Marvel Collectors' Item Classics 1965 #12 - 4.5 - $7.99

Back from the Micro-world, Doctor Doom attacks the Fantastic Four once more by kidnapping Alicia.

The Black Widow and Boris are sent to America to kill Anton Vanko, the Crimson Dynamo, for defecting to America. They are also tasked with killing both Iron Man and Tony Stark.

A phone call lures Strange away in his ectoplasmic form, so Baron Mordo can steal his body. Knowing that if the two are not reunited in 24 hours Strange is doomed, Mordo places a spell over the body so Strange cannot return to it. Using his amulet to retrace Mordo's steps, he finds Mordo, and his own body, in a wax museum. Tricking Mordo into fighting him in his ectoplasmic form, Strange turns the tables by trapping Mordo outside his body, and with Mordo held thus, is able to return to his own. Mordo warns Strange his unwillingness to finish him will be his undoing.

The power of the Metal Master is too much for the Hulk and he is captured by Ross. Rick forms the Teen Brigade.

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• In the Clutches of Dr. Doom! - FF cover scene is an amalgamation of images: Dr. Doom is a blow-up of a Kirby/Ayers image; FF figures are taken from Kirby/Sinnott images.
• Introducing... the Merry Marvel Menagerie - Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by John Verpoorten. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Gary Freidrich, Stan Goldberg, Flo Steinberg.
• America's Best TV Comics are Here.. Saturdays! - Advertisement for the new Saturday morning cartoons on ABC featuring the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Journey to the Center of the Earth, King Kong, George of the Jungle and the Beatles.
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