(December 1974)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1974-09-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #110, September 1974.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Between Hammer and Anvil! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, Hammer!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Anvil; Hammer; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Famous name prizes or cash

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for the Olympic Sales Club, Inc.

Between Hammer and Anvil! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quebec, Canada--deep in the great north woods:
Genre
superhero
Characters
Anvil (introduction, villain); Colonel John D. Armbruster; Hammer (introduction, villain); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Crackajack Jackson (introduction, death); Wolverine [Logan]; Chleee
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
After a six-hour duel with Wolverine, Hulk is captured by Canadian commandos; however, Hulk escapes and meets Crackajack Jackson. Jackson befriends the Hulk, and Hulk decides to travel with Jackson who is on his way to visit his son in prison. Elsewhere, Hammer and Anvil, having escaped from prison, encounter an alien who turns the chains worn by Hammer and Anvil into a weapon. With their chains altered, Hammer and Anvil return to prison to exact revenge. With the aid of the Hulk, Crackajack finally arrives at the prison to meet his son, Hammer... with dire consequences.
Reprints
Keywords
alien; energy-synthicon

Indexer Notes

Next Wolverine in Giant-Size X-Men (Marvel, 1975 series) #1.

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

Green Skin's Grab-Bag; Marvel Value Stamp / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber ?
Pencils
John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
Jim Mooney; John Buscema (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Characters
Golem
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 11 and 12.

Letters from: Brian Wilkes Prescott, Joel Kok, Mark Gasper, Michael Macrone, Alec Beck, Joel West, Kim Drahheim, Mike Shonk, Lloyd Hemingway, Michael Arndt, and Adrienne Fein.

Includes a house ad for The Savage Sword of Conan and Marvel Value Stamp #59 (The Golem).

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

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Conan is back
Characters
Conan

Indexer Notes

Promo for Savage Sword of Conan.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan) (Stan Lee’s Soapbox); ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Notes and news on a nestful of nebbishes!

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 11 and 12. Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox and a membership form to join the Friends of ol' Marvel (FOOM).

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

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Be a mighty Marvel salesperson!
Characters
Spider-Man; Hulk; Thing; Mr. Fantastic

Indexer Notes

Promo to purchase 12 Marvel comics for the price of 8.

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

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita ?
Inks
John Romita ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The greatest, grandest most gigantic comic-book of all time!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Promo for Marvel Treasury Edition #1.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you need extra money?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for Cheerful House greeting cards.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you seen this coupon before?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the LaSalle Extension University.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Between Hammer and Anvil!
    Hulk
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash"]
  3. 2. Between Hammer and Anvil!
    Hulk
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag; Marvel Value Stamp
  5. 4. ["Conan is back"]
  6. 5. ["Notes and news on a nestful of nebbishes!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  7. 6. ["Be a mighty Marvel salesperson!"]
  8. 7. ["The greatest, grandest most gigantic comic-book of all time!"]
    Spider-Man
  9. 8. ["Do you need extra money?"]
  10. 9. ["Have you seen this coupon before?"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore