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Issue: Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #5
Publication Date: September 1968
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/11/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 8 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagCaptain Mar-Vell Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2022
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The Mark of the Metazoid!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; the Metazoid
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #29 published May 1972
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]Italy
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
as The Mark Of The Metazoid! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Captain Marvel #1 published January 2008
as The Mark of the Metazoid! [Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #5] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHIP Classics #19155 published ?
as In de greep van de Metazoide [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Hypnotic whirling coin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
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The Mark of the Metazoid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell; Dr. Walter Lawson]; Carol Danvers; Chester (taxi driver); Colonel Yon-Rogg; Kree; Medic Una; the Metazoid (monster); Ronan; Namor the Sub-Mariner (in video)
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In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #28 published April 1972
as L'impronta del Metazoide [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-5
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #29 published May 1972
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 6-20
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel #1 [Regular Edition] published September 2005
as The Mark Of The Metazoid! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Captain Marvel #1 published January 2008
as The Mark of the Metazoid [Marvel's Space-Born Superhero! Captain Marvel #5] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 20
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Pete Duncan - "Dropout"

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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob; Helen; Pete Duncan
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comics ad for the International Correspondence Schools I.C.S..
Between story pages 3 and 4.
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Intelsat III Satellite

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the Intelsat III communications satellite - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Get big prizes or cash
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad with order coupon for Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
Between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 9 and 10.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Fellows! Here’s a swell way to make lots of money and win prizes too!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Grit newspaper sales from Grit Publishing Co. Appears between pages 15 and 16 of story sequence on top half of page.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military, war
First Line: 204 pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set only $1.98
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for toy soldier set from Revolutionary War Soldiers, Dept. RW-5P, Carle Place, Long Island, New York.
Between story pages 15 and 16 on lower half of page.
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Shop by Mail; Stamps

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas (photograph)
First Line: Check the kind of body you want
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books.
Between story pages 18 and 19.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: More hysterical hoopla and hangups from your howlin’ house of ideas!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes:Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Now you can be taller instantly!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for height increasing shoes from The Liftee Company located on top half of page.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: I’ll make you a master of karate
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
On lower half of page.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jeff Pierce, Shirley Gorman, Peter Sanderson, Jr., John Jeffers, Mikey Kellogg, Corbett Besco, and Gary Brown; includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”
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Two More Triumphs For Marvel!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Sgt. Fury Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 and Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #16
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys, girls, men, women
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards to earn money.

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