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Issue: Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #4
Publication Date: August 1968
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/09/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 37 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: 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: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Page 2 of story; page 4 of issue. Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added.
 

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Page 7 of story; page 12 of issue. Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added.
 

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Enter: The Sub-Mariner!

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superhero
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
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FlagI Fantastici Quattro #27 published April 1972
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FlagMarvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
as Enter: The Sub-Mariner! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Captain Marvel #1 published January 2008
as Enter: The Sub-Mariner! [Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #4] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Muscle-Building "Tools"

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Ad for Joe Weider's exercise equipment. Order from Joe Weider of Union City, New Jersey, USA.
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Inside front cover.
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The Alien and the Amphibian!

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Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Hal Logan; Chester Fenton; General Bridges; Carol Danvers; Colonel Yon-Rogg; Medic Una
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FlagI Fantastici Quattro #26 published March 1972
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FlagI Fantastici Quattro #27 published April 1972
as Lo straniero e l'anfibio! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
as The Alien And The Amphibian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Captain Marvel #1 published January 2008
as The Alien and the Amphibian! [Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #4] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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Chuck Sipes (photo); Dave Draper (photo)
Secret muscle building "tools"
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Inside front cover. Ad for body building products.
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Shamed by your English?
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Ad offering free booklet on "How to Gain a Good Command of English", located between story pages 3 and 4.
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Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirt; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing]; Iron Man; Thor; Spider-Man; The Avengers [Captain America; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver]; The Hulk
Marvel super-hero T-shirts
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In-house advertisement for T-shirts, sweat shirts and The Merry Marvel Marching Society membership kit, from Marvel Comics Group. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
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Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
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Located between story pages 6 and 7.
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Missile Firing Tank

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Between story pages 9 and 10, on upper half of page.
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[untitled]

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We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny
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Ad for U.S. coin catalog.
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[untitled]

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You can now become an expert with forbidden Oriental fighting arts
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Ad for martial arts book sent in plain wrapper for $3.98.
Between story pages 15 and 16.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

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Okay! Okay! Stop nagging us! Here it is - - an autographed photo of - - Stan (the man) Lee
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Thumbnail classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books.
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Gangway, World! Marvel's Marching On!

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Spider-Man; Captain Marvel
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Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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[untitled]

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Magic world of surprises & mystery
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[untitled]

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Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time
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Ad soliciting salespeople for newspaper.
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[untitled]

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superhero
Spectacular Spider-Man
Spider-Man
The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!
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House ad for the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1968 Series) #1 (July 1968), with cover shown (pre-painted version), and advertised as "On Sale Now".
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Not Brand Echh
Now twice as many pages!
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House ad for Not Brand Echh (Marvel, 1967 Series) #9 (August 1968), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale Now!".
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[untitled]

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Letters from Paul Elisi, Jim Rohal, Henry Kinsey III, and Bruce Young.
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[untitled]

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Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
The most daringly dramatic superhero of all time!
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House ad for the Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #1.
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[untitled]

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3 complete fishing outfits
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Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales.
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[untitled]

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132pc. Roman soldiers set
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Back cover. Ad for toy soldiers.
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Shamed by Your English

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Order from Career Institute of Mundelein, Illinois, USA.
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Printed after page 3 in previous story.
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Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts

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Advertisement for Marvel t-shirts and sweat shirts.
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The Merry Marvel Marching Society [MMMS]

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M.M.M.S.
Thor
Promo with a coupon for joining M.M.M.S.
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Baseball Fans Are Crazy

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Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
Order from Strat-O-Matic Game Co., Inc., of Great Neck, New York, USA.
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Missile Firing Tank

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Order from Honor House Products Corp. of Lynnbrook, New York, USA.
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Printed after page 9 in previous story. Top portion of page with next advertisement.
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We'll Pay You $10,000.00 for this Lincoln Penny

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Order from Centre Coin Co. of Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
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Printed after page 9 in previous story. Bottom portion of page with previous advertisement.
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Forbidden Oriental Fighting Arts

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Order from Precise Publications of New York, New York, USA.
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Printed after page 15 in previous story.
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[Shop by Mail / Shop by Mail]

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Classified advertisements for shop by mail items.
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[Stamps / Shop by Mail]

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Classified advertisements for stamps and shop by mail items.
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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

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Stan Lee ?
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Includes section for "Stan's Soapbox!".
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Bullpen page Items include The Wrap-Up and Stop the Presses. Also included is The Mighty Marvel Checklist and a listing of 26 M.M.M.S. Members.
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Magic World of Surprises & Mystery

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Order from American Circle Corp. of Westbury, New York, USA.
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Top portion of page with following advertisement.
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Sell Grit

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Order from Grit Publishing Co. of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
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The Greatest Event

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Promotion for The Spectacular Spider-Man and Not Brand Echh #9. Includes reprints of covers for both.
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Mail it to Mar-Vell

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Letter submitted by: Paul Ellsi of Spokane, Washington, USA; Jim Rohal of Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Henry Kinsey III of Valparaiso, Florida, USA; and, Bruce Young of Peabody, Massachusetts, USA.
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The Marvel Age is on the March!

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Silver Surfer
Silver Surfer
Promotion for Silver Surfer #1. Includes reprint of cover for the issue.
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

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Order from Niresk Discount Sales of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Inside of back cover.
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132 Roman Soldiers

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Ad for plastic toy soldiers and weapons. Two complete Roman armies. Order from Roman War Soldiers of Westbury, New York, USA.
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Back cover.

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