(October 1968)

Marvel, 1965 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-07-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Animated Timely Features Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Reprints

Meet the Super-Bullpen! (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko; Don Heck
Inks
George Roussos; Steve Ditko; Don Heck
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Gary Freidrich, Stan Goldberg, Robin Green and Irv Forbush.

The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
George Roussos (credited as George Bell)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Yogi Dakor (introduction); Bull Brogin (introduction); "Handsome Harry" Phillips (introduction); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Synopsis
Doctor Doom recruits three criminals to help him destroy the Fantastic Four.
Reprints

The Domain of the Dread Dormammu! (Table of Contents: 3)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
X-796
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ancient One; Dormammu; Clea (introduction, unnamed)
Reprints

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
? (promo copy)
Pencils
Dick Ayers; Herb Trimpe
Inks
John Severin; Herb Trimpe
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

House advertisement for Sgt. Fury Annual #4 and Marvel Super-Heroes #16 reprinting their covers.

Hawkeye, the Marksman! (Table of Contents: 5)

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)

Job Number
X-742
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (introduction, origin); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan
Synopsis
A carnival marksman tries to become a super-hero, but after a misunderstanding with the police he falls in with the Black Widow. Hawkeye attacks Iron Man at the Widow's request, but when he accidentally injures his partner in the fight he flees to get her to safety.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Meet the Super-Bullpen!
  3. 2. The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. The Domain of the Dread Dormammu!
    Doctor Strange
  5. 4. Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
  6. 5. Hawkeye, the Marksman!
    Iron Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Darrel McCann
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore