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Issue: Amazing Adventures #1
Publication Date: August 1970
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Issues: #1 of 39 Issues (75 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/12/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 22 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Page 14. Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added.
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Beware… the Inhumans! / The Sting of the Black Widow!

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Genres: superhero
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Inhumans #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2009
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Premiere Classic #28 [Direct] published January 2009
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Amazing Adventures #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The End of the Skinny Body

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Disclose Notes: Ad for 'Crash Weight Formula' weight-gaining program.
Inside front cover.
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The Inhumans!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Ruling the Inhumans is the family led by the silent Black Bolt!
Synopsis: Two missiles are shot at the Inhumans. The second one is destroyed just before it hits and the wreckage points to the Fantastic Four as the ones firing it.
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In Issue: FlagSpindelmannen #8/1975 published January 1975
In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #1 published October 2004
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Inhumans #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2009
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #50 published February 1973
as Gli Inumani [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Inhumans #9 [Regular Edition] published February 1977
as The Inhumans! [Story on Interior Page(s)]first 10 pages, original title: Beware... the Inhumans!; reprint title: The Inhumans!
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Beware... the Inhumans! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story is continued in part from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #101.
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Blemishes Fade As Skin Clears

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Between pages 3-4 of first story.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Fantastic Four #100
Synopsis: Marvel checklist for comics now on sale! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #100, Spider-Man #86, Silver Surfer #17, Avengers #77, Thor #177, Captain America #127, Daredevil #65, Hulk #129, Captain Marvel #21, Iron Man #27, Sub-Mariner #27, Sgt. Fury #79, Tower of Shadows #6, Marvel Super-Heroes #27, Marvel Tales #27, Chamber of Darkness #5, Marvel's Greatest Comics #27.
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Marvelmania International

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Feature(s): Marvelmania
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Marvelmania membership kit using a small version of the Poster and Decals that came with the membership.
Between pages 6-7 of first story.
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Yes…Now YOU Manage All Major League Teams!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for info on baseball game. Sender receives details, free player card, all-time oddities and 1970 proposed team rosters.
Between pages 6-7 of first story.
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Monster S-I-Z-E Monsters

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Character(s): Frankenstein monster
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Disclose Notes: Ad for 7-foot tall glow-in-the-dark monster posters from Honor House Products.
Between pages 6-7 of first story.
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Boys Here's a Swell Way to Make $1 to $6 Weekly

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Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people to sell Grit newspapers.
Between pages 9-10 of first story, on top half of page.
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given to You!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for free "Drafting Career Kit".
Between pages 9-10 of first story, on lower half of page.
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Then Came... the Black Widow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Maria (introduction); Rizzo (introduction); Sal
First Line: I've never been so bored! If only...
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Selects: Spider-Man #6 published June 2000-1 page
In Issue: FlagBlack Widow: The Sting of the Widow #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2009
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #64 published September 1973
as Poi arrivò... la Vedova Nera [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #65 published October 1973
as Poi arrivò... la Vedova Nera [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Avengers #4 published June 1975
as Then Came... the Black Widow [Story on Interior Page(s)]-1 page
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Then Came... the Black Widow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Job Number: 225 Z
Disclose Notes: Last Black Widow appearance in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #86. Panels 2-4 and 6 of page 2 and the first 2 panels of page 3 are not reprinted in the Giant-Size Avengers (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 reprint.
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History of the Comics

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Disclose Notes: Ad for Jim Steranko's "History of the Comics".
Between pages 2-3 of second story.
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We'll Pay You $10,000.00 for This Lincoln Penny

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Disclose Notes: Ad for U.S. coin catalog.
Between pages 2-3 of second story.
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Shop By Mail Stamps

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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Miscellaneous ads from various dealers.
One page between pages 4-5 of second story, two pages between pages 7-8 of second story.
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Polaris Nuclear Sub

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Disclose Notes: Ad for 2-seat 7-foot long submarine for $6.98 from Honor House Products.
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I'll Make you a Master of Karate

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Disclose Notes: Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel ..!

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement reproducing covers for Thor #178 and Captain America #128.
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Twice the Excitement in Only Half the Space!

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Synopsis: Items: Hype for new Astonish Tales and Amazing Adventures mags; Hype for Ka-Zar Giant Size; Stan Lee contacted to write screenplay; John Buscema & Jack Kirby drawing assignments; Don't send cash for subscriptions. Stan's Soapbox: No space to tell anything.
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Kazar and Dr. Doom! Terrific Together…

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (August 1970).
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Do You Have Art Talent Worth Developing?

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Disclose Notes: Send for free art test from Famous Artists School.
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

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Disclose Notes: Ad for 411 piece fishing outfit for $12.95.
Inside back cover.
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Now You Can Finish High School at Home

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Disclose Notes: Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.
Back cover.

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