Marvel Collectors' Item Classics 1965 #9 - 4.5 - $7.99

The Puppet Master is declared healed and plans his revenge againt the Fantastic Four. This time, he'll use the Sub-Mariner.

Khrushchev sends the Crimson Dynamo in the United States to "wreck Stark's project and get rid of Iron Man". Iron Man defeats the Crimson Dynamo and convinces him to defect.

Doctor Strange must rescue two thieves who unwittingly steal a magic gem from him and are trapped in a mystical dimension as a result.

The Watcher comes from a super-advanced race that decides to share its technology with others. When their first attempt ends in tragedy they vow never to interfere with the affairs of less advanced species.

The Toad men capture Bruce Banner and bring him to their spaceship.

Bruce Banner is found in a Toad Men crashed spaceship while their fleet arrives on Earth.

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

• - Contains cover reproductions, with some modifications, from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 Series) #14 and Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 Series) #46. Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 Series) #119 and The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 Series) #2 used as a background for an image from the Doctor Strange story, page 2, panel 5 and Hulk story, page 3, panel 7.
• - Inside front cover features scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by John Verpoorten. Credits include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Stan Goldberg, Gary Freidrich, Morrie Kuramoto and Flo Steinberg.
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