The Super-Heroes #2

(March 15, 1975)

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Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Origin of the Silver Surfer! (Table of Contents: 2)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep within a monstrous cavern lurks the Silver Surfer,

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (origin in flashback); Col. John Jameson; Shalla Bal (first appearance, flashback); Zenn-Lavians (flashback); Galactus (flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (flashback); Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]] (flashback); abominable snowmen

Synopsis

The Surfer remembers his origins and why he is now trapped on Earth.

Reprints

• from The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (August 1968)

Keywords

mental transportation element; ultimate nullifier; weapon supreme; Zenn-La

Indexer Notes

Second part of story. Has an added splash page which is the large top panel of page 17 of the original story with title and credits added.

Don't Miss These Two Great Weeklies (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

5 Against - Magneto! (Table of Contents: 5)

X-Men / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Paul Reinman

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Magneto, an evil madman bent on world conquest!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III] (introduction); Beast [Hank McCoy] (introduction); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (introduction); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (introduction); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (introduction, joins team); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (introduction)]; Magneto [Erik Magnus Lehnsherr] (villain) (introduction)

Synopsis

After a day of training and meeting Jean Grey, a new student at Professor X's school, the X-Men go on their first assignment: stopping a mutant named Magneto from talking over an Air Force base.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

Keywords

Cape Citadel; missiles; remote control private jet; Rolls Royce; telepathy; U.S. military

Indexer Notes

Second part of story. Includes an added splash page with credits.

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