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Issue Details

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Published 1975
Cover Price 6.95 USD
Pages 260
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Cover Details

Characters Iron Man; Daredevil; Marvel Girl; Nick Fury; Scarlet Witch; Silver Surfer; Watcher
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Romita (painting)(signed)
Inks John Romita (painting)(signed)
Colors John Romita (painting)(signed)

2 page Son of Origins of Marvel Comics foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Prologue"

Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

6 page X-Men foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Make Way for the Merry Mutants"

Synopsis How the X-Men were created
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Sol Brodsky ?
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

23 page X-Men story "X-Men"

Characters X-Men; Professor X; Cyclops; Angel (Warren Worthington); Marvel Girl (Jean Grey); Beast; Iceman; Magneto
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Paul Reinman
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

5 page Iron Man foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "When the Golden Avenger Was Grey"

Synopsis How Iron Man was created
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

1 page Iron Man cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Iron Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Don Heck
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (March 1963)

13 page Iron Man story "Iron Man Is Born!"

Characters Iron Man; Professor Yinsen; Wong-Chu
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (March 1963)

1 page Iron Man foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Genre Superhero

1 page Iron Man cover reprint (on interior page) "The Coming of...Whiplash!"

Characters Iron Man; Whiplash
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #97 (January 1968)

12 page Iron Man story "The Coming of Whiplash!"

Characters Iron Man; Jasper Sitwell; Madam Masque; Whiplash; Morgan Stark
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #97 (January 1968)

5 page Avengers foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "If You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em!"

Synopsis How the Avengers were Created
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

1 page Avengers cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Loki; Thor; Iron Man; Hulk; Ant Man; Wasp
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

22 page Avengers story "The Coming of the Avengers"

Characters Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man (Pym), Wasp, Hulk, Loki, Rick Jones, Teen Brigade, Fantastic Four, Mr. Fantastic, Thing, Invisible Girl, Odin
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

5 page Daredevil foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them"

Synopsis How Daredevil was created
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

1 page Daredevil cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Daredevil
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Bill Everett
Reprinted from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (April 1964)

23 page Daredevil story "The Origin of Daredevil"

Characters Daredevil, Battling Jack Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (April 1964)

1 page Daredevil foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Genre Superhero

1 page Daredevil cover reprint (on interior page) "Brother, Take My Hand"

Characters Daredevil
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #47 (December 1968)

20 page Daredevil story "Brother, Take My Hand"

Characters Daredevil; Karen Page
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks George Klein
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #47 (December 1968)

4 page SHIELD foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Against the Hordes of Hydra"

Synopsis How SHIELD was created
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

1 page SHIELD cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Nick Fury; a HYDRA agent
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #135 (August 1965)

12 page SHIELD story "Part 1: The Man For the Job"

Characters Nick Fury; SHIELD; Hydra; Tony Stark (Iron Man)
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #135 (August 1965)

5 page Watcher foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "He Also Serves"

Synopsis How the Watchers were created
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

13 page Watcher story "The Wonder of the Watcher"

Characters Uatu the Watcher; Watchers
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Syd Shores
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Silver Surfer, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (August 1968)

5 page Silver Surfer foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "To Span the Space Ways"

Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset

1 page Silver Surfer cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Silver Surfer
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Joe Sinnott
Reprinted from Silver Surfer, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (August 1968)

36 page Silver Surfer story "The Origin of the Silver Surfer"

Characters Silver Surfer; Galactus; Shalla Bal; Hulk; Doctor Doom; Fantastic Four; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Joe Sinnott
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Silver Surfer, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (August 1968)

1 page Son of Origins of Marvel Comics foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Epilogue"

Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Letters typeset