Marvel Collectors' Item Classics comic books issue 5
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Issue #5
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Reprints Fantastic Four #8, Iron Man from Tales of Suspense #42, Incredible Hulk #4 (The Gladiator from Outer Space), and Doctor Strange from Strange Tales #114. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby (cover repros of FF, Tales of Suspense and Hulk scene), Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange scene), and Larry Lieber (Watcher vignette), inks by Dick Ayers (FF cover repro and Hulk scene); Don Heck (Tales of Suspense cover repro); George Roussos (Dr. Strange scene); and Sol Brodsky (Watcher vignette). "Prisoners of the Puppet Master!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Puppet Master tests his radioactive clay that gives him the power to remotely control people that are modeled in the clay; The Puppet Master gets the Thing under his command and imprisons the Invisible Girl. He then sends the Thing and Alicia Masters, disguised as Sue Storm, to infiltrate the Baxter Building; While acting under the Puppet Master's influence, the Thing is subjected to one of Mister Fantastic's potions that changes him back to Ben Grimm. "Trapped by the Red Barbarian," script by Stan Lee (plot) and Robert Bernstein (script), art by Don Heck; A Soviet spymaster sends a master of disguise to steal the design of Tony Stark's latest weapon; The Actor steals the plans and learns Iron Man's secret identity, but Iron Man regains the plans and tricks the communists into killing their own agent. "Journey's End!" Tales of the Watcher story, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Larry Lieber (script), pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Sol Brodsky; A meek and lonely space pilot volunteers for a suicide mission to investigate a strange cosmic cloud; The cloud hides a utopian planet, whose inhabitants only want humans brave enough to face the unknown to visit them. "The Return of the Omnipotent Baron Mordo!", script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Strange is lured into a trap in England by Baron Mordo, but defeats him with the help of a woman with latent magical talents. "The Gladiator from Outer Space!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An alien invades earth and claims his people will conquer the planet unless he is met in battle by the strongest opponent the world has to offer; Hulk meets the challenge but finds out it is all a ploy by the Russians to capture him and create an army of hulks of their own. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.
