(October 1966)

Marvel, 1966 Series
 
Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1966-06-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Interstate Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Hand written newsstand date (1966-07-16) in the "H" on front cover on indexer's (Lynn Sutton) copy. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers; Daredevil; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett (Daredevil & Human Torch/Sub-Mariner illustrations); Jack Kirby (Avengers illustration)
Inks
Bill Everett (Daredevil & Human Torch/Sub-Mariner illustrations); Paul Reinman (Avengers illustration)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Iron Man; The Mighty Thor; Giant Man; The Wasp; The Incredible Hulk]; Daredevil; the Sub-Mariner; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Bill Everett; Marie Severin
Inks
Paul Reinman; Bill Everett; Marie Severin
Letters
Sam Rosen; ?

Characters
The Avengers [The Mighty Thor; The Incredible Hulk; Giant Man; The Wasp; Iron Man]; Daredevil; the Sub-Mariner; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover includes images from interior stories, with gray tone added by Marie Severin. Credits include Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin, Stan Goldberg, Flo Steinberg and Denny O'Neil.

The Avengers! Battle... the Space Phantom (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [The Mighty Thor [Dr. Don Blake]; The Incredible Hulk; Giant Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Rick Jones; The Teen-Brigade; The Space Phantom
Synopsis
The Space Phantom duplicates the Incredible Hulk's form and attacks the Avengers. When the real Hulk realises how much his team mates distrust him, he quits the group.
Reprints

Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Colonel Stevens; Lou Haines
Synopsis
Captain America and Bucky thwart spy Lou Haines in his bid to murder Colonel Stevens.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1st Stan Lee story written for Martin Goldman.

The Origin of Daredevil (Table of Contents: 4)

Daredevil / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett; Steve Ditko; Sol Brodsky
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen; Artie Simek (p. 1 only)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Battling Jack Murdock; Franklin "Foggy" Nelson; Karen Page; The Fixer; Slade
Synopsis
Matt Murdock saves a blind man from an oncoming truck but is struck blind himself by a radioactive canister during the rescue. The radioactivity heightens Matt's other senses and gives him an uncanny radar sense. Matt graduates college and begins practicing law with his college roommate Foggy. Matt's father, a boxer, is killed by the Fixer after he refuses to throw a fight. Matt designs a costume and a billy club (from his cane) and takes his derogatory childhood nickname "Daredevil." DD tracks down the Fixer and the man who shot his father.
Reprints

The Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner Meet!!! (Table of Contents: 5)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Everett; Carl Burgos ?
Pencils
Bill Everett; Carl Burgos
Inks
Bill Everett; Carl Burgos
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Bill Everett ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Sub-Mariner; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
Synopsis
When the Sub-Mariner goes on the rampage, only the Human Torch can drive him back to the sea.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Avengers; Daredevil; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Avengers! Battle... the Space Phantom
    The Avengers
  4. 3. Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge
    Captain America
  5. 4. The Origin of Daredevil
    Daredevil
  6. 5. The Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner Meet!!!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Lynn Sutton
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jim Walker