(January 1965)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-11-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

This Hostage Earth! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
Reprints

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

Realtone radio / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

This Hostage Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No one ever knows how an incredible adventure will begin!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Rick Jones; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
Reprints
Keywords
atomic gyroscope; Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Merry Marvel Marching Society (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Atlas Tool Co. Layout Manual / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Art Directors' Course / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; Thor; X-Men; Journey into Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

All About the Avengers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dan Klinger, Alan McNaly, Steve Lucero, David Kaler, George R. R. Martin, Bobby Harris, Bernard Polachek, Steve Erickson, and Srden Vejvoda.

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

Captain America; Giant-Man; Hulk; Human Torch; Iron Man; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; The Thing; Strange Tales; Tales to Astonish; Tales of Suspense / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. This Hostage Earth!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. ["Powerful 2-band AM shortwave radio licensed by... RCA"]
    Realtone radio
  3. 2. This Hostage Earth!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. The Merry Marvel Marching Society
  5. 4. ["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
  6. 5. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  7. 6. ["Order by mail specials"]
  8. 7. ["Hypno-Coin"]
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  9. 8. ["Zoom! This book makes you the dare-devil king of the road racing set"]
    Atlas Tool Co. Layout Manual
  10. 9. ["Come on, fella grab the chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too"]
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["Get ahead! Be an auto mechanic!"]
  13. 12. ["Let a panel of top cartoonists show you how to be a successful comic artist"]
    Art Directors' Course
  14. 13. ["Now! Exciting triangle and diamond sets included in Zenith's fabulous collection of 217 different stamps"]
    Zenith Company
  15. 14. ["4 more Marvel masterpieces!"]
    Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; Thor; X-Men; Journey into Mystery
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    All About the Avengers
  17. 16. ["4 more Marvel masterpieces!"]
    Captain America; Giant-Man; Hulk; Human Torch; Iron Man; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; The Thing; Strange Tales; Tales to Astonish; Tales of Suspense
  18. 17. ["Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza"]
  19. 18. ["Learn radio-television electronics"]
  20. 19. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Del Gruber
  • James Ludwig
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore