Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Surtur - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [December] 1965
Key date: 1965-12-00
On-sale date: 1965-10-05
Indicia publisher: Animated Timely Features Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Surtur - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ymir - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tiwaz - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Vili Borson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ve Borson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bestla - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Doctor Octopus, Ve Borson, Vili Borson.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: George Klein, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, George Roussos; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek	Ant-Man, Comrade X, Doctor Octopus, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Otto Octavius, Odin, Peter Parker, Hank Pym, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Spider-Man
1	A Message From Your Bullpen!	table of contents	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Sol Brodsky, Dick Ayers, George Roussos, Steve Ditko
2	The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space! [Part 1]	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John Duffy; editing: Stan Lee	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
3	[The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!] Part 2: Prisoner of the Skrulls	comic story	8	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John Duffy; editing: Stan Lee	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
4	[The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!, Part 3] The Fantastic Four Fight Back!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John Duffy; editing: Stan Lee	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
5	[The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!, Part 4] The Fantastic Four... Captured!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John Duffy; editing: Stan Lee	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
6	The Challenge of Comrade X!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Terry Szenics; editing: Stan Lee	Ant-Man, Comrade X, Hank Pym, Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky
7	Tales of... ...Asgard! Home of the Mighty Norse Gods	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: G. Bell; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Bor First, Tiwaz First, Odin, Surtur First, Ymir First, Bestla First, Ve Borson First, Vili Borson First
8	Spider-Man versus Doctor Octopus	comic story	21	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John Duffy; editing: Stan Lee	Liz Allan, Doctor Octopus Origin, Human Torch, J. Jonah Jameson, Otto Octavius, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm, Flash Thompson

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q65937880 (Bor), first-appearance property (CC0)

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