Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7

(February 1967)

Hear Ye! See Ye! Read Ye! (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko; Don Heck

Inks

Dick Ayers; Steve Ditko; Don Heck

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, Morrie Kuramoto, Ron Whyte, and Flo Steinberg.

The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited as S. Ditko)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-138

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff] (introduction, origin); Super-Apes (introduction, origin)

Synopsis

While Reed prepares a journey to the Blue Area of the Moon, Ivan Kragoff trains three apes to pilot a spaceship and take possession of the Moon "for the communist empire".

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #13 (April 1963)

[The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 2: Menace on the Moon! (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super-Apes; Watcher [Uatu] (introduction)

Synopsis

In space, the Fantastic Four's ship crosses that of Ivan Kragoff and they learn of the powers the apes have acquired before landing on the moon.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #13 (April 1963)

[The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 3: The Watcher Appears! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-138

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Watcher [Uatu]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super-Apes

Synopsis

The Watcher appears and explains where he comes from and why he cannot take sides in the battle between the Fantastic Four and the Red Ghost.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #13 (April 1963)

[The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 4: Duel in the Dead City! (Table of Contents: 5)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-138

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super-Apes; Watcher [Uatu]

Synopsis

The Fantastic Four battles the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes on the Moon.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #13 (April 1963)

The Latest Low-down on Marvel's Light-Hearted Luminaries for Literature Lovers at Large! [February 1967] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Mad Pharaoh! (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

Sam Rosen (credited)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-229

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mad Pharaoh [Hatap] (introduction); Cleopatra VII; Paul (archeologist)

Synopsis

After waking up from a 2000 years long sleep, Hatap, the Mad Pharaoh, brings Tony Stark into the past to resume his war against Cleopatra. Stark helps Cleopatra defeat Hatap as Iron Man.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #44 (August 1963)

The Many Traps of Baron Mordo! (Table of Contents: 8)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 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-557

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]; Ancient One [Yao]

Synopsis

Mordo places a spell over Strange's house that causes it to vanish to another dimension. Strange manages to track Mordo down using his ethereal form, but it becomes trapped in Mordo's lair. Mordo goes to see the Ancient One, claiming he's changed his way, just so he can attack him unawares. But Strange had found a way to escape by going straight thru the center of the Earth itself, and warned his mentor in advance. Though defeated, both Strange and the Ancient One know Mordo is becoming more powerful all the time.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #117 (February 1964)

Keywords

magic

The Hordes of General Fang! (Table of Contents: 9)

Hulk / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited as D. Ayers)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-47

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Thunderbolt Ross; General Fang (introduction)

Synopsis

The Hulk thwarts a would-be Genghis Khan conqueror named General Fang from taking over the Asian province of Llhasa, and he only has to dress up as the Abominable Snowman once to do it.

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #5 (January 1963)

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