(April 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except October, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-01-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co.
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

At Last I Will Have My Revenge! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Mandarin; Sandman; Betty Ross
Reprints

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

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

At Last I Will Have My Revenge! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Dan Adkins (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Mandarin (villain); Sandman (villain)
Synopsis
Itching for revenge after his recent defeat, the Mandarin figures that if he combines his might with that of the Sandman, they can finally succeed in beating the Hulk. They can't. After the battle, the military busts in and captures the Hulk once again.
Reprints

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

U. S. School of Music Lessons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel 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) /

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich ?
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (illustrations)
Inks
Dan Adkins (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Herb, I am writing this letter to clear up a controversy about who is the stronger -- the Thing or the Hulk.
Feature Logo
Green Skin's Grab-Bag

Indexer Notes

letters of comment from Kenneth Capps, Lebanon Missouri; Pierre Tremblay, Pincourt Quebec; J. william Hanley, Saginaw Michigan; Marc Foucher, Beaconsfield Quebec; Mark Kleinman, Brookline Massachusetts; and David Rubien, Jamaica New York; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 15)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 430,300.

top quarter of page

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

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. At Last I Will Have My Revenge!
    Hulk
  2. 1. ["Look what's happening"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. At Last I Will Have My Revenge!
    Hulk
  4. 3. ["Be the one who “makes’ every party!"]
    U. S. School of Music Lessons
  5. 4. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  6. 5. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  7. 6. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["4 new “finds” for coin collectors"]
    Littleton Coins
  9. 8. ["Missile tank only $6.98"]
    Honor House Products
  10. 9. ["20 course home study program"]
  11. 10. [Shop by Mail]
  12. 11. ["Fabulous facts and frivolous fables for frantic fans, faithful friends, and fiendish foes!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["We pay $100.00 for only 59 Lincoln pennies"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  14. 13. ["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
    American Circle Products
  15. 14. ["Dear Stan and Herb, I am writing this letter to clear up a controversy about who is the stronger -- the Thing or the Hulk."]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  16. 15. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  17. 16. ["Another Marvel masterpiece"]
    Captain America
  18. 17. ["If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  19. 18. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore