(August 1970)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except October, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-05-12
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 (credited) (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:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

If I Kill You.. I Die (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe (signed as Trimpe)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (signed as Trimpe)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Bruce Banner
Reprints

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Another Joe Weider breakthrough: the end of the skinny body.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.

If I Kill You -- I Die! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Bruce Banner; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Raoul Stoddard (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis
Bruce Banner reunites with an old classmate in gamma studies and the two cobble together a machine to end the menace of the Hulk. When Raoul uses the gammatron, it separates Bruce and the Hulk into two individual beings. Banner runs to Ross with the Hulk in hot pursuit and he decides that the only way to contain him is to merge once again with the jade giant.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #21

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

Fayd Skin Cream / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blemishes fade as skin clears

Indexer Notes

Ad for Faye Skin Cream, between story pages 3 and 4.

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

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

Script
? (promo copy)
Colors
? (background only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Marvel-ous mags on sale right now!

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 6 and 7 on top half of page.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
Jack Kirby; John Buscema; Gene Colan
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Exciting new club Marvelmania International
Characters
Captain America; Hulk; Iron Man; Human Torch; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Thor; Dr. Doom; Silver Surfer

Indexer Notes

Ad for Marvelmania International between story pages 6 and 7, on lower half of page.

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

Be a Manager Game / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (lettering only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yes…now YOU manage all major league teams!

Indexer Notes

Ad for info on baseball game. Sender receives details, free player card, all-time oddities and 1970 proposed team rosters.
Between story pages 6 and 7, on top half of page.

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

Monster Size Monsters / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Monster S-I-Z-E monsters
Characters
Frankenstein monster

Indexer Notes

Ad for 7-foot tall glow-in-the-dark monster posters from Honor House Products.
Between story pages 6 and 7, on lower half of page.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly

Indexer Notes

Ad for sales people to sell Grit newspapers.
Between story pages 9 and 10, on top half of page.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field.
Between story pages 9 and 10, on lower half of page.

[History of the Comics] (Table of Contents: 10)

History of the Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
Jim Steranko
Inks
Jim Steranko
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Steranko has written the most exciting book ever!
Characters
Captain America

Indexer Notes

Ad for Steranko’s “History of the Comics”.
On lower half of page, beneath story half-page number 12.

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

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny

Indexer Notes

On lower half of page, beneath story half-page numbered 13.

Shop by Mail; Stamps (Table of Contents: 12)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fear no one! Get steel muscles quickly with super isometrics

Indexer Notes

Miscellaneous thumbnail ads from various dealers.
Between story pages numbered 15 and 16.

Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 13)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System; Comic Sales Comics; F. L. Buza Comics and Coins; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Richard Alf Comics; Robert Bell Comics / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
“Check the kind of body you want ...and I’ll show you how EASILY you can have it.”
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Charles Atlas (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Miscellaneous thumbnail ads from various dealers.
Between story pages numbered 18 and 19.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career]); ? (promo copy)
Colors
? (background only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Twice the excitement in only half the space!

Indexer Notes

Includes: Items; Stan's Soapbox. Located on top half of page.

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

Doctor Doom; Ka-Zar; Astonishing Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (promo copy)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone; Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ka-Zar and Dr. Doom!
Genre
superhero; jungle
Characters
Ka-Zar; Dr. Doom; Zabu (saber-toothed tiger)

Indexer Notes

House ad for Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #1.
Located on lower half of page.

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 16)

Polaris Nuclear Sub / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Ad for 7-foot play submarine from Honor House Prod. Co. located on top half pf page.

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

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I’ll make you a master of karate

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for book on learning Karate.
Located on lower half of page.

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

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Herb Trimpe; Jack Kirby; John Romita
Inks
Herb Trimpe; Chic Stone; John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Roy, and Herb, I have been a reader of Marvel Comics for many years[...]
Feature Logo
Green Skin's Grab-Bag

Indexer Notes

letters section includes images from earlier issues

letters of comment from William A. Sweeney, Weirton West Virginia; Sue Chernak and Ann Parker, San Leandro California; Neal S. Pozner, Seaford New York; and Jim Borkowski, West Haven Connecticut

The Inhumans are Coming! (Table of Contents: 19)

Inhumans / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Promo ad for Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Located on lower half of second page of the letters column.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you have art talent worth developing?

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Famous Artists School.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
3 complete fishing outfits

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for fishing equipment.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the Academy for Home Study.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. If I Kill You.. I Die
    Hulk
  2. 1. ["Another Joe Weider breakthrough: the end of the skinny body."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. If I Kill You -- I Die!
    Hulk
  4. 3. ["Blemishes fade as skin clears"]
    Fayd Skin Cream
  5. 4. ["Marvel-ous mags on sale right now!"]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. ["Exciting new club Marvelmania International"]
    Marvelmania
  7. 6. ["Yes…now YOU manage all major league teams!"]
    Be a Manager Game
  8. 7. ["Monster S-I-Z-E monsters"]
    Monster Size Monsters
  9. 8. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly"]
    Grit Newspaper
  10. 9. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  11. 10. [History of the Comics]
    History of the Comics
  12. 11. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  13. 12. Shop by Mail; Stamps
  14. 13. Shop by Mail
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System; Comic Sales Comics; F. L. Buza Comics and Coins; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Richard Alf Comics; Robert Bell Comics
  15. 14. ["Twice the excitement in only half the space!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  16. 15. ["Ka-Zar and Dr. Doom!"]
    Doctor Doom; Ka-Zar; Astonishing Tales
  17. 16. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Polaris Nuclear Sub
  18. 17. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  19. 18. ["Dear Stan, Roy, and Herb, I have been a reader of Marvel Comics for many years[...]"]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  20. 19. The Inhumans are Coming!
    Inhumans
  21. 20. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  22. 21. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  23. 22. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
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  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
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