(March 1964)

Marvel, 1953 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1963-12-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Co.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor); Martin Goodman (publisher)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

The Purple Phantom (Table of Contents)

Two-Gun Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He sees me! He's coming this way!!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; The Purple Phantom

Indexer Notes

Cover ink credit from Nick Caputo (May 8, 2006). Original ink credit given to Dick Ayers.

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

E-Z Math Program / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Macabre Mystery of "The Purple Phantom!" (Table of Contents: 2)

Two-Gun Kid / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-565
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rustlers! That rider - - that cloak - - it's the Purple Phantom!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; The Purple Phantom [Hunk Hondo] (Introduction; Villain); Smasher (Introduction; Villain); Seth Perkins (Introduction); Boom-Boom Brown; Nancy Carter
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

Stagecoach Race (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed as M.) (illustration)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed as M.) (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
[K-152]
Characters
Jed Waram; Joe Ballard; Ken Watkins; Si Watkins; Bill Stevens
Reprints

Draw The First Day (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Reward $11,750.00 for This Coin! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

New - Pocket Size Invention (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Hypno-Coin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Come On, Fella (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps/Shop By Mail (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1.5 pages (report information)

The Legend of Grizzly-Bear Baker! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Keller (credited)
Inks
Jack Keller (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I tell you Grizzly-Bear Baker must have shot over a hundred men in his day!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Grizzly-Bear Baker
Reprints

Give Me Just One Evening (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Palmer-Jones Publishers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make $3 to $5 an Hour Starting Soon (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

NRI Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Saturday Morning Shoe Store (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Mason Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Purple Phantom
    Two-Gun Kid
  2. 1. ["Now you can solve "tough" math problems like this!"]
    E-Z Math Program
  3. 2. The Macabre Mystery of "The Purple Phantom!"
    Two-Gun Kid
  4. 3. Stagecoach Race
  5. 4. Draw The First Day
    Magic Art Reproducer
  6. 5. ["Are you proud of your paycheck?"]
    Commercial Trades Institute Courses
  7. 6. Reward $11,750.00 for This Coin!
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  8. 7. New - Pocket Size Invention
    Hypno-Coin
  9. 8. Come On, Fella
    Grit Newspaper
  10. 9. Stamps/Shop By Mail
  11. 10. The Legend of Grizzly-Bear Baker!
  12. 11. Give Me Just One Evening
    Palmer-Jones Publishers
  13. 12. Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  14. 13. Make $3 to $5 an Hour Starting Soon
    NRI Training
  15. 14. Saturday Morning Shoe Store
    Mason Shoes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dave Redmond
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore