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Issue: Marvel's Greatest Comics #24
Publication Date: December 1969
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Issues: #24 of 74 Issues (101 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/23/1969
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S; standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#23-33), saddle-stitched (#34-96)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Death of a Hero!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [The Thing; Mr. Fantastic; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl]; The Invincible Man
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #32 published November 1964
was Death of a Hero! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death of a Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; The Invisible Girl; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; tThe Thing]; The Super-Skrull; Skrulls; Invincible Man [Super-Skrull]; Franklin Storm (death); Mary Storm (death); Alicia Masters
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #32 published November 1964
was Death of a Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Located between pages 18 and 19 of previous story sequence (Fantastic Four.)

Obituary for George Klein; Item; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; house ad for The Silver Surfer series.
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Always Thing-ing of Ya! Bashful Benjamin

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
Character(s): The Thing
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration taken from an issue of Fantastic Four.
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Fantastically Yours, Fantastic 4?

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
Character(s): Mr. Fantastic; The Thing; The Human Torch
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration taken from the splash page of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #78.
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If I Fail, A World Is Lost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Attuma; Senator Byrd; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Atlanteans
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #66 published June 1965
was If I Fail, a World Is Lost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Mechanically Yours, Iron Man

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
Character(s): Iron Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Image taken from an issue of Iron Man.
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The Watcher Must Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Watcher [Uatu]; Warlord Wrogg
Synopsis: An alien warlord attacks the Watcher, and is instantly destroyed by accelerated aging.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #58 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1964
was The Watcher Must Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-770
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A Nameless Land, A Timeless Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; Clea (unnamed); Shazana; Shazana's sister (unnamed); The Ancient One; Hamir (unnamed)
Synopsis: After escaping from Mordo, Strange plummets thru dimension after dimension, finally coming to a stop in a world ruled by Shazana, a female tyrant who once conned a wizard into giving her some of his powers, which she repaid by destroying him. Believing her sister has recruited Strange to overthrow her she battles Strange into submission. Allowing himself to be imprisoned so he can recover from his earlier battle with Mordo, Strange gets the lay of the land, then helps Shazana's sister overcome the evil ruler, destroying the source of her power even as he uses it to begin his journey back home.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #133 published June 1965
was A Nameless Land, a Timeless Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Mystically Yours, Dr. Strange

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
Character(s): Dr. Strange
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dr. Strange figure is an enlarged version taken from the splash page of Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #127.

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