Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1967

About Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7

Reprints Fantastic Four #13, Tales of Suspense #44, Incredible Hulk #5, and Strange Tales #117.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]

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

Inks: Don Heck? (Fantastic Four cover); Dick Ayers (Tales of Suspense cover & Hulk image); Steve Ditko (Dr. Strange image)

Colors: Stan Goldberg ?

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Contains cover reproductions, with some modifications, from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 Series) #13 and Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 Series) #44. Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 Series) #117 and The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 Series) #5 used as a background for an image from the Doctor Strange story, page 3, panel 8 and Hulk story, page 11, panel 5.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff] (introduction, origin); Super-Apes (introduction, origin)

Synopsis: While Reed prepares a journey to the Blue Area of the Moon, Ivan Kragoff trains three apes to pilot a spaceship and take possession of the Moon "for the communist empire".

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: [The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 2: Menace on the Moon!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super-Apes; Watcher [Uatu] (introduction)

Synopsis: In space, the Fantastic Four's ship crosses that of Ivan Kragoff and they learn of the powers the apes have acquired before landing on the moon.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: [The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 3: The Watcher Appears!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Watcher [Uatu]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super-Apes

Synopsis: The Watcher appears and explains where he comes from and why he cannot take sides in the battle between the Fantastic Four and the Red Ghost.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: [The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 4: Duel in the Dead City!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super-Apes; Watcher [Uatu]

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four battles the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes on the Moon.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: The Mad Pharaoh!

Characters: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mad Pharaoh [Hatap] (introduction); Cleopatra VII; Paul (archeologist)

Synopsis: After waking up from a 2000 years long sleep, Hatap, the Mad Pharaoh, brings Tony Stark into the past to resume his war against Cleopatra. Stark helps Cleopatra defeat Hatap as Iron Man.

Pages: 13.000

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

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Sam Rosen

Title: The Many Traps of Baron Mordo!

Characters: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]; Ancient One [Yao]

Synopsis: Mordo places a spell over Strange's house that causes it to vanish to another dimension. Strange manages to track Mordo down using his ethereal form, but it becomes trapped in Mordo's lair. Mordo goes to see the Ancient One, claiming he's changed his way, just so he can attack him unawares. But Strange had found a way to escape by going straight thru the center of the Earth itself, and warned his mentor in advance. Though defeated, both Strange and the Ancient One know Mordo is becoming more powerful all the time.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Steve Ditko

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Sam Rosen

Title: The Hordes of General Fang!

Characters: Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Thunderbolt Ross; General Fang (introduction)

Synopsis: The Hulk thwarts a would-be Genghis Khan conqueror named General Fang from taking over the Asian province of Llhasa, and he only has to dress up as the Abominable Snowman once to do it.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

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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
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