Issue | #4 |
Published | September 1966 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard |
Pencils | Cover Repros: Amazing Spider-Man #7; Journey into Mystery #86; Tales to Astonish #39; Strange Tales #102 |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #7 (December 1963); from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #86 (November 1962); from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #102 (November 1962); from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963) |
Characters | The Vulture; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson |
Synopsis | The Vulture escapes from prison and Spider-Man finds a new way to defeat him, despite having a sprained arm that limits him to using one arm. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | References Spider-Man #2. |
Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #7 (December 1963) |
Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Wizard (Origin, Intro); The Destroyer (cameo on film) |
Synopsis | The Wizard decides to defeat the Torch by kidnapping him and convincing the world the Torch has turned criminal, but the Wizard is tripped up when Johnny calls in his sister. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Art Simek |
Notes | References Strange Tales #101. First appearance (and origin) of the Wizard. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #102 (November 1962) |
Characters | Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Art Simek |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #102 (November 1962) |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for coin catalog and coins from Littleton Coin Co. Appears between pages 11-12 of "Wizard" story sequence. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for electronic appliance repair training from Christy Trades School, Inc. |
Characters | Thor [Don Blake]; U.S. Army personnel; Zarrko; Jane Foster; Odin |
Synopsis | Zarrko of the year 2262 goes back in time and steals a cobalt bomb in 1962, but Thor chases him forward in time and defeats him. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Art Simek |
Notes | Job number not listed in comic, came from the splash page of the original art. Presented in two parts; Part 2 is titled "Flight To The Future." |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #86 (November 1962); in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #31 |
Characters | Frankenstein |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Honor House Products Corp. novelties. Appears between pages 2-3 of "Thor" story sequence. |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Ward's Formula for re-growing hair, from H. H. Ward & Co. Appears between pages 6-7 of "Thor" story sequence. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Various ads for stamps companies and other items. Appears between pages 11-12 of "Thor" story sequence. |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Grit newspaper sales from Grit Publishing Co. Appears between pages 11-12 of "Thor" story sequence. |
Characters | Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Scarlet Beetle |
Synopsis | A red beetle is given a human-type brain through exposure to radiation and steals Ant-Man's enlarging gas to try and take over the world, using other insects as an army. But Ant-Man still controls the ants and together they defeat the Beetle. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Colors | Stan Goldberg |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #32 |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Various ads for stamps companies and other items, including one to purchase comic books by Argosy Books. Appears between pages 2-3 of "Ant-Man" story sequence. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Master System of oriental fighting arts from Precise Publications. Appears between pages 6-7 of "Ant-Man" story sequence. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Turbonique super-speed equipment for engines. Appears between pages 6-7 of "Ant-Man" story sequence. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for 200 piece set of World War II Soldiers toy from Lucky Products, Inc. |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for fishing outfit from Niresk Discount Sales, on inside back cover. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Ad for Christmas Card catalog and approvals for sale from Wallace Brown, Inc., on back cover. |