Fantasy Masterpieces #6 Twin Cities pedigree (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages....

Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $191.20

Sold: Feb 12, 2012

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Publisher: Marvel, 1966

About Fantasy Masterpieces #6

Captain America and Red Skull cover by Jack Kirby.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Captain America; Red Skull

Pencils: Jack Kirby; Don Heck; Paul Reinman (vignettes)

Inks: Vince Colletta; Don Heck; Paul Reinman; Dick Ayers (vignettes)

Colors: Stan Goldberg ?

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: New material on cover by Kirby/Colletta. Vignettes taken from interior stories. Colletta inking credit per Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited Frank Giacoia.

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Red Skull; An Ear for Music

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; Captain Craig [death]; The Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (introduction); von Ratt; Kroft [death]

Synopsis: Cap has to contend with the return of the Red Skull and figure out why he is using Chopin's "Funeral March" as the means of his diabolical mission of destruction.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks: Joe Simon

Letters: Howard Ferguson

Notes: Two story titles for this story.

Title: The Phantom Hound of Cardiff Moor

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Thaddeus Duffy; Betty Dean; Senor Ramos (death); Miss Primm; Dr. Amos Willard; Mary Scott; The Hound of Cardiff Moor [Mister Murdock] (introduction)

Synopsis: Cap solves the mystery of Cardiff Manor and a "ghost" dog, used by the only living relative of the family that once owned the manor.

Pages: 16.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks: Joe Simon

Letters: Howard Ferguson

Notes: Oddity: Sgt. Duffy's first name in this story is Thaddeus, yet in earlier Cap stories, he is called Mike. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-09.

Title: I Found the Lair of the Lizard Men

Characters: Eric Kane

Synopsis: A convict escapes and hides in a deep cave, where he finds a society of lizard men unable to breathe on the surface. When he tries to steal the diamond that provides their light he is transformed into a lizard man and forced to live among them as an outcast.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Notes: Narrated in the first person.

Title: I Was Trapped in the Chamber of Fear!

Characters: Mike Mathews; Hiram Cragmoor; Vera Vandeer; Chuck Dawson

Synopsis: A man tries to pitch to Stan Lee the story of a blackmailer who becomes trapped within a mystic ruby as an agent of Fate to direct recently departed souls to their destination. Stan rejects the story as too outlandish even for Tales of Suspense and the man leaves the office. Outside, the man mutters to himself that his secret is safe since even if the blackmailer escapes the ruby no one will believe him and then he blinks out of existence.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Last page of story shows a poster of The Hulk on the wall of Stan Lee's office, considered by some to be the first Hulk crossover/cameo.

Title: Germ Warfare

Characters: John Marshall; Molitis germ

Synopsis: A medical researcher working while on a boat with friends tries to enlarge a germ to more closely examine it, but it grows to human size and hijacks the boat. The doctor takes the germ to an island where it intends to enlarge an army of microbes to conquer the world, but the germ is destroyed by an atomic test that the doctor knew was planned there.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Paul Reinman

Inks: Paul Reinman

Letters: Ray Holloway

Title: Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; Chan; Liang; The Fang (introduction); Baron Nushima; Chu Yin

Synopsis: Cap and Bucky battle against the evil Fang and Baron Nushima, who seek to prevent two emissaries from China from obtaining money loans from the American government.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks: Joe Simon

Letters: Howard Ferguson

Notes: Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-4-09.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	9	7	7	7	9	20	12	2	0	0	86
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	2	2	4	1	9	8	7	8	9	20	12	2	0	0	91

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