Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #2

(April 1966)

A Message From Your Bullpen! (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko

Inks

Sol Brodsky; Dick Ayers

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside from cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by Marie Severin. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin Stan Goldberg and Flo Steinberg.

The Menace of the Miracle Man, Chapter I (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-563

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Miracle Man (introduction)

Synopsis

The Miracle Man performs his super-villain debut at his magic show by humiliating the Thing.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

[The Menace of the Miracle Man] Chapter II: The Monster Lives! (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-563

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Miracle Man

Synopsis

Miracle Man declares war on humanity and animates a movie monster statue.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

[The Menace of the Miracle Man] Chapter III: The Flame that Died! (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-563

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Miracle Man

Synopsis

Human Torch torches the animated Monster from Mars statue and Invisible Girl stows away on the atomic tank that Miracle Man has stolen.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

[The Menace of the Miracle Man] Chapter IV: In the Shadow of Defeat! (Table of Contents: 5)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-563

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Miracle Man

Synopsis

The Thing recalls the origin of the Fantastic Four while the Invisible Girl is taken prisoner by Miracle Man.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

[The Menace of the Miracle Man] Chapter V: The Final Challenge! (Table of Contents: 6)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-563

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Miracle Man

Synopsis

Miracle Man is defeated, but at the cost of the Human Torch leaving the Fantastic Four.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

Trapped by the Protector! [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 7)

Ant-Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]

Synopsis

Ant-Man deals with a dangerous extortionist, who turns out to be disguised as one of the victimized jewelers.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #37 (November 1962)

[Trapped by the Protector!] Part 2: Face-to-Face With the Protector! (Table of Contents: 8)

Ant-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Ray Holloway

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #37 (November 1962)

Nothing Can Stop... the Sandman! (Table of Contents: 9)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-362

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; May Parker; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; Betty Brant (introduction); J Jonah Jameson; Sandman [Flint Marko] (introduction; origin)

Synopsis

The Sandman tries to hide from police in the high school where Peter Parker goes to school.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (September 1963)