(July 1968)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Leading Magazine Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Weakest Link! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Exiles [Angelo Bandini; Franz Cadavus; General Jun Ching; Eric Gruning; Iron Hand [Jurgen Hauptmann]; Ivan Krushki]
Reprints

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

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Weakest Link! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain America / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited as Stan (the Man) Lee)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Jack (King) Kirby)
Inks
Syd Shores (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can a man like Captain America enjoy a...
Feature Logo
Captain America, Living Legend of World War II
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; SHIELD; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Exiles [Angelo Bandini; Franz Cadavus; General Jun Ching; Eric Gruning; Iron Hand [Jurgen Hauptmann]; Ivan Krushki]
Synopsis
Cap attacks the Red Skull on Exile Island.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Don Bolander Career Institute Booklet / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Missile Firing Tank (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Missile Firing Tank / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop By Mail; Stamps (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Let's Yap with Cap / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharton Carter [Agent 13]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Sleeper
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Steve Hunsberger, Alan Groginsky, Randy Singer, William DeLaTorre, Dan Taylor, Bill Hayes, David Rein, and Terry Levin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Spectacular Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Weakest Link!
    Captain America
  2. 1. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. The Weakest Link!
    Captain America
  4. 3. ["Shamed by your English?"]
    Don Bolander Career Institute Booklet
  5. 4. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
    Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  6. 5. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  7. 6. Missile Firing Tank
    Missile Firing Tank
  8. 7. ["We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  9. 8. ["You can now become an expert with forbidden Oriental fighting arts"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  10. 9. Shop By Mail; Stamps
  11. 10. ["The second Golden Age of Marvel is here! (And you didn't even bake a cake!)"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  12. 11. ["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
    American Circle Products
  13. 12. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Let's Yap with Cap
  15. 14. ["The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!"]
    Spectacular Spider-Man
  16. 15. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  17. 16. ["132pc. Roman soldiers set"]
    Roman War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk