(May 1972)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-02-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
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 Etcetera & The Comic Reader #81 January 1972.
This issue has variants:

When Monsters Meet! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Reprints
Keywords
rain

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Famous name prizes or cash
Feature Logo
Olympic Prizes or Cash

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

When Monsters Meet! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number
874 Z
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Congressman Roger Dutton; Dr. Lathrop; Senator Morton Clegstead (villain)
Synopsis
Bruce heads to Washington D.C. to try and enlist Hank Pym's help in shrinking him small enough to reach Jarella's subatomic world. Enraged when he can't track down Ant-Man, Bruce turns into the Hulk and has to fend off a toxic glob that used to be a U.S. senator who was using Hulk's gamma irradiated blood to try and cure his cancer (which obviously turned out to be a bad idea).
Reprints
Keywords
Hulkbuster Base

Indexer Notes

The Project Greenskin complex is first referred to as "Hulkbuster Base" in this story.

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 3)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Mac; Charles Atlas (photo)

Indexer Notes

Ad for information about the dynamic-tension body building program by Charles Atlas. The ad is located story between pages 3 and 4.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks...
Characters
Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo)

Indexer Notes

Ad for the "Weider System" of body building, between story pages 5 and 6.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Scary, Life size monster ghost obeys your commands!
Synopsis
Thumbnail ads for stamps, novelty items, and comic books.

Indexer Notes

Follows letters page. Between story pages 7 and 8.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, fellows!

Indexer Notes

Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper, located between story pages 9 and 10.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
75 free gifts
Synopsis
Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes ads for back-issue comics.

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 15 and 16.

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Ad for the North American School of Drafting.
Between story pages 17 and 18.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Invite your friends over for a haunting
Synopsis
Miscellaneous ads from various dealers. Includes ads for back-issue comics.

Indexer Notes

Between story pages numbered 19 and 20.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

North American School of Conservation / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Learn how to become a travel agent

Indexer Notes

Send for free "Conservation Career Kit" and a range of career booklets including how to become a game warden.

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

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ? (promo copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nifty notes, nostalgic nuances, and narcissistic name-dropping, featuring non-toxic news of the nation’s most notorious non entities!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Luke Cage
Synopsis
Items: Marvel was featured along with other companies at the New York Cultural Center exhibition of comic art; Steve Englehart is welcomed to Marvel. Mini-items: New Red Wolf comic released this month; John Verpoorten is back from vacation; Marvel welcomes newest full-time scripter Gerry Conway; Martin Goodman takes the crew out to a swanky restaurant for dinner; description of hijinks at this year's Rutland, Vermont halloween parade.
In his soapbox, Stan Lee promotes Luke Cage, Hero for Hire.

Indexer Notes

Includes: Items; Marvelous Mini-items; Mighty Marvel Checklist (May 1972).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Gene Colan; Marie Severin (illustrations)
Inks
Vince Colletta; Marie Severin (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Feature Logo
Green Skin's Grab-Bag
Characters
Thor; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; The Thing; Captain America; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bruce Roland, John Apfelbaum, Matt Graham.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: August 12, 1970. Average print run during preceding 12 months: 367,427; single issue nearest to filing date: 370,127.

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

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
Synopsis
Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.

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

Bullworker Service Fitness Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Muscles make a man
Characters
Bodybuilder
Keywords
Bodybuilder; bodybuilding

Indexer Notes

Ad from Bullworker Service

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the American Seed Co.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. When Monsters Meet!
    Hulk
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. When Monsters Meet!
    Hulk
  4. 3. The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  5. 4. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks..."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  6. 5. ["Scary, Life size monster ghost obeys your commands!"]
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["75 free gifts"]
  9. 8. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  10. 9. ["Invite your friends over for a haunting"]
  11. 10. ["Learn how to become a travel agent"]
    North American School of Conservation
  12. 11. ["Nifty notes, nostalgic nuances, and narcissistic name-dropping, featuring non-toxic news of the nation’s most notorious non entities!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  14. 13. Statement of Ownership
  15. 14. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
  16. 15. ["Muscles make a man"]
    Bullworker Service Fitness Training
  17. 16. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore