Marvel Super-Heroes #20

(May 1969)

This Man... This Demon! (Table of Contents: 1)

Doctor Doom / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Lieber (credited) (pages 1-11)(see notes); Roy Thomas (credited) (pages 12-24)(see notes)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited) (pages 1-11)(see notes); Frank Giacoia (credited) (pages 12-24)(see notes)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You are witnessing a unique tableau--

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dr. Doom; The Thing; Mr. Fantastic; The Invisible Girl; The Human Torch; Diablo; Valeria; Boris (flashback); Dr. Doom's father (flashback)

Synopsis

Diablo holds Valeria hostage and tries to force Dr. Doom into becoming his partner. Origin of Dr. Doom retold.

Reprints

• in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #8 [Pages 1-9 and 11], #9 [Pages 12-17 & 19-24. Black & white.]
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #39 (19 Settembre 1972)
• in Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (March 1975) [Double page splash edited out]
which is reprinted
• in Super-Villains Unite: The Complete Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Essential Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004) [two page splash edited out of reprint], #1 ([November] 2004) [2 pages only]
• in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Keywords

Latveria

Indexer Notes

According to Roy Thomas, Larry Lieber plotted,(likely) dialogued and pencilled approximately the first half of the story when he had to bow out. Roy plotted and wrote the second half, with Frank Giacoia penciling. It appears that Lieber wrote and drew pages 1-11; with Thomas scripting and Giacoia penciling pages 12-24. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2013.

The previous appearance of Dr. Doom was in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series #167) and his next appearance is in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #84.

The Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy.... Fire! (Table of Contents: 2)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett (signed)

Job Number

F-977

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor] (origin; at age 16); Namora; Byrrah

Reprints

• from Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1954 series) #40 (June 1955)

Keywords

Antarctica

[Young Men #24] (Table of Contents: 3)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carl Burgos

Inks

Carl Burgos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Captain America; Bucky

Reprints

• from Young Men (Marvel, 1953 series) #24 (December 1953)

The Return of... the Human Torch (Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Hank Chapman

Pencils

Russ Heath; Carl Burgos (splash page)

Inks

Russ Heath; Carl Burgos (splash page)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Human Torch... evil's greatest enemy is back!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Chief Wilson; Professor Phineas Horton (flashback); Adolf Hitler (flashback); Mary Wilson; the Butcher

Reprints

• from Young Men (Marvel, 1953 series) #24 (December 1953)

Keywords

Korea; Nevada; Yucca Flat

Indexer Notes

The Torch's last appearance was in Marvel Mystery Comics #92 (June 1949).

Back from the Dead! (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain America / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Don Rico

Pencils

John Romita (pages 2-6); Mort Lawrence (page 1)

Inks

John Romita (pages 2-6); Mort Lawrence ? (page 1)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

D-337

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gangsters tremble!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers] (reintroduction, origin retold); Bucky (reintroduction); Red Skull (reintroduction); Prof. Reinstein

Reprints

• from Young Men (Marvel, 1953 series) #24 (December 1953)

Keywords

Lee School; New York

Indexer Notes

In revisionist history, intro Captain America IV and Bucky III

previous appearance of Captain America was in Captain America's Weird Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #74.

[The Sub-Mariner Returns] (Table of Contents: 6)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett (signed)

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett (signed)

Job Number

D-343

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the future, out of the fourth dimension where time and space are one, come strange and frightening phenomena!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Betty Dean; Cathy; Princess Fen (flashback); Admiral Saybrook

Reprints

• from Young Men (Marvel, 1953 series) #24 (December 1953)

Indexer Notes

last Sub-Mariner appearance was in Marvel Mystery Comics #92 (June 1949)

Who Is... Starhawk? (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Marvel Super-Heroes / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)