The Mighty World of Marvel #8

(November 25, 1972)

The Gladiator from Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #4 (November 1962) [Story page 7 is deleted in its entirety, with the caption of the first panel of page 8 rewritten to connect the Hulk's jump at the end of page 6 to the hole he is now emerging from]

Indexer Notes

All references to anything "Soviet", "Communist" or "Red" are amended throughout this story (as they generally are in Marvel UK's reprints); examples are "jet" for "MiG", "to the homeland" for "behind the Iron Curtain", "ya creeps" for "comrades", "the Hulk's foes" for "the wily Reds" and "would-be conquerers" (sic) for "Communists".

The Incredible Hulk (Table of Contents: 2)

The Mighty World of Marvel Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky ?; Jack Kirby ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 ([September] 1963)

Indexer Notes

Between pages 7 and 8 of the Hulk story.

The Fight to the Finish with Dr. Octopus (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

John Duffy

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (July 1963) [Reprints the final 12 pages of the story, bar story page 15, which is omitted entirely (to allow for a new splash page on page 12 of the comic, to introduce this second half)], #3 (July 1963) [Used on new Splash Page.]

Indexer Notes

Page 12 introduces the second half of the story with a "new" splash page, which appears to be composed of diverse elements from elsewhere: there is an inset top right of Dr Octopus which is clearly by Ditko, a blurb in the bottom left corner ("Plus: a special guest appearance by the Human Torch!") which from its style is definitely from a previous US Marvel (splash page or cover), and between those two elements a full-page illustration of Spidey which is also by Ditko, not enlarged from within a story but perhaps taken from a splash page or pin-up.

The new splash page featuring the figure of Spider-Man is the pin-up page from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #3, with all the text elements replaced. The figure of Doctor Octopus is from the original issue, story Page 5, panel 3.

Here It Is! More Wild Info about Your Free Full Color Poster! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

The Secret of Spider-Man's Mask! (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider-Man / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 ([September] 1964)

Indexer Notes

Between page 3 of the Spider-Man story and the letters page.

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

The Mighty Marvel Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, when the Human Torch "flames on" he can melt metal, turn rock into boiling lava, and create a burst of nova-like brightness.

Indexer Notes

Between the Spider-Man's mask pin-up and page 4 of the Fantastic Four story.

Three colour panels from earlier issues (one each from Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk) accompany the letters.

Letters from: Rory Calhoun (Dublin), John Williams (Fulham), Jerry Collins (Ramsgate), Rick Jones (Swansea) and Gaynor Davis (Cardiff).

Beware -- the Sub-Mariner! (Table of Contents: 7)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #4 (May 1962) [The bottom two panels of story page 11 (Chapter 3 splash page) are omitted], #4 (May 1962) [The splash panel of this chapter's opening page (story page 14) is deleted in this reprint which, combined with the two omitted panels from page 11, reduces the overall page count by one], #4 (May 1962)