(June 1971)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except December, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-03-16
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 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Thing Runs Amok! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Verpoorten
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (word balloons); Morrie Kuramoto (blurb)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Thing's gone mad!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; J. Jonah Jameson; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

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

The Thing -- Amok! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number
586 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My experiment on the Thing backfired!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also in flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (also in flashback)
Walter Collins (unnamed); Ebony (cameo); Agatha Harkness; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; J. Jonah Jameson; Alicia Masters (cameo flashback); Peter Parker; Franklin Richards; Robbie Robertson; Sam; Lew
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Character of Walter Collins from marvel.fandom.com.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Super Poster Offer (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Marvelmania / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Estes Rockets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita (illustration)
Inks
John Verpoorten (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marveldom Assembled, As the first and second affirmatives...
Feature Logo
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
Characters
The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jay Sheldon, Karl Heinemann, Bud Humphrey, William T. Hayes, Todd Lowenstein, and Kendall Morris; includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

The Avengers; Hulk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thing Runs Amok!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash the easy way!"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. The Thing -- Amok!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. Super Poster Offer
    Marvelmania
  7. 6. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks..."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  8. 7. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  9. 8. Shop by Mail
  10. 9. Shop by Mail
  11. 10. ["Step into the real world of space with Vern Estes."]
    Estes Rockets
  12. 11. ["America’s most amusing pet squirrel monkey"]
  13. 12. Shop by Mail
  14. 13. ["Hints of hilarious hi-jinx and homogeneous happenings happily harvested for heroes like you!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. ["Muscles of steel"]
    Honor House Products
  16. 15. ["Dear Marveldom Assembled, As the first and second affirmatives..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  17. 16. ["Maybe lightning doesn't strike twice--but Harlan Ellison does!!"]
    The Avengers; Hulk
  18. 17. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  19. 18. ["Power-packed muscles in only 35 days!"]
  20. 19. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore