(July 1969)

Marvel, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-04-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co., Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Avengers; Namor the Sub-Mariner; X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marie Severin (signed as SEV.)
Inks
John Romita (signed as Rom)
Colors
Marie Severin (sourced) (see notes)
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]]; X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; Beast; Angel]; Hulk; Sub-Mariner
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Severin coloring confirmed here: https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/89586/MARVEL-SUPER-HEROES-ORIGINA…

Sub-Mariner! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number
X-525
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Thor [Don Blake]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; The Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; The Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Rick Jones; The Teen Brigade; Jane Foster
Synopsis
After he left them, the Avengers feel responsible for the damages that the Hulk may cause. They start a search for him and find him. When they start to battle, the Sub-Mariner joins the Hulk.
Reprints

[Avengers #3] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek; Morrie Kuramoto ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]]; Sub-Mariner; Hulk
Reprints

No One Can Stop the Vanisher! (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Paul Reinman (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Faster! Professor X is waiting for us!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The X-Men [Professor X; The Angel; The Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman]; The Vanisher (first appearance); Special Agent Fred Duncan
Synopsis
The X-Men face a new foe: The Vanisher!
Reprints

Cyclops (Table of Contents: 4)

Special Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Job Number
X-706
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyclops
Reprints

Marvel Girl (Table of Contents: 5)

A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek; Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Marvel Girl
Reprints

The Beast (Table of Contents: 6)

Special Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Beast
Reprints

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

Marvel Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Gene Colan; John Buscema
Inks
Mike Esposito; George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Danny English, Carl Gafford, George Bognen, Anthony Kowalik, Max Kerpelman, Nelson Walter, Glenn Bornemann, and Leslie Koorhan; includes a panel from the Guardians of the Galaxy story in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #18, an Avengers illo, and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom. A special note explains why the Starhawk strip did not appear as scheduled.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Avengers; Namor the Sub-Mariner; X-Men
  2. 1. Sub-Mariner!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. [Avengers #3]
    The Avengers
  4. 3. No One Can Stop the Vanisher!
    X-Men
  5. 4. Cyclops
    Special Pin-Up Page
  6. 5. Marvel Girl
    A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
  7. 6. The Beast
    Special Pin-Up Page
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Mailbag
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