(December 1975)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1975-09-23
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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson (sourced)
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Release me, monster -- or feel the full, fearsome wrath of the Crusader!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: The Thing [Ben Grimm]
The Crusader [Thelius]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

The Light of Other Worlds! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (featured); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (featured); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (featured); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (featured)
The Crusader [Thelius] (death, origin); Horace Grayson (flashback); Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson] (flashback); Calvin McClary; Mrs. McClary; Pearson P. Morgan
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Baxter Building; Bronx; Greenwich Village; Light Bands; New York City; Uranus

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

Baxter Building Bulletins / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Editorial "Special Note" and letters from Peter B. Gillis, Michael Demas, and Michael J. Shoup.

The "Special Note" states that this, and the previous issue were originally intended as a 33 page story for the canceled Giant-Size FF #6.

A Hearty Helping of High-Falutin', Habit-Formin' Happenings From Your Humble House of Ideas! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The secret's out!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; artist/writer scorecard; A Bullpen Extra!

The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

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
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Release me, monster -- or feel the full, fearsome wrath of the Crusader!"]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Light of Other Worlds!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Baxter Building Bulletins
  4. 3. A Hearty Helping of High-Falutin', Habit-Formin' Happenings From Your Humble House of Ideas!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Del Gruber
  • Lee Lines
  • Darrel McCann
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice