Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #6 (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $1,020.00

Sold: Sep 12, 2023

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #6 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1966

About Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #6

Reprints Fantastic Four #9, Tales of Suspense #43, Incredible Hulk #5, and Strange Tales #116.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala; Jim Evans; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Tyrannus; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]

Pencils: Jack Kirby (cover repros); Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange image)

Inks: Dick Ayers (cover repros); Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange image)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Contains cover reproductions, with some modifications, from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 Series) #9, Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 Series) #43 and The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 Series) #5. Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 Series) #116 used as a background for an image of Doctor Strange.

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The End of the Fantastic Four! [Part 1]

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four are bankrupt and the Sub-Mariner is scheming to use this.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: [The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 2: Sub-Mariner Gives the Orders!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; James Arness; Alfred Hitchcock; Dean Martin; Bob Hope

Synopsis: The Sub-Mariner offers the Fantastic Four one million dollars if they star in a film that he's producing.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: [The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 3: The Fury of Mr. Fantastic

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Cyclops

Synopsis: Mr. Fantastic discovers that the film project is a setup.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: [The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 4: The Flame of Battle

Characters: Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis: Human Torch and Thing discover that the film project is a setup.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: [The End of the Fantastic Four!] Part 5: Vengeance Is Ours!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis: The film is produced and an unwilling Sub-Mariner pays the Fantastic Four their money.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: Kala, Queen of the Netherworld!

Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kala (introduction); General Baxu (introduction); Jim; Evans

Synopsis: Stark is abducted by the queen of an underground kingdom to help her invade the surface. As Iron Man, Stark shows her that she would rapidly age on the surface, convincing her to call off the invasion.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns] (script)

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: Return to the Nightmare World!

Characters: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wong (unnamed); Ancient One [Yao] (cameo); Doctor Warren; Nightmare

Synopsis: Nightmare has discovered the ability to capture humans and bring them to his world for study while they sleep. The police ask Strange's help, as a "last resort," to discover the cause behind a rash of people unable to awaken. Strange tracks the cause down to the Nightmare World, and has a rematch with his old foe.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: Beauty and the Beast!

Characters: Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Tyrannus (introduction)

Synopsis: Underground overlord Tyrannus kidnaps Betty and lures the Hulk into his subterranean kingdom, forcing the Hulk to do his bidding to keep Betty safe. The Jade Giant is powerless until Rick frees Betty, thus leaving the Hulk free to bring the house down on Tyrannus.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

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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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	1	2	4	2	2	1	6	9	9	2	0	0	46
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	1	2	4	2	2	1	6	9	9	2	0	0	47

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