(February 1965)

Marvel, 1961 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
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
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:

Calamity on the Campus! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]]; Dragon Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inker credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List; confirmed by Ayers (2 November 2006); the original indexer credited Chic Stone.

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

Realtone radio / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Calamity on the Campus! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a big day for State U. when Reed Richards, its most brilliant alumnus, arrives to deliver a lecture, bringing his fellow F.F. members with him!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Diablo; Dragon Man; Professor Charles Xavier (cameo); Scott Summers [Cyclops] (cameo); Peter Parker [Spider-Man] (cameo); Professor Gilbert; Dean Mencken
Synopsis
Diablo takes control of the Dragon Man android and wreaks havoc on the Empire State campus.
Reprints

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) /

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: 15)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks
Sol Brodsky ? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, I'd like to explain about the Red Ghost's small difficulty in saving himself from his fighting mad apes.
Feature Logo
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Dr. Strange
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters page includes Special Announcement Section and Marvel Checklist.

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

The Avengers; Spider-Man; Thor; X-Men; Journey into Mystery / 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. Calamity on the Campus!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Powerful 2-band AM shortwave radio licensed by... RCA"]
    Realtone radio
  3. 2. Calamity on the Campus!
    Fantastic Four
  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!"]
    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
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan and Jack, I'd like to explain about the Red Ghost's small difficulty in saving himself from his fighting mad apes."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  17. 16. ["4 more Marvel masterpieces!"]
    The Avengers; Spider-Man; Thor; X-Men; Journey into Mystery
  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
  • John Brichetto
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore