Marvel Collectors' Item Classics 1965 #1 - reader copy - $7.00

The real FF is inprisoned by the government for their criminal acts. They escape and decide to flush out the imitating Skrulls.

The FF infiltrate the Skrull mothership and pose as the Skrull spies. Mr. Fantastic uses clippings from Strange Tales and Journey Into Mystery to trick the Skrulls into thinking that the Earth forces are too strong to attack.

The four Skrull spies are captured, forced to take on the form of cows and then hypnotized to forget all of their former lives.

Ant-Man is hunted by a Soviet agent sent to capture him, but a beautiful stranger warns him of the spy's whereabouts. Ant-Man realizes that the woman is really the spy and defeats her.

Story about how Odin and his brothers protected the Earth while waiting for the coming of man.

On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Publication date based on article within regular feature "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins!" as printed in The Avengers #23 (December 1965).

• - Contains cover reproductions, with some modifications, from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 Series) #2, The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 Series) #3, and Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 Series) #36. Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 Series) #97 used as a background for an image from the Tales of Asgard story, page 5, panel 2.
• A Message From Your Bullpen! - Inside from cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by Marie Severin. Credits include Stan Lee, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin Stan Goldberg and Flo Steinberg.
• Spider-Man versus Doctor Octopus - pg. 8 - Doc Ock calls Spider-Man "Super-Man"