Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #12

(December 1967)

Introducing... the Merry Marvel Menagerie (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 John Verpoorten. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Gary Freidrich, Stan Goldberg, Flo Steinberg.

Defeated by Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-315

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Princess Pearla (cameo); President John F. Kennedy (cameo, partially hidden); Nikita Khrushchev (cameo)

Synopsis

Back from the Micro-world, Doctor Doom attacks the Fantastic Four once more by kidnapping Alicia.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #17 (August 1963)

The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Don Rico (credited as N. Korok)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

Don Heck (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Dr. Anton Vanko; Crimson Dynamo [Boris Turgenev] (introduction); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (introduction)

Synopsis

The Black Widow and Boris are sent to America to kill Anton Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo, for defecting to America. They are also tasked with killing both Iron Man and Tony Stark.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #52 (April 1964)

Witchcraft in the Wax Museum! (Table of Contents: 4)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]

Synopsis

A phone call lures Strange away in his ectoplasmic form, so Baron Mordo can steal his body. Knowing that if the two are not reunited in 24 hours Strange is doomed, Mordo places a spell over the body so Strange cannot return to it. Using his amulet to retrace Mordo's steps, he finds Mordo, and his own body, in a wax museum. Tricking Mordo into fighting him in his ectoplasmic form, Strange turns the tables by trapping Mordo outside his body, and with Mordo held thus, is able to return to his own. Mordo warns Strange his unwillingness to finish him will be his undoing.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #121 (June 1964)

America's Best TV Comics are Here.. Saturdays! (Table of Contents: 5)

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? (advertisement copy)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]; Spider-Man; Casper; King Kong; George of the Jungle; Beatles

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the new Saturday morning cartoons on ABC featuring the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Journey to the Center of the Earth, King Kong, George of the Jungle and the Beatles.

The Incredible Hulk vs the Metal Master! [Part 2] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hulk / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

X-116

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Teen Brigade (introduction); Metal Master

Synopsis

The power of the Metal Master is too much for the Hulk and he is captured by Ross. Rick forms the Teen Brigade.

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #6 (March 1963) [pp. 10-18; part 2]

Instant Info, Insanely Inspired by Irrelevant Items of Incredible Inconsequence! (Table of Contents: 7)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee; ? (promo copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] [Johnny Storm ]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Indexer Notes

Items: Announcement that Jack and Roz Kirby had their 25th wedding anniversary, there will be an hour block on Saturday morning TV of Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, Tales of Asgard has been replaced with the origins of the Inhumans, Dan Adkins, Jim Steranko, Marie Severin and John Buscema are Marvels latest artistic luminaries, R.F.O. (Real Frantic One) is the title for anyone who regularly buys at least 3 marvel comics per month, the X-Men have added a 5 page feature of the origins of the X-Men.

Stan's Soapbox: Stan says their rivals write for the bubblegum brigade.

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