(June 1969)
Marvel,
1965 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-03-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor); Roy Thomas (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1969, page 215, registration number B532039.
It Started on Yancy Street
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original Editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing; Invisible Girl]; Watcher
- Reprints
-
from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #29 [Regular Edition] (August 1964) [altered] - in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) [1/4 page]
- in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016) [1/4 page]
-
Indexer Notes
Cover is altered from original: backgrounds have been changed, the Watcher figure was moved and the FF figures were enlarged.
It Started on Yancy Street!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- X-713
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]; The Red Ghost and his Super-Apes; The Watcher; Alicia Masters
- Reprints
- from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #29 (August 1964)
-
[The Thing]
A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Thing
Indexer Notes
Thing image taken from an issue of Fantastic Four.
The Origin of the Mandarin!
Iron Man / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Bill; Dave
- Synopsis
- Iron Man is a prisoner of the Mandarin, who proceeds to relate his origin.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #62 (February 1965)
-
The Watcher's Sacrifice!
Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited)
- Pencils
- Larry Lieber (credited)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- X-714
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Watcher [Uatu]; Queen Kalthea; Fantastic Four [Thing; Human Torch; Mister Fantastic] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The Watcher falls in love with a courageous alien queen, but his duty forces him to leave her.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #56 (August 1964)
-
Medusa
Medusa / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Smith)
- Inks
- Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Smith)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Barry Windsor-Smith ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Medusa
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([April] 2010)
- in The Inhumans: Beware the Inhumans (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up. Medusa illustration by Barry Smith is likely an original printed for the first time in this issue.
The Defeat of Dr. Strange
Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Dormammu; Baron Mordo; Dr. Strange; The Ancient One; Hamir (unnamed); Sen-Yu (The Ancient One's accountant, Hong Kong)
- Synopsis
- Dormammu agrees to give Mordo power without limit so that he may destroy Dr. Strange. In Tibet, Mordo and two followers attack. Strange manages to whisk his aging mentor to safety. As Strange leaves his mentor with a loyal hermit, Dormammu sends spirits to search for him. Strange attempts to lure the spirits away from his weakened mentor. In Hong Kong, Strange contacts The Ancient One's accountant, who gets him a passport while he rests. Before long, Strange is surrounded by Mordo's minions, and after a short battle, is on the run again.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #130 (March 1965)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
It Started on Yancy Street
Fantastic Four -
1.
It Started on Yancy Street!
Fantastic Four -
2.
[The Thing]
A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up -
3.
The Origin of the Mandarin!
Iron Man -
4.
The Watcher's Sacrifice!
Tales of the Watcher -
5.
Medusa
Medusa -
6.
The Defeat of Dr. Strange
Doctor Strange -
7.
[Dr. Strange]
A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Bill Devine
- Ethan Hoddes
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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