(December 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-10-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
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)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

O, Bitter Victory! (Table of Contents)

Silver Surfer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen ?

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Silver Surfer; Shalla Bal
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adkins cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited Marie Severin.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

O, Bitter Victory! (Table of Contents: 2)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Dan Adkins (credited)
Colors
Nel Yomtov
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The flying creature from another world has seized our prisoner...
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Silver Surfer; Shalla Bal; Yarro Gort (villain); the General (villain, first appearance, dies); El Capitan (villain, first appearance, dies); Manuel (villain); Maria (villain); Pedro (villain)
Synopsis
Yarro Gort helps fuel a dictatorship and targets their prime enemy, the Silver Surfer. Shalla Bal is injured and Surfer is forced to send her back to Zenn-La alone.
Reprints

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

Centre Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Matchbox Models / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Audel Practical Guides / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop By Mail; Stamps (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Avengers; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Who Speaks for the Surfer? / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and John, Since the last adventure of the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four #77, I have been pondering an important question.
Characters
Silver Surfer
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mitchell Zingman, J. C. Rosenzweig, Paul M. Kay, Frederick L. Zoucha, Gregory Pierson, Thomas Lane, Mitch Berman, and Rudy Rankins; also includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. O, Bitter Victory!
    Silver Surfer
  2. 1. ["New catalog of 2000 novelties 10c"]
  3. 2. O, Bitter Victory!
    Silver Surfer
  4. 3. ["Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches"]
    Centre Coin Co.
  5. 4. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  6. 5. ["A sagacious smattering of somewhat senseless small-talk!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  7. 6. ["'Matchbox' jigsaw puzzles."]
    Matchbox Models
  8. 7. ["Get both spending money and free prizes"]
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. ["Audel skill-building practical guides"]
    Audel Practical Guides
  10. 9. ["I'll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications
  11. 10. Shop By Mail; Stamps
  12. 11. ["High School"]
  13. 12. Shop by Mail
  14. 13. ["2 more triumphs from Marvel"]
    The Avengers; Thor
  15. 14. ["Here's a whole treasure chest of fun"]
    Honor House Products
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan and John, Since the last adventure of the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four #77, I have been pondering an important question."]
    Who Speaks for the Surfer?
  17. 16. ["Sorry, we only hire high school graduates"]
    Wayne School Courses
  18. 17. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  19. 18. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists Schools
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  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
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  • Ruben Cortes
  • Peter Croome
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  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Donald Dale Milne
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  • Per Sandell
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