(November 1975)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD; 0.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1975
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
Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

The Siren Song of Death! (Table of Contents)

Killraven / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita (signed as Romita)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (signed as Russell)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They offered me up as a sacrifice to an insane Martian...but this meal will be his last!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Killraven; Martian Master
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Crespi credit per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 1)

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No limit to the number of prizes or cash you can win!

Indexer Notes

Interior front cover advertisement to join the sales club. Includes coupon reply-card.

Sing Out Loudly...Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

Killraven / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited) (writer)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
D. Bruce Berry (credited)
Colors
Janice Cohen (credited as J. Cohen)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ? (page 1); Karen Mantlo (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We got troubles, K.R.!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Killraven; M'Shulla; Old Skull; Carmilla Frost; Head Man (introduction, death); Chandra (introduction); Volcana Ash (cameo); Martian Master (villain, death); High Overlord (villain, cameo); Sacrificer (villain, cameo); Martian Master (villain, cameo)
Synopsis
While sheltering in a cave, Killraven finds a group of survivors hiding in the cave and performing sacrifices to a martian monster.
Reprints
Keywords
martian

Indexer Notes

Gaspar Saladino is not credited nor mentioned as letterer in this comic book.

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

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What to sink your teeth into when you're hungry and you're not a werewolf.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the spicy smoked beef snacks.

Isokinetics (Table of Contents: 4)

Powerex / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
New breakthru in muscle building

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for an isokinetic exerciser.

Heroes in Action™ (Table of Contents: 5)

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heroes in Action™ move and sound like real combat heroes!

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for toy military soldiers that move.

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

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Various merchandise advertisements that populate the entire space on the page.
These advertising pages are sectioned across the comic book and are not next to one another.

Look, Friends! (Table of Contents: 7)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You can be a happy, prosperous Grit salesman

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for a career in publishing.

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

War of the Words! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (illustration)
Inks
Tom Palmer (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Killraven; Quicksilver

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from (and replies to) Jack Callenberg, Steve Woodsin and Pete Suchon, also includes Marvel Value Stamp #52 featuring Quicksilver.

We're Off to See the Wizard (Table of Contents: 9)

Marvel Treasuries / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the most magical, most magnificent, most merriest comics masterpiece of all time!
Characters
The Tin Woodsman; The Cowardly Lion; Dorothy Gale; The Scarecrow; Toto

Indexer Notes

Promotional advertisement for MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz #1 (Marvel; DC, 1975 Series). Includes mail order form.

These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When you train at home with us for a high pay job in drafting

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for home study in the field of drafting.

Customize - Restore Auto/Van Interiors (Table of Contents: 11)

Auto Upholstery Institute Course / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Start a new career now – at home

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for home study in the field of auto interior restoration.

A Gargantuan Gallery of Garulous Goings-On Guaranteed to Garner Your Gratitude! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

In-house column featuring Stan Lee's Soapbox and several Item! announcements.

The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil! (Table of Contents: 13)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Alone I can fight you to a standstill...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Wendigo; Abomination
Synopsis
Two young boys revive the Hulk with Hostess Fruit Pies after he has been beaten by the Abomination and the Wendigo.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess® fruit pies.

Mighty Marvel Proudly Presents Poster Pandemonium! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams; John Romita; Herb Trimpe
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sale of the century!
Characters
Hulk; Shang-Chi; Conan; Spider-Man; Captain America; Dracula

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for $1.00 posters of various Marvel characters.

The Spirit of Seventy-Six (Table of Contents: 15)

Cindy Press Ltd. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Full color iron-on transfers

Indexer Notes

Interior back cover advertisement for iron-on transfers.

Look Who's Smiling Now! (Table of Contents: 16)

La Salle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sometimes a man sets his ambitions high enough to make skeptics smile.

Indexer Notes

Back cover advertisement for a career in management. Contains a postage-paid envelope with coupon.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Siren Song of Death!
    Killraven
  2. 1. Prizes or Cash
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  3. 2. Sing Out Loudly...Death!
    Killraven
  4. 3. ["What to sink your teeth into when you're hungry and you're not a werewolf."]
    Slim Jim
  5. 4. Isokinetics
    Powerex
  6. 5. Heroes in Action™
    Mattel Toys
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Look, Friends!
    Grit Newspaper
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    War of the Words!
  10. 9. We're Off to See the Wizard
    Marvel Treasuries
  11. 10. These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!
    North American School of Drafting
  12. 11. Customize - Restore Auto/Van Interiors
    Auto Upholstery Institute Course
  13. 12. A Gargantuan Gallery of Garulous Goings-On Guaranteed to Garner Your Gratitude!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  14. 13. The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
  15. 14. Mighty Marvel Proudly Presents Poster Pandemonium!
  16. 15. The Spirit of Seventy-Six
    Cindy Press Ltd.
  17. 16. Look Who's Smiling Now!
    La Salle Extension University
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dave Redmond
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore