(May 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-02-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
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:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Springer ?; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Frank Springer ?; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Per Nick Caputo, Sept 2011, the Captain Marvel figure is likely completely drawn by Romita, with the remainder of the cover by Frank Springer. The original indexer credited Frank Springer on pencils and Frank Giacoia on inks.

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

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

Traitors or Heroes? (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Gary Friedrich (credited)
Pencils
Frank Springer (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited); Morrie Kuramoto (page 5, uncredited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
Reprints

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Fantastic Four; Silver Surfer; Marvel Collectors' Item Classics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

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

Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

The Race to Danger (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Lee Jeans [Lee Leens] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence! (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 Co. Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Book and Dummy / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Gary Friedrich ?
Pencils
Don Heck; Dick Ayers (illustrations)
Inks
Vince Colletta (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Alton Christensen, Steven Smith, Randy Dean, Brian Hoard, Bruce Burke, and Jimmy Aldridge; includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

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

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

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

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Marvel
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. Traitors or Heroes?
    Captain Marvel
  4. 3. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. ["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Fantastic Four; Silver Surfer; Marvel Collectors' Item Classics
  6. 5. ["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
    Marvel Plastic Pillows; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
  7. 6. The Race to Danger
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  8. 7. ["Now you can finish high school at home"]
    Academy for Home Study
  9. 8. ["Hand control stunt flying plane"]
  10. 9. ["‘Check the kind of body you want ...and I’ll show you how easily you can have it’ - Charles Atlas"]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  11. 10. Shop by Mail
  12. 11. Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co. Catalog
  14. 13. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Book and Dummy
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Mar-Vell
  16. 15. ["Secret muscle building ‘tools’"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  17. 16. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists School
  18. 17. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
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  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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