(August 1967)

Marvel, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly with the exception of January, March, May, and July
On-sale Date
1967-05-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Leading Magazine Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn., U.S.A.
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor); Sol Brodsky (credited) (production manager); Roy Thomas (credited) (associate editor); Gary Friedrich (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Forbush-Man, Fantastical Four, Dr. Bloom, Silver Burper / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Forbush Man; Doctor Bloom; Fantastical Four [Mr. Fantastical; Thung; Human Scorch; Inevitable Girl]; Silver Burper; Doctor Bloom goon
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.

This Is a Contents Pg? (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
John Verpoorten ?; Jack Kirby; Marie Severin; Ross Andru; John Severin
Inks
John Verpoorten ?; Frank Giacoia; Marie Severin; Mike Esposito; John Severin
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits per Roy Thomas, as related in Alter Ego #95.

Stats of scenes from interior stories, with figures of Spidey-Man and Mr. Fantastical likely by John Verpoorten, info per Nick Caputo.

The Silver Burper! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Fantastical Four [Mr. Fantastical; Thung; Human Scorch; Inevitable Girl]; Silver Burper; Doctor Bloom
Reprints

The Fastest Gums in the West! (Table of Contents: 3)

Too-Gone Kid / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Marie Severin (credited)
Inks
Marie Severin (credited)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre
satire-parody; western-frontier
Characters
Rawhead Kid; Kid Cold; Bum Bum; Too-Gone Kid; Ghostly Rider; Sheriff Bad Brett
Reprints

The Human Scorch Versus the Sunk-Mariner or the Battle of the Century! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Human Scorch; Sunk-Mariner / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited); Bill Everett (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)
Colors
?
Letters
Jerry Feldmann (credited)

Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Human Scorch; Sunk-Mariner; Betsy Bean; Chaplain America
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Everett may have pencilled the splash page. Info per Roy Thomas.

A Day of Blunder! (Table of Contents: 5)

Sgt. Furious and His Hostile Commandos!! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich (credited)
Pencils
John Severin (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Jerry Feldmann (credited)

Genre
satire-parody; war
Characters
Sgt. Knock Furious; Dumb Dumb Doolan; Rabble Rouzer; Dizzy Conam; Babe Bones; Deano Martini; Ersatz Kral'Thik; Pinko Finkerton; Happy Slam Sawbuck; Won Stan Lee
Reprints

If You Think This Ish was Wild.. (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Forbush-Man, Fantastical Four, Dr. Bloom, Silver Burper
  2. 1. This Is a Contents Pg?
  3. 2. The Silver Burper!
    Fantastical Four
  4. 3. The Fastest Gums in the West!
    Too-Gone Kid
  5. 4. The Human Scorch Versus the Sunk-Mariner or the Battle of the Century!
    The Human Scorch; Sunk-Mariner
  6. 5. A Day of Blunder!
    Sgt. Furious and His Hostile Commandos!!
  7. 6. If You Think This Ish was Wild..
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Terry Collier
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ralf Haring
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steve Jenner
  • Dan Kocher
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore