(November 1974)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1974-08-27
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 United States of America
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #109, August 1974.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk; Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Jim Starlin
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Keep back, Hulk! You'll free this prisoner over my dead body!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Joe Cord
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover is an homage to the cover of The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #44

A Friend in Need! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk; Spider-Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Jim Mooney (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited); Dave Hunt (uncredited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A sage of old once wisely said,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov] (villain) (also as Spider-Man, also as Rick Jones); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; J. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Joe Cord (first appearance, villain, death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Chameleon tricks the Hulk into breaking his friend out of jail.
Reprints

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

Mail It to Team-Up / letters page / 1.17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Pat Hanner, Mark Jackson, Steve Jackson Brian Hanner, Kenneth Valentine, The Dunlap, Richard Leonards, T.E. Pouncey and Derek L. Hagen. Most of the letters address Daved Lofvers letter from Marvel Team-Up #23 suggesting the Comics Code Authority be abolished. Marvel Value Stamp Series A #68 - Son of Satan.

November 1974 (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Power Man [Luke Cage]

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee hypes Spidey Super Stories and the new Marvel Superhero Calendar.

Hey, Hero! Have We Got a Bonus Page to Pick With You! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Shang-Chi; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]

Indexer Notes

Promo page hyping Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Special #1 and Iron Fist #1, as well as Marvel Value Stamps and FOOM.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Keep back, Hulk! You'll free this prisoner over my dead body!"]
    Hulk; Spider-Man
  2. 1. A Friend in Need!
    Hulk; Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Team-Up
  4. 3. November 1974
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. Hey, Hero! Have We Got a Bonus Page to Pick With You!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore