Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #5

(October 1966)

Yet Another Marvel Milestone... (Table of Contents: 1)

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Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko; Larry Lieber; Don Heck

Inks

Dick Ayers; Steve Ditko; Don Heck; Sol Brodsky

Letters

Sam Rosen

Indexer Notes

Inside front 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, Denny O'Neil and Flo Steinberg.

Prisoners of the Puppet Master! [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

The 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

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-950

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

The Puppet Master tests his radioactive clay that gives him the power to remotely control people that are modeled in the clay.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (November 1962)

[Prisoners of the Puppet Master!] Part 2: The Hands of the Puppet Maker (Table of Contents: 3)

The 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

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-950

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Puppet Master; Alicia Masters (introduction); Warden Williams (introduction)

Synopsis

The Puppet Master gets the Thing under his command and imprisons the Invisible Girl. He then sends the Thing and Alicia Masters, disguised as Sue Storm, to infiltrate the Baxter Building.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (November 1962)

[Prisoners of the Puppet Master!] Part 3: The Lady and the Monster! (Table of Contents: 4)

The 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

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-950

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters

Synopsis

While acting under the Puppet Master's influence, the Thing is subjected to one of Mister Fantastic's potions that changes him back to Ben Grimm.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (November 1962)

[Prisoners of the Puppet Master!] Part 4: Face-to-face with the Puppet Master! (Table of Contents: 5)

The 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

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-950

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Puppet Master; Puppet Master's winged horse; Warden Williams

Synopsis

The Puppet Master stages a jailbreak just to prove his might. Invisible Girl sends a distress signal to her teammates and the Puppet Master flees when meeting the combined forces of the Fantastic Four.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (November 1962)

[Prisoners of the Puppet Master!] Part 5: Death of a Puppet! (Table of Contents: 6)

The 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

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-950

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Puppet Master

Synopsis

The jail break is stopped by the Fantastic Four and the Puppet Master falls to what seems to be his death.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #8 (November 1962)

Trapped by the Red Barbarian (Table of Contents: 7)

Iron Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns) (script)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

E. Thomas (credited)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Red Barbarian (introduction); Actor (introduction)

Synopsis

A Soviet spymaster sends a master of disguise to steal the design of Tony Stark's latest weapon. The Actor steals the plans and learns Iron Man's secret identity, but Iron Man regains the plans and tricks the communists into killing their own agent.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #42 (June 1963)

Journey's End! (Table of Contents: 8)

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited)

Inks

Sol Brodsky (credited as S. Brodsky)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-526

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu] (narrator); Wilbur Weems; Sally

Synopsis

A meek and lonely space pilot volunteers for a suicide mission to investigate a strange cosmic cloud. The cloud hides a utopian planet, whose inhabitants only want humans brave enough to face the unknown to visit them.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #50 (February 1964)

The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo! (Table of Contents: 9)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-450

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ancient One [Yao]; Victoria Bentley (introduction, origin); Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo, also as Sir Clive Bentley]

Synopsis

Strange is lured into a trap in England by Baron Mordo, but defeats him with the help of a woman with latent magical talents.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #114 (November 1963)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #76/77 ([Janvier 1978])

Keywords

magic

The Gladiator from Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as J. Kirby)

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Jon D'Agostino ?

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Mongu [Boris Monguski] (introduction)

Synopsis

An alien invades earth and claims his people will conquer the planet unless he is met in battle by the strongest opponent the world has to offer. Hulk meets the challenge but finds out it is all a ploy by the Russians to capture him and create an army of hulks of their own.

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #4 (November 1962)

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