(May 1965)

Marvel, 1959 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-02-04
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 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Where Strides the Behemoth! / The Hidden Man and His Rays of Doom! (Table of Contents)

Giant-Man; Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
Inks
Chic Stone; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hidden Man [Supramor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alterations on figure of Giant-Man and Wasp possibly by Sol Brodsky. Information per Nick Caputo. Original version can be seen here: http://www.comics.org/issue/391814/.

The Mystery of the Hidden Man, and His Rays of Doom! (Table of Contents: 1)

Giant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Bob Powell (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's the car I've been looking for!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (also in flashback); Hidden Man [Supramor] (also in flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Loko (also in flashback); Fentom Farnum
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Hidden Man and his henchman Loko try and gain the powers of Giant-Man, failing miserably when Wasp steps in to save the day.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Merry Marvel Marching Society / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The greatest fan club ever formed (by Marvel, that is!) still has a...

Indexer Notes

House ad for the M.M.M.S plus membership form.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Daredevil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Wally Wood ?
Inks
Wally Wood ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Another Marvel Masterpiece...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Indexer Notes

House ad for Daredevil #7.

Where Strides the Behemoth (Table of Contents: 4)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited as Frank Ray)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tanks!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Glenn Talbot; Russians (villains); Kanga Kahn (villain); Hakun Gantu (villain)
Synopsis
The Hulk beats on the Russians bad enough that when he decides to leap away, they don't try to stop him. Jumping all the way to the Himalayas, the Hulk is finally tired out and transforms to Banner just in time to be menaced by a local bandit chieftain. Talbot catches up with Bruce in this hairy predicament and when their captors are attacked by a rival band of raiders, Bruce and Glenn fall off a cliff to their death?
Reprints
Keywords
Himalayas; Russians

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

Mails to Astonish / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've got to admit one thing - bubbly Bobby Powell puts everything but the...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Timothy Scott, Timothy Gwozdy, and Walt Smith; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Where Strides the Behemoth! / The Hidden Man and His Rays of Doom!
    Giant-Man; Hulk
  2. 1. The Mystery of the Hidden Man, and His Rays of Doom!
    Giant-Man and the Wasp
  3. 2. ["The greatest fan club ever formed (by Marvel, that is!) still has a..."]
    The Merry Marvel Marching Society
  4. 3. ["Another Marvel Masterpiece..."]
    Daredevil
  5. 4. Where Strides the Behemoth
    Hulk
  6. 5. ["You've got to admit one thing - bubbly Bobby Powell puts everything but the..."]
    Mails to Astonish
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Benjamin Beck
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Del Gruber
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore