Marvel Collectors Item Classics (1966) comic books

Marvel Collectors Item Classics (1966) 1 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4405576001

Cover pencils by Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four, Tales to Astonish, and Journey into Mystery) and Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man), inks by George Klein (Fantastic Four), Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man), Dick Ayers (Tales to Astonish), and George Roussos (Journey into Mystery). Reprints Fantastic Four #2, Spider-Man #3, Tales of Asgard from Journey into Mystery #97, and Ant-Man from Tales to Astonish #36. "The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; Four shape-changing Skrulls pose as the Fantastic Four and act as criminals while the true ones are in the country and recall their origin; The real FF is imprisoned by the government for their criminal acts; They escape and decide to flush out the imitating Skrulls; The FF infiltrate the Skrull mothership and pose as the Skrull spies. "The Challenge of Comrade X," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Ant-Man is hunted by a Soviet agent sent to capture him, but a beautiful stranger warns him of the spy's whereabouts. "Tales of...Asgard! Home of the Mighty Norse Gods," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos (as G. Bell); Story about how Odin and his brothers protected the Earth while waiting for the coming of man. "Spider-Man versus Doctor Octopus," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; When an experiment goes wrong, Otto Octavius gains control of his robotic arms and decides to take over an atomic facility, but Spider-Man stops him. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.

Marvel Collectors Item Classics (1966) 20 CGC 2.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white to white

Restoation Includes: Small Amount of Glue on Spine of Cover.

Label #4423958021

Reprints Fantastic Four 28, Iron Man from Tales of Suspense #60, Tales of the Watcher from Tales of Suspense 55, and Doctor Strange from Strange Tales 129. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Sol Brodsky. "We Have to Fight the X-Men!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone; Puppet Master makes a model of Professor X and commands him to send the X-Men after the FF; When Xavier regains control of his senses, the Mad Thinker sends in his Android to finish off both teams. "Suspected of Murder!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Dick Ayers; When Tony Stark is unable to remove his armor without endangering his life, Iron Man is accused of murdering Stark; The Black Widow sends Hawkeye to steal Stark corporate secrets, but while he is gone, she is abducted and sent back behind the Iron Curtain. Ka-Zar ad. "The Sun-Stealer!", script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), art by Larry Lieber; The Watcher must save Earth from an alien without breaking his vow of non-interference. Not Brand Echh ad. "Beware...Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!", script by Don Rico, art by Steve Ditko; Dr. Strange refuses to appear on a television show that regularly debunks magic as mere superstition, but when staffers from the show are kidnapped into another dimension ruled by the tyrant Tiboro, Strange agrees to help bring them back. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.