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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1975
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 84
Editing Roy Thomas
Notes This is the first joint publication between DC and Marvel. Full indicia: "MGM'S Marvelous Wizard of Oz is published jointly by Marvel Comics Group and National Periodical Publications, Inc. and with the permission of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Office of Publication: 575 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10022. Published quarterly. Copyright ©1975 by Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation and National Periodical Publications, Inc. Stan Lee Publisher. Based on material Copyright ©1939 Loew's Inc. Renewed ©1966 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. All rights reserved. Vol. 1, Number 1, 1975. Price $1.50 per copy in the U.S. and Canada. Subscription rate $6.50 for 4 issues. Canada $7.50. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A. All business inquiries should be addressed to Tom Montemarano, Director of Circulation, 9th floor. Sol Brodsky, V.P. Administration. Roy Thomas, Editor; John Verpoorten, Production Manager; John Romita, Art Director."

Cover Details

Characters The Tin Woodsman; Dorothy Gale; The Cowardly Lion; The Scarecrow; Toto
Genre fantasy
Pencils John Romita (signed)
Inks John Romita (signed)
Reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1]

1 page Oz credits "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz"

Characters Dorothy Gale [as portrayed by Judy Garland]; The Scarecrow [as portrayed by Ray Bolger]; The Tin Woodsman [as portrayed by Jack Haley]; The Cowardly Lion [as portrayed by Bert Lahr]
Letters typeset
Notes A photo from the movie ("Why, you're nothing but a great big coward!"), and the credits for the movie. Located on the inside front cover.

1 page Oz credits "Contents"

Characters Dorothy Gale; The Wicked Witch of the West; Toto
Genre fantasy
Pencils John Romita
Inks John Romita
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters typeset
Notes Comic book credits and a dedication to Judy Garland.

72 page Oz story "Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's The Wizard of Oz"

Characters The Tin Woodsman; The Cowardly Lion; Dorothy Gale; The Scarecrow; Toto; Uncle Henry [Henry Gale]; Antie Em [Emily Gale]; Hunk; Hickory; Zeke; Miss Gulch [Elvira Gulch]; Professor Marvel; The Wicked Witch of the West (death); Glinda, the Witch of the North; The Munchkins; The Wicked Witch of the East (death); The Wizard; Flying Monkeys; The Winkies; Mrs. Appleby (cameo); Farmer Johnson (cameo); Mr. Lumkin (cameo)
Genre fantasy
Script Roy Thomas (adaptation); Noll Langley (screenplay); Florence Ryerson (screenplay); Edgar Allan Wolfe (screenplay)
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Tony DeZuniga; The Tribe
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Gaspar Saladino [as Lisa Petergreg]
Notes Adapting the 1939 film based on the book by L. Frank Baum. Gaspar Saladino is credited on the credits page; Lisa Petergreg on the story itself. He frequently used an alias of "LP Gregory" at Marvel during this time.

1 page Oz biography (nonfictional) "The American Grimm"

Characters L. Frank Baum
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils John Romita
Inks John Romita
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters typeset
Notes Biography of L. Frank Baum.

3 page Oz biography (nonfictional) "Who's Who in MGM's Oz"

Characters Judy Garland; Frank Morgan; Ray Bolger; Jack Haley; Margaret Hamilton; Bert Lahr
Script Don Glut
Pencils Marie Severin
Inks Marie Severin
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters typeset
Notes Biographies of the movie's stars.

2 page Oz illustration "Map of the Marvelous Land of Oz"

Pencils Ed Hannigan [as EJH]
Inks Ed Hannigan [as EJH]
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Ed Hannigan

1 page Oz promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming OZtractions"

Notes A house ad for the "second issue of the Marvel Treasury of Oz!"; "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "On sale November 11th". This turned out to be Marvel Treasury of Oz (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975).

1 page Oz illustration 2 Memorable Scenes from MGM's "Wizard of Oz"

Characters The Wicked Witch of the West [as portrayed by Margaret Hamilton]; Dorothy Gale [as portrayed by Judy Garland]; The Scarecrow [as portrayed by Ray Bolger]; The Tin Woodsman [as portrayed by Jack Haley]; The Cowardly Lion [as portrayed by Bert Lahr]; The Wizard [as portrayed by Frank Morgan]
Letters typeset
Notes Two photo scenes from the movie: "I'll get you my pretty-- and your little dog, too!" with the Witch threatening Dorothy, and a "hazardous and technically unexplainable journey into the upper stratosphere" with the Wizard about to leave in the balloon. Located on the inside back cover.

1 page Oz illustration "We're Off to See the Wizard..."

Characters Dorothy Gale; The Scarecrow; The Tin Woodsman; The Cowardly Lion; Toto
Genre fantasy
Pencils John Romita (signed)
Inks John Romita (signed)