(September 1970)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-06-23
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
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

...The Unbeatable Inhumans! (Table of Contents)

Silver Surfer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe ?; Marie Severin ? (layout)
Inks
Herb Trimpe
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
The Inhumans: Gorgon
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Karnak; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Triton
Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
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Indexer Notes

According to a letter from Herb Trimpe dated 1998 he states that Kirby provided either layouts or complete pencils, adding: "I can say for sure I inked this particular cover". Nick Caputo notes that per Mark Evanier, Kirby never provided cover layouts. It's likely that Trimpe mis-remembered and it was Marie Severin who did the layout (Marie provided most cover roughs for other artists in this period).

Nick adds that the background figures all look like Trimpe figures and while the Surfer and Black Bolt look Kirbyesque, the musculature of the Surfer in particular is much thinner that Kirby depicts him (see interior story).

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

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

To Smash the Inhumans! (Table of Contents: 2)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number
342-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What new and savage madness is this?
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Karnak; Lockjaw; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Triton
The Inhumans: Gorgon
Aireo (villain); Leonus (villain); Maximus the Magnificent (villain); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Stallior (villain); Timberius (villain)
Synopsis
Arriving back on Earth, the Silver Surfer finds himself at odds with the Inhumans due to the machinations of Maximus.
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Indexer Notes

Although the next issue is called for on the last page, this is the final issue of the series.

Snoopy Strikes Again! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

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

Marvelmania Super-Hero Posters / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

Columbia Record Club / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[Classified Ads] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1.5 pages (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Lesson One: How to Fill a Page When You've Nothing to Say! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

The Comic-Mag Event of the '70's!! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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

Who Speaks for the Surfer? / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and John, In your issue of the Silver Surfer, you seem to attack the behavior, even the purpose of the everyday man.
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Indexer Notes

Letters from: Art Smith, Frank Johnson, and Rick Howe. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marvel.”

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ...The Unbeatable Inhumans!
    Silver Surfer
  2. 1. ["Look over 400 crazy labels"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. To Smash the Inhumans!
    Silver Surfer
  4. 3. Snoopy Strikes Again!
    Monogram Models
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. ["Everybody and their aunt Petunia are going crazy over these full-color posters!"]
    Marvelmania Super-Hero Posters
  7. 6. Famous Name Prizes or Cash
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  8. 7. ["Secret muscle-building 'tools'"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  9. 8. ["Comic books for sale"]
  10. 9. ["We sell Giant 40 page comic catalog We buy"]
  11. 10. ["Now you can finish high school at home"]
    Academy for Home Study
  12. 11. ["Now...save almost 50% on the hit records you want!"]
    Columbia Record Club
  13. 12. [Classified Ads]
  14. 13. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  15. 14. Lesson One: How to Fill a Page When You've Nothing to Say!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  16. 15. The Comic-Mag Event of the '70's!!
    Conan
  17. 16. ["Dear Stan and John, In your issue of the Silver Surfer, you seem to attack the behavior, even the purpose of the everyday man."]
    Who Speaks for the Surfer?
  18. 17. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  19. 18. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
    American Basic Science Club
  20. 19. ["If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mark Q
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore