(April 1970)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1970-02-24
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 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Silver Surfer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Silver Surfer; Human Torch
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inks credit from Sinnott's personal records.

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Flame and the Fury! (Table of Contents: 2)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
189-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I still must spend my exile among the humans, then once again I must clothe myself as they do!
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Silver Surfer; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; The Thing]; Spider-Man (cameo, flashback); The Overlord (cameo, flashback); The Stranger (cameo, flashback); Mephisto (cameo, flashback); Galactus (cameo, flashback); Invisible Girl (cameo, flashback)
Synopsis
The Silver Surfer tries to ask the Fantastic Four for help and ends up battling the Human Torch.
Reprints

The Race to Danger (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Lee Jeans [Lee Leens] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

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

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 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)

Mighty Marvel's On the Move Again! And When We Say We're On the Move Again, We're Not Just Garglin' Hamfat, People! Here's Why— (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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

North American School of Drafting / 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
Dan Adkins
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and John, So Mephisto has the last laugh after all, in #11.
Characters
Silver Surfer
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Martin O'Hearn, Tom 'Galactus' Oberlin, Michael Susko, Jr., The Peacemaker, Nils Osmar, Duane Stice.
Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [untitled]
    Silver Surfer
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. The Flame and the Fury!
    Silver Surfer
  4. 3. The Race to Danger
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. ["Exciting new club Marvelmania International"]
  7. 6. ["Now you can finish high school at home"]
    Academy for Home Study
  8. 7. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. Shop by Mail
  10. 9. ["Collect coins...the hobby road to riches"]
    Centre Coin Co.
  11. 10. Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["I’m 11 years old... and I sell $75.00 to $100.00 a week"]
  13. 12. Shop by Mail
  14. 13. Mighty Marvel's On the Move Again! And When We Say We're On the Move Again, We're Not Just Garglin' Hamfat, People! Here's Why—
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan and John, So Mephisto has the last laugh after all, in #11."]
    Who Speaks for the Surfer?
  17. 16. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms--"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  18. 17. ["Audel skill-building practical guides"]
  19. 18. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore