Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #14

(April 1968)

The Mighty Marvel Hit Parade.. (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko; Don Heck

Inks

Dick Ayers; Don Heck; Paul Reinman; George Roussos

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto ?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Gary Freidrich, Stan Goldberg, Morrie Kuramoto and Flo Steinberg.

The Mysterious Molecule Man! (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-419

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Molecule Man (introduction, origin); Watcher [Uatu]; The Yancy Street Gang; Alicia Masters

Synopsis

The Watcher asks the Fantastic Four to stop a new menace who could destroy the whole universe: the Molecule Man.

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #20 (November 1963)

The Uncanny Unicorn! (Table of Contents: 3)

Iron Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

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]; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (introduction, origin); Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Avengers [Thor [Donald Blake] (cameo); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (cameo)]; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Vanko] (flashback)

Synopsis

A Soviet agent with high-tech armor comes to the US to capture Iron Man. He kidnaps Pepper and injures Happy to draw Iron Man out, and then threatens to blow up Stark's factory unless Iron Man comes with him. Iron Man boards Unicorn's plane, but then destroys it, though the Unicorn escapes.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #56 (August 1964)

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Come N' Get It, Tiger-Here's Our New Year's Gift to You!! [April 1968]; Stan's Soapbox; Mighty Marvel Checklist (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

The Challenge of Loki! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

George Roussos (credited as George Bell)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Loki; Thor [Donald Blake]; Odin (cameo)

Synopsis

Strange practices the art of levitation. Meanwhile, in faraway Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, Loki, God of Mischief, plots as always. He contacts Strange and tries to convince him that he is a prisoner of Thor, who is evil and deceiving his father. Strange uses a spell to take Thor's hammer, but on examining it, can sense no trace of evil. Realizing he's been had, Strange battles Loki, who later swears vengeance against the mage.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #123 (August 1964)

[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes! (Table of Contents: 6)

Hulk / 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

Paul Reinman

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Ray Holloway; Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-709

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Igor

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (May 1962)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #1 (October 7, 1972) [minus Title Splash Page]