(September 1968)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-06-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

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

The Mark of the Metazoid! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Dan Adkins ?; John Tartaglione ?
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; the Metazoid
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Adkins inks per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

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

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mark of the Metazoid (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Arnold Drake (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
John Tartaglione (credited as J. Tartaglione)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited)

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell; Dr. Walter Lawson]; Carol Danvers; Chester (taxi driver); Colonel Yon-Rogg; Kree; Medic Una; the Metazoid (monster); Ronan; Namor the Sub-Mariner (in video)
Reprints

Pete Duncan - "Dropout" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

ICS / International Correspondence Schools / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Intelsat III Satellite (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail; Stamps] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / 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) /

Liftee Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Mail It to Mar-Vell / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeff Pierce, Shirley Gorman, Peter Sanderson, Jr., John Jeffers, Mikey Kellogg, Corbett Besco, and Gary Brown; includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

Two More Triumphs For Marvel! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Phantom Eagle; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

American Basic Science Labs / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mark of the Metazoid!
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. ["Hypnotic whirling coin"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. The Mark of the Metazoid
    Captain Marvel
  4. 3. Pete Duncan - "Dropout"
    ICS / International Correspondence Schools
  5. 4. Intelsat III Satellite
    Cheerios
  6. 5. ["Get big prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  7. 6. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  8. 7. ["Fellows! Here’s a swell way to make lots of money and win prizes too!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. ["204 pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set only $1.98"]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  10. 9. [Shop by Mail; Stamps]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  11. 10. ["More hysterical hoopla and hangups from your howlin’ house of ideas!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  12. 11. ["Now you can be taller instantly!"]
    Liftee Height Increase Pads
  13. 12. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Mar-Vell
  15. 14. Two More Triumphs For Marvel!
    Phantom Eagle; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
  16. 15. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
    American Basic Science Labs
  17. 16. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
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