(August 1965)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-05-11
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 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Brutal Betrayal of Ben Grimm! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frightful Four [Madam Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Trapster [Peter Petruski]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inker credit from Tom Hardee, via the GCD Errors List. Original indexer credited Vince Colletta.

Men! Join My "$100-a-Week" Club! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

The Mason Shoe Mfg. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Brutal Betrayal of Ben Grimm! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last month we saw the F.F. defeat Dr. Doom!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frightful Four [Madam Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Trapster [Peter Petruski]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]]; Alicia Masters; Lew; Mr. Curtis
Synopsis
The Frightful Four kidnap the Thing and brainwash him into aiding them against the rest of the FF.
Reprints

Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Nick Fury / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Namor the Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

U.S. Gov't Surplus (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. / 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 / 2 pages (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

4 More Marvel Masterpieces! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Spider-Man; Thor; X-Men; Tales to Astonish; Journey into Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
Chic Stone (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you think this issue was something, just wait till you see what's in store for you next ish!
Feature Logo
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Lynn Wilson, Keith McWalter, Garland W. Edmondson, Jr., Ben John, Dan Clark, Gary Arturs, Jim Quaid & Jerry Faller, and Victor Taucer; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and notice of "The Biggest News Yet!" (start of Nick Fury and Sub-Mariner series in Strange Tales and Tales to Astonish, respectively).

Monster S-I-Z-E Monsters (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Life Size Monsters / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Niresk Industries, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Brutal Betrayal of Ben Grimm!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Men! Join My "$100-a-Week" Club!
    The Mason Shoe Mfg. Co.
  3. 2. The Brutal Betrayal of Ben Grimm!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
    Nick Fury
  5. 4. Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  6. 5. U.S. Gov't Surplus
    Surplus Bargains
  7. 6. ["Play 1965 big league baseball games"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  8. 7. ["Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza"]
  9. 8. Hypno-Coin
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  10. 9. ["Come on, fella grab this chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too"]
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  12. 11. ["Are you proud of your paycheck?"]
  13. 12. 4 More Marvel Masterpieces!
    Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Spider-Man; Thor; X-Men; Tales to Astonish; Journey into Mystery
  14. 13. ["It's the greatest!"]
    The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page!
  15. 14. ["If you think this issue was something, just wait till you see what's in store for you next ish!"]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  16. 15. Monster S-I-Z-E Monsters
    Life Size Monsters
  17. 16. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Industries, Inc.
  18. 17. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • John Brichetto
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore