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Issue: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #4
Publication Date: August 1966
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Issues: #4 of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Animated Timely Features, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/10/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Doctor Carlo Strange; Carla Strange; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Mongu
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published May 2008
as Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]1/4 page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contains cover reproductions, with some modifications, from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 Series) #7, Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 Series) #41, and The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 Series) #4. Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 Series) #111 used as a background for an image from the Doctor Strange story, page 3, panel 3.
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Introducing... the Merry Marvel Menagerie

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by Marie Severin. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin Stan Goldberg, Dennis O'Neil and Flo Steinberg.
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Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X, Part 1: It Came from the Skies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Kurrgo (introduction); Kurrgo's robot (introduction)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #7 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X Part 1 It Came From the Skies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X] Part 2: Outlawed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Synopsis: The robot from Planet X puts broadcasts a "hostility ray" to make people riot against the Fantastic Four.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #7 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was Part 2 Outlawed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X] Part 3: Bound for Planet X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Synopsis: The robot grants the Fantastic Four asylum on Planet X.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #7 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was Part 3 Bound for Planet X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X] Part 4: Twenty Four Hours till Zero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Kurrgo
Synopsis: Kurrgo orders the Fantastic Four to save his people from Planet X's destruction.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #7 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was Part 4 Twenty Four Hours till Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X] Part 5: The End of Planet X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Kurrgo (death)
Synopsis: Kurrgo perishes on Planet X, but his people get away from its destruction.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #7 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was Part 5 The End of Planet X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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More Marvel Masterpieces...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Fantastic Four #53, Amazing Spider-Man #39 and Marvel Tales #3 reproducing their covers.
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The Stonghold of Doctor Strange!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Doctor Carlo Strange (introduction); Carla Strange (introduction); Nikita Khrushchev (cameo)
Synopsis: An imprisoned criminal scientist takes control of Iron Man in order to free himself. He threatens to blow up the world unless he is made world ruler. Iron Man stops him by shorting out his power and is helped by the villain's conscience-stricken daughter.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #41 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1963
was The Stronghold of Dr. Strange! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Face-to-Face with the Magic of Baron Mordo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, supernatural
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (introduction); Hamir (introduction, unnamed); Ancient One [Yao] (called "the Master")
Synopsis: In his castle in Europe, Baron Mordo plots to steal the secrets of his former master, the Ancient One. Sending his spirit form to Tibet, he causes Hamir to poison the Ancient One's food. From his NYC sanctum, Strange senses his master's plight, and challenges Mordo to a battle in their spirit forms. After, the Ancient One warns Strange that Mordo will be a danger to them both, as long as he lives.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #111 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1963
was Face-to-Face with the Magic of Baron Mordo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Monster and the Machine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner] (origin recap); Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross
Synopsis: Rick uses some of Banner's machinery to transform the Hulk, who was stuck in his monster persona, back into Bruce. Bruce is incredibly weakened by the transformation and takes a chance in using the machinery on himself again which transforms him back into the Hulk's body but with Bruce Banner's mind. Now Bruce and the Hulk can switch at will using the gamma ray machine.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk #4 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was The Monster and the Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14

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