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Issue: The Silver Surfer #3
Publication Date: December 1968
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Issues: #3 of 18 Issues (27 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Official Magazine Corp.
On Sale Date: 09/17/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (2 stories, 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: squarebound (#1-7); saddle-stitched (#8-18)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Power and the Prize!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, supernatural
Character(s): The Silver Surfer; Mephisto; Shalla Bal; demons
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Silver Surfer #1 [unnamed variant] published February 1998
In Issue: FlagSilver Surfer Omnibus #1 [Regular Cover] published January 2007
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema #[nn] published April 2010
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #5 published July 1970
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains #[nn] published January 1976
as Part 7: Mephisto [Story on Interior Page(s)]with alterations
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #3 [Direct] published February 1980
as The Power and the Prize! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #15 published September 1990
as The Silver Surfer #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSilver Surfer #25 published October 1991
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Klassik #2 published January 1998
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSensational Spider-Man #41 [Direct Edition] published December 2007
as [Cover - Silver Surfer #3] The Power and the Prize! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Silver Surfer; Mephisto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover utilizing images from interior stories.
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The Power and the Prize!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, supernatural
Character(s): The Silver Surfer; Shalla Bal; Mephisto (first appearance); demons
First Line: It's the Surfer! He's back!!
Synopsis: Mephisto captures Shalla Bal and tries to tempt the Surfer into joining him by using his one true love as bait.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Silver Surfer #1 [unnamed variant] published February 1998
In Issue: FlagSilver Surfer Omnibus #1 [Regular Cover] published January 2007
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema #[nn] published April 2010
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #4 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Part 1
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #6 published July 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Part 3
In Content Item: FlagL'Incredibile Devil #5 published July 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Part 2
In Content Item: FlagBring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains #[nn] published January 1976
as The Power and the Prize! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #3 [Direct] published February 1980
as The Power and the Prize! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #15 published September 1990
as The Power and the Prize! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Klassik #2 published January 1998
as The Power and the Prize! / Der Preis der Macht! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSensational Spider-Man #41 [Direct Edition] published December 2007
as The Power and the Prize [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 8-20
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 40
Disclose Notes: Part Two (20 pp.) entitled "Duel in the Depths." In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Body builders; pretty girls
First Line: Look what's happening to the handsome muscular men on Muscle Beach, California!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ads, with order coupon, for isometric device.
Between pages 9 and 10 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider; Chuck Sipes
First Line: This candy bar can help you gain lots... of weight!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for Crash-Weight bars from Joe Weider.
Between pages 13 and 14 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): United Schools of America
First Line: High school diploma through home study
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for United Schools of America.
Between pages 15 and 16 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mail Order Mart
Character(s): Working man
First Line: Work clothes 'bargain'
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for work clothes from Mail Order Mart.
On top half of page between pages 19 and 20 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Royal Advertising Corp.
First Line: Electronic computer brain
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for Digi Comp I digital computer from Royal Advertising Corp. on lower half of page, between pages 19 and 20 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): H. H. Ward & Co., Inc. formula
First Line: Must I lose my hair?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for H. H. Ward & Co., Inc. hair restorer between pages 28 and 29 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Look, fellows!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad solicits boys to sell Grit magazine. Located between pages 34 and 35 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Comic books for sale
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Small ads, between pages 36 and 37 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society membership kit
Character(s): Spider-Man; Thor; The Thing; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Hulk
First Line: It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 38 and 39 of ‘Silver Surfer’ story.

Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022.
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Why Won't They Believe Me?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Uatu the Watcher (narrator); Professor Crater; Zankor
First Line: I am the Watcher! I see all... I know all!
Synopsis: A man finds a crashed spaceship and reads the log which shows that the alien was to take the form of an earthling when he lands. The man goes to the Space Agency to warn them but the person he talks to (Professor Crater) pulls a gun on him. The man assumes that Professor Crater must be the alien but then finds out that the log is written in another language so he must be the alien and he has helped himself to be caught.
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In Content Item: FlagAstonishing Tales #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1975
as Why Won't They Believe Me? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: A retelling of "Why Won't They Believe Me?" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #7 (December 1961).
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Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Superb, original oil painting reproduction – yours free when you purchase these 4 magnificent thoroughbreds
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses, between pages 2 and 3 of previous story sequence.
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Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Free! The secrets of muscle power!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Small ads, between pages 4 and 5 of previous story sequence.
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World's Fastest Train

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal, featuring the "New Tokaido" train in Japan, which makes a 320.2 mile trip averaging 101 miles per hour. Located between pages 6 and 7 of previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Silver Surfer
First Line: Dear Stan and Co., What can I say, except that Marvel ought to be mighty proud of Silver Surfer #1!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: letters section includes image from an earlier issue and letters from Anthony Kowalik, Michael Toman, Don Sampson, Bruce Coville, Marshall Carpenter, Jr., Evan Katten, Jeff Rosenthal and future comics writer Tony Isabella.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hobby Coin Co. Surprise Coin Packet
Character(s): Boy; girl
First Line: Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co., located on top half of page.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Have your poems set to music
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Seventeen small ads on lower half of page.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Good news for you who want to make extra money easily!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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