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Issue: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #14
Publication Date: April 1968
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Issues: #14 of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics Group; MCGView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Animated Timely Features, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/09/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date based on stamp on comic, concurs with on-sale date from 1968 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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Original Artwork
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The Mysterious Molecule Man!

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]]; Molecule Man
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published May 2008
as Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]1/4 page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mighty Marvel Hit Parade..

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Gary Freidrich, Stan Goldberg, Morrie Kuramoto and Flo Steinberg.
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The Mysterious Molecule Man!

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]]; Molecule Man (introduction, origin); Watcher [Uatu]; The Yancy Street Gang; Alicia Masters
Synopsis: The Watcher asks the Fantastic Four to stop a new menace who could destroy the whole universe: the Molecule Man.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #20 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
was The Mysterious Molecule Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: X-419
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The Uncanny Unicorn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (introduction, origin); Happy Hogan; Pepper Potts; Avengers [Thor [Donald Blake] (cameo); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (cameo)]; Crimson Dynamo [Anton Vanko] (flashback)
Synopsis: A Soviet agent with high-tech armor comes to the US to capture Iron Man. He kidnaps Pepper and injures Happy to draw Iron Man out, and then threatens to blow up Stark's factory unless Iron Man comes with him. Iron Man boards Unicorn's plane, but then destroys it, though the Unicorn escapes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #56 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1964
was The Uncanny Unicorn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Come N' Get It, Tiger-Here's Our New Year's Gift to You!! [April 1968]; Stan's Soapbox; Mighty Marvel Checklist

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Announcement that Captain America and the Incredible Hulk now have their own comics, Captain Marvel is Marvel's newest hit but there is a lot more to come, the top Marvel rank will be PMM (Permanent Marvelite Maximus) and is anyone who has earned the previous four ranks and Stan says that now that Marvel is a leader in their field they will no longer refer to the competition as Brand Echh. Marvel checklist for Marvel-ous Mags on sale right now! Comics listed with a synopsis are Not Brand Echh #7, Fantastic Four #73, Spider-Man #59, Avengers #50, X-Men #42, Daredevil #38, Captain Marvel, Starring in Marvel Super-Heroes #13, Thor #150, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1, Captain America (Premiere Issue), Incredible Hulk (Premiere Issue), Strange Tales #167, Sgt. Fury #52, Captain Savage #2 and Marvel Tales #13. 26 more M.M.M.S. members are listed.
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The Challenge of Loki!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Loki; Thor [Donald Blake]; Odin (cameo)
Synopsis: Strange practices the art of levitation. Meanwhile, in faraway Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, Loki, God of Mischief, plots as always. He contacts Strange and tries to convince him that he is a prisoner of Thor, who is evil and deceiving his father. Strange uses a spell to take Thor's hammer, but on examining it, can sense no trace of evil. Realizing he's been had, Strange battles Loki, who later swears vengeance against the mage.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #123 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1964
was The Challenge of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Igor
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Incredible Hulk #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-709

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