(September 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-06-10
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 with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

The Coming of the Falcon! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan; John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Joe Sinnott; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Redwing; Exiles
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alterations on Cap by John Romita.

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

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

The Coming of... the Falcon! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited as Stan (the Man) Lee)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited as Gene (the Dean) Colan)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So far, the real Captain America, trapped within the...
Feature Logo
Captain America, Living Legend of World War II
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (villain); Cosmic Cube; Exiles [Baldini; Cadavus; Ching; Gruning; Iron Hand Hauptman; Krushki] (villains); MODOK (villain); AIM (villains); Falcon (introduction, origin); Redwing (introduction, origin)
Synopsis
With the Red Skull previously having switched bodies with Captain America, the Skull uses the Cosmic Cube to send Cap to the tropical island home of the Exiles. There Cap encounters a falconer from Harlem who had been hired by the Exiles but who is now attempting to help the island natives kick the Exiles from their home. Cap joins forces with the falconer who, with Cap's urging, dons a costume and takes the name the Falcon.
Reprints
Keywords
Cosmic Cube

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

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Batty Bulletins to Bewilder, Bewitch, and Bedazzle You! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Mr. America-Mr. Universe (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Nick Fury; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Book and Dummy / 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
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Let's Rap with Cap
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Rick Jones?]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Marty Lyon, Neal Seale, James Van Hise, Bill Cantey, David Koopman, Joe Jenkins, and Brentano Haleen.

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

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

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

American Basic Science Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Coming of the Falcon!
    Captain America
  2. 1. ["Pocket spy telescope"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. The Coming of... the Falcon!
    Captain America
  4. 3. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  5. 4. Batty Bulletins to Bewilder, Bewitch, and Bedazzle You!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  7. 6. Mr. America-Mr. Universe
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  8. 7. ["Build a whole “Matchbox” car city in your room."]
    Matchbox Models
  9. 8. ["Weak-broken nails?"]
  10. 9. Shop by Mail
  11. 10. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Nick Fury; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
  12. 11. It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows!
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  13. 12. ["Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  14. 13. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Book and Dummy
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Let's Rap with Cap [Captain America]
  16. 15. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  17. 16. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
    American Basic Science Club, Inc.
  18. 17. ["If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Benjamin Beck
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Dan Creel
  • Del Gruber
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk