Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel, 1975 series) #1

Volume: 1

Price: 0.50 USD

Pages: 68

On-sale Date: 1975-02-11

Editing: Roy Thomas (editor)

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Hordes of Hitler!

(Table of Contents)

The Invaders / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Frank Robbins (signed)
Inks:	John Romita (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Danny Crespi

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

The Invaders

Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
(featured)
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
(featured)
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
(featured)
Sub-Mariner. [Namor]
(featured)
Toro [Thomas Raymond]
(featured)

Reprints (10)

in Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #116 (March 1975) [0.25 page black and white copy]
in Capitan America (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #106 (4 Maggio 1977)
in Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
in Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006) [portion of the Invaders only]

in Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

in Invaders Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
in Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014), #1 (2014) [recolored; new trade dress]
in Le meilleur des super-héros Marvel (Hachette, 2016 series) #62 - Les Envahisseurs (mai 2018)
in Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
in Invaders Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022) [new trade dress]
in Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (Marvel, 2025 series) (2025)

Indexer Notes

Cover letters credit confirmed by Todd Klein in The Danny Crespi Files Part 12, posted 23 June 2017 on his blog (Todd Klein's Blog at Goodreads). Previous indexer credited Gaspar Saladino.

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

in Invaders Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)

Indexer Notes

Timely's Golden-Age heroes during World War II. Originally Marvel intended a giant-sized series which would have been half reprints. After one issue, a regular-sized series was used instead.

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date. Registration number B13001.

The Coming of the Invaders! Part One: A Captain Called America!

(Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America; The Invaders / comic story / 10 pages

Script:	Roy Thomas
Pencils:	Frank Robbins
Inks:	Vince Colletta
Colors:	Petra Goldberg
Letters:	John Costanza

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

The Invaders

Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
(featured)
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
(origin) (featured)
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
(cameo)
Sub-Mariner. [Namor]
(cameo)
Toro [Thomas Raymond]
(cameo)

Agent R [Elizabeth Ross]
(flashback)
Dr. Murray Anderson
(flashback)
Doctor Erskine
(flashback, death) (guest) (also as Dr. Reinstein)
Adolf Hitler
(cameo)
Heinz Kruger
(flashback, death) (villain)
General Phillips
(flashback) (guest)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(flashback)

Reprints (8)

Indexer Notes

Story takes place on December 22, 1941 and features Captain America and Bucky with a splash page depicting the Invaders vs Hitler. Captain America's origin is retold in detail, merging previous versions. For instance, Dr. Reinstein is revealed to be a code name for Dr. Erskine.

A Cacophonous Collection of Captivating Capsule Comments Calculated to Corral your Consciousness!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page

The Trap

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Coming of the Invaders! Part 2: Enter: The Human Torch!

(Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch; The Invaders / comic story / 9 pages

Script:	Roy Thomas
Pencils:	Frank Robbins
Inks:	Vince Colletta
Colors:	Petra Goldberg
Letters:	John Costanza

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
(supporting)
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
(featured)
Adolf Hitler
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
(supporting)
Master Man [Wilhelm Lohmer]
(villain)
Toro [Thomas Raymond]

Dr. Anderson; Wilson; Mr. Stuart; Colonel Krieghund

Reprints (7)

The Coming of the Invaders! Part 3: The Sub-Mariner Strikes!

(Table of Contents: 5)

The Invaders; Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 11 pages

Script:	Roy Thomas
Pencils:	Frank Robbins
Inks:	Vince Colletta
Colors:	Petra Goldberg
Letters:	John Costanza

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

The Invaders

Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
(featured)
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
(featured)
The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
(featured)
Sub-Mariner [Namor]
(featured)
Toro [Thomas Raymond]
(featured)

Winston Churchill
(without a universe)
Master Man [Wilhelm Lohmer]

Colonel Krieghund

Reprints (7)

in Capitan America (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #106 (4 Maggio 1977)
in Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
in Invaders Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
in Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014) [Story indexed in three parts in original appearance.]
in Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
in Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (Marvel, 2025 series) (2025)

Another Agonizingly Personal Recollection

(Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page

Script:	Roy Thomas
Letters:	typeset

Reprints (3)

Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg!

(Table of Contents: 7)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 20 pages

Script:	Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils:	Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:	Bill Everett (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?
Editing:	Stan Lee (original Editor)

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

The Atlanteans

The Sub-Mariner [Namor]
(featured)
Emperor Tha-Korr

Adolf Hitler
(without a universe)

Nazis; Atlanteans; Mel; Lucas

Reprints (1)

from Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (Spring 1941)

Indexer Notes

Some new or edited captions by Roy Thomas.

Table of Contents ToC

Table of Contents

Hordes of Hitler! (Table of Contents)

The Invaders / cover / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The Coming of the Invaders! Part One: A Captain Called America! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America; The Invaders / comic story / 10 pages

Indexer Notes

A Cacophonous Collection of Captivating Capsule Comments Calculated to Corral your Consciousness! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page

The Trap (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Coming of the Invaders! Part 2: Enter: The Human Torch! (Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch; The Invaders / comic story / 9 pages

The Coming of the Invaders! Part 3: The Sub-Mariner Strikes! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Invaders; Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 11 pages

Another Agonizingly Personal Recollection (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page

Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg! (Table of Contents: 7)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 20 pages

Indexer Notes

Hordes of Hitler!

(Table of Contents)

The Coming of the Invaders! Part One: A Captain Called America!

(Table of Contents: 1)

A Cacophonous Collection of Captivating Capsule Comments Calculated to Corral your Consciousness!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

The Trap

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

The Coming of the Invaders! Part 2: Enter: The Human Torch!

(Table of Contents: 4)

The Coming of the Invaders! Part 3: The Sub-Mariner Strikes!

(Table of Contents: 5)

Another Agonizingly Personal Recollection

(Table of Contents: 6)

Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg!

(Table of Contents: 7)