Volume: 1
Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1967-10-03
Editing: Stan Lee (editor); Roy Thomas (associate editor); Gary Friedrich (assistant editor)

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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed]

table of contents / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes images from interior stories and staff credits for Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Stan Goldberg, John Verpoorten, Gary Freidrich and Flo Steinberg.

The Return of the Green Goblin!

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Liz Allan; Flash Thompson; Aunt May Parker; Mr. Brant (see notes); Dorrie Evans (Johnny Storm's girlfriend)
Synopsis:
Spider-Man attends a fan club meeting organized by Flash Thompson, but the Green Goblin crashes the meeting. Fortunately the Human Torch is in attendance to help Spider-Man. During the battle Spider-Man finds out that Aunt May is in the hospital and he leaves, causing everyone to believe that he is a coward.
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The Human Torch Vs. the Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete!

Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited) (plot)
Ernie Hart (credited as H. E. Huntley) (script)
Pencils:
Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks:
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
John Duffy (credited)

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard; Paste-Pot Pete; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
Synopsis:
Johnny practices in his obstacle course, then thinks back on his adventures with The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete. By a wild coincidence, Pete breaks The Wizard out of jail and the two join forces. They frame Johnny as a spy, but their partnership is strained by Wiz's megalomania. "I'm a partner, not a servant, you know!" says Pete.
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The Magician and the Maiden!

Wasp / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited) (plot)
Larry Lieber (credited) (script)
Pencils:
Larry Lieber (credited)
Inks:
Colors:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Letters:

  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer]; Henry Pym; Porcupine (cameo, pictures on the wall); Human Top (cameo, pictures on the wall); Black Knight (cameo, pictures on the wall)
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Challenged by the Human Cobra!

Thor / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils:
Don Heck (credited)
Inks:
Don Heck (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Editing:
Stan Lee (Original Editor)

  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:X-451
Characters:
Thor; Jane Foster; Dr. Bruce Andrews; Odin; Klaus Vorhees (introduction); Professor Shecktor; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis:
While visiting India, Don Blake finds that one of his old teachers has been murdered by a villain who gained the power of a snake. Thor fights the Cobra in New York and defeats him, after Jane Foster sees her new boss's cowardice and goes back to Doctor Blake.
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Who Says This Isn't the Marvel Age of Batty Bulletins?

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