(December 1971)

Marvel, 1969 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1971-07-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor); Roy Thomas (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

The Gentleman's Name Is Gorgon! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing]; Medusa; Gorgon; Dragon Man
Reprints

The Gentleman's Name is Gorgon! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Gorgon; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl; the Thing]; Medusa; Dragon Man
Synopsis
Medusa seeks the FF's help in eluding Gorgon.
Reprints

Meet the Beatles! (Table of Contents: 2)

Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Bob Powell (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); Alicia Masters; Doris Evans ("Dorrie"); John Lennon; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr
Synopsis
Johnny and Ben almost meet the Beatles.
Reprints

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

Rawhide Kid / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Among Us Hide... the Inhumans (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]]; Dragon Man; Trapster; Sandman; Inhumans [Crystal; Lockjaw; Karnak; Gorgon; Medusa; Triton; Black Bolt]
Synopsis
The Inhumans are revealed. We meet the Royal Family of Black Bolt, Crystal, Karnak, and Triton. Medusa is shown to be one of them.
Reprints

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

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

2 More Triumphs from Marvel (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

The Defenders; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Gentleman's Name Is Gorgon!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Gentleman's Name is Gorgon!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Meet the Beatles!
    Human Torch; The Thing
  4. 3. Another Marvel Masterpiece
    Rawhide Kid
  5. 4. Among Us Hide... the Inhumans
    Fantastic Four
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  7. 6. 2 More Triumphs from Marvel
    The Defenders; Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Darrel McCann
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore