Not Brand Echh
#13
(May 1969)
Marvel,
1967 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-02-04
- 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 (credited) (editor); Sol Brodsky (credited) (production manager); Roy Thomas (credited) (associate editor); Marie Severin (credited) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Origin of the Simple Surfer!
Simple Surfer / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (credited)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (credited)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Simple Surfer [Borin' Kadd]; Shallo-Gal; Galacticus; The Watchit; Fantastical Four [Mr. Fantastical; Inevitable Girl; Human Scorch; Thung]
- Reprints
-
in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007) - in Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010) which is reprinted
-
in Marvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema (Panini España, 2010 series) (abril 2010) - in Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Liltin' Limericks!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Phil Seuling (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jean Simek ?; typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Sore; Hokey; Sunk-Mariner; Anita; John Romita; Bulk; Thung; Spidey-Man; Orville del Franko; Mr. Fantastical; Inevitable Girl
- Reprints
Who Says a Carnival Has To Be Good??
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake (credited); Roy Thomas (see notes)
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (credited)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (credited)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe (credited)
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Spidey-Man; Stuporman; Phantom Beagle; Forbush-Man; Dr. Deranged; Auntie May; Bulk; Echhs-Men [Cyclomps; Beastly; Angel-Face; Icy-Man]; Giant Sam; Captain Marvin; Sunk-Mariner; Ironed Man; Simple Surfer; Sore; Fantastical Four [Mr. Fantastical; Thung; Inevitable Girl; Human Scorch];Doctor Bloom; Green Globule; Gizzard; Charlie America; Bunky Barnes; Sgt. Furious; Knock Furious; Rotten; Scaredevil
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Roy Thomas suspects he did some rewriting or added a few gags over Drake's script.
[no title indexed]
Pulse-Poundin' Pin-Up Dept. / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ..Here's lookin' at you! -- Shrew Storm
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Inevitable Girl [Shrew Storm]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
A blank page which is supposed to be a pin up of Shrew Storm, but she's invisible!
Roy Thomas wrote this page which only includes lettering.
Guess What's Coming To Dinner!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stuart Schwartzberg (credited)
- Pencils
- Stuart Schwartzberg (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tom Sutton
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Bulk; Solly Green Giant; Phyliss Dilly; Mangrok
- Reprints
Cheap Shrills
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gary Friedrich
- Pencils
- Gary Friedrich (layouts); Herb Trimpe
- Inks
- Herb Trimpe
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
per Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich provided rough breakdowns for Herb Trimpe who parodied the Janis Joplin Big Brother and the Holding Co. album cover.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a Mad, Mad Ave Dept.
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Roy Thomas suspects he may have written this trio of parody advertisements.
Rent-a-Super-Hero!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stuart Schwartzberg (credited)
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (credited); Tom Sutton ? (uncredited)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (uncredited)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Herb Cooper (credited)
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Knock Furious; Captain Marvin; Human Scorch; Sunk-Mariner; Hogeye; Scaredevil; Charlie America; Sore; Spidey-Man; Bulk; Simple Surfer; Ironed Man; Dr. Deranged;
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
While Marie Severin is credited with the full art, this appears to be an uncredited inking job by Tom Sutton, who may possibly have finished the artwork on the last two pages. Info per Nick Caputo, July 2013.
Dr. Deranged vs. Deadpan!
Dr. Deranged / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (credited)
- Inks
- Sam Grainger (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Grainger (credited)
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Deranged; Mr. Fantastical (cameo); Inevitable Girl (cameo); Doctor Bloom (cameo); Scaredevil (cameo); Sore (cameo); Hokey (cameo); Deadpan; Spookter
- Reprints
Adult Super-Hero Daydreams!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill DuBay (credited); Roy Thomas (credited) (see notes)
- Pencils
- Bill DuBay (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tom Sutton
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Roy Thomas is credited with "a smidgin of scripting".
Two More Triumphs For Marvel!
Fantastic Four; Silver Surfer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Valentines!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Ronn Foss (credited)
- Inks
- John Verpoorten (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Cooper (credited)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Charlie America; Human Scorch; Sunk-Mariner; Thung; Bulk; Sgt. Furious; Blechh Knight; Inevitable Girl; Mr. Fantastical; Forbush-Man; Doctor Bloom; Ironed Man; Spidey-Man; Auntie May; Scaredevil; Gizzard; Hogeye
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Instant Replay Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Arnold Drake; Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Marie Severin
- Inks
- John Tartaglione
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto ?; Jean Simek ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two issues ago, we published a phantasmagorical photo...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
reprinting final page of #11's Spidey-Man story with better reproduction of photo portion.
The Return of... Forbush-Man! The Way-Out Wonder
Forbush-Man / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tom Sutton
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; humor
- Characters
- Forbush-Man; Spidey-Man; Thung; Human Scorch; Uncle Frisby; The Strangie
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
This Is a Letters Page ? / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters section includes an editorial asking for comments on the fan writers and artists who Roy Thomas gave a crack at producing a few strips, including Bill DuBay, Ron Foss and Sam Grainger. Letters from Miguel Santos, Ronnie Zawadsky, and David Arnold; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
Not Brand Echh was cancelled with this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Stamp out trading stamps!"]
-
1.
The Origin of the Simple Surfer!
Simple Surfer -
2.
Liltin' Limericks!
-
3.
Who Says a Carnival Has To Be Good??
-
4.
["..Here's lookin' at you! -- Shrew Storm"]
Pulse-Poundin' Pin-Up Dept. -
5.
Guess What's Coming To Dinner!
-
6.
Cheap Shrills
-
7.
["It's a Mad, Mad Ave Dept."]
-
8.
Rent-a-Super-Hero!
-
9.
Another Marvel Masterpiece
Spider-Man -
10.
Dr. Deranged vs. Deadpan!
Dr. Deranged -
11.
Adult Super-Hero Daydreams!
-
12.
Two More Triumphs For Marvel!
Fantastic Four; Silver Surfer -
13.
Valentines!
-
14.
The Race to Danger
-
15.
Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence!
Bullpen Bulletins -
16.
["Two issues ago, we published a phantasmagorical photo..."]
Instant Replay Dept. -
17.
The Return of... Forbush-Man! The Way-Out Wonder
Forbush-Man -
18.
[no title indexed]
This Is a Letters Page ?
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Terry Collier
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steve Jenner
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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