 9. ["‘Check the kind of body you want ...and I’ll show you how easily you can have it.’ - Charles Atlas"]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  11. 10. Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["Awe-inspiring announcements for you to yawn with!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  14. 13. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Let's Rap with Cap [Captain America]
  16. 15. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  17. 16. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  18. 17. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Benjamin Beck
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson