Daredevil 1964 #46 - reader copy - $12.00

DD has to break out of jail to clear his name of a trumped-up murder charge. Once old hornhead figures out the Jester set the whole thing up, he dresses as the Jester and appears on TV with Johnny Carson to draw out the crime clown. The Jester and DD battle as the plot concludes on live TV.

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• The Final Jest! - The Tonight Show is not mentioned. There's one panel with Johnny Carson, who is called Johnny.
• It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows! - 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.
• World's Fastest Train - 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.
• A Plethora of Pronouncements Up for Grabs - Stan's Soapbox features an essay against bigotry. The Society for Comic Art Research and Preservation had their International Convention of Comic Art at the New York Statler-Hilton Hotel and Marvel came away with a large number of awards. Also the Mighty Marvel Checklist and a small spot illustration of Daredevil, taken from published art.
• - Letters of comment from Alan Groginsky (Bronx, N.Y.), Michael Leighton (Milburn, N.J.), Walt Jaschek (Jennings, Mo.), Jeff Schultz (Racine, Wis.), Alan Caudle (Corinth, Miss.), Larry Field (East Detroit, Mich.), Jimmy Babkes (Brooklyn, N.Y.), and Devon Bush (Staten Island, N.Y.). No editorial responses to letters. Two spot illustrations with art from previous issues; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
• Now in Full Color! - Promo for The Spectacular Spider-Man #2, with a line-drawing of the published painted cover depicted. (Some minor changes from the published version.)