(April 1974)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1974-01-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.

Ternak! The Monster Who Walks the Midnight Snows! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No use!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]
Ternak
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
snow

Indexer Notes

"I believe the cover is inked by both Giacoia and Esposito, one of many such combos" --Nick Caputo 2007

Nightmare in the Snow! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Linda Lessmann (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's dangerous in the Himalayas under the best of conditions; under the...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (rejoins group, also in flashback); Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon] (rejoins group, also in flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (rejoins group, flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (rejoins group, flashback)
Ternak (villain, first appearance); The Master (first appearance, flashback, death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway ?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Roy, Gerry, and John: I am hoping...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Woody Goodgine, Elaine Webster, Lester Baptiste, and Ssgt. Michael L. Kuhne; Marvel Value Stamp #9 (Series A) Captain Marvel.

Aunt May -- Marrying Doctor Octopus? (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No! This wedding will not take place!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Aunt May; Doctor Octopus

Indexer Notes

House ad for Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #131 (April 1974), advertised with an arrival date of "On Sale Jan. 3rd".

Homilies, Hijink, and Happy New Year - From the Hallowed Halls of Marvel! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, here it is - the start of a brand new year for all of us!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Iron Fist

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Value, Value - Who's Got the Value? (Table of Contents: 5)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last time around, we first introduced our mighty...

Indexer Notes

Includes house ad for Crazy #3 and Vampire Tales #4.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ternak! The Monster Who Walks the Midnight Snows!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Nightmare in the Snow!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. ["Dear Stan, Roy, Gerry, and John: I am hoping..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  4. 3. Aunt May -- Marrying Doctor Octopus?
    Spider-Man
  5. 4. Homilies, Hijink, and Happy New Year - From the Hallowed Halls of Marvel!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. Value, Value - Who's Got the Value?
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Del Gruber
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Steven Tice