The Silver Surfer 1968 #4 - CGC 4.5 - $575.00

WOW! What a gorgeous cover! First battle of Silver Surfer vs Thor. Second Mephisto.

Loki tries to deceive the Surfer into helping him take down his brother, Thor, god of thunder. After a short battle with Thor, the Silver Surfer suspects that everything is not quite what it seems, but before he has a chance to talk to Thor, Loki teleports the Surfer back to Earth.

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Offer for 15 volume set of books containing photographs of silent movie stars from Cadillac Publishing Co.

Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.

Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet.

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On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - Sal Buscema inks per Nick Caputo. Info confirmed in Michael Maillot's John Buscema checklist. Previous indexer credited John Buscema with inks. Marie Severin coloring confirmed via Hakes Auctions: https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/89587/THE-SILVER-SURFER-ORIGINAL-MARIE-SEVERIN-COLOR-GUIDE-PAIR
• - Inside front cover.
• The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny! - In the letters page of Sub-Mariner #19 Roy Thomas notes that Bill Everett was colorist for "recent issues" of the Silver Surfer.
• - Between pages 9 and 10 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company. Between pages 13 and 14 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Between pages 15 and 16 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - Between pages 19 and 20 of ?Silver Surfer? story. Offer of free illustrated booklet from the U.S. School of Music.
• - Between pages 28 and 29 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• 80,000 Candlepower - Advertisement for a torch to use while skin diving from Freeman Electric Co. Located between pages 34 and 35 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• Shop by Mail - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics, between pages 36 and 37 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• - 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. Located between pages 38 and 39 of ?Silver Surfer? story.
• The Terror of Tim Boo Ba - A retelling of "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy #9 (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962).
• - Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story sequence.
• Shop by Mail - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics, between pages 5 and 6 of previous story sequence.
• Missile Firing Tank - Located between pages 7 and 8 of previous story sequence on top half of page.
• - Ad soliciting salespeople for newspaper. Between pages 7 and 8 of previous story sequence on lower half of page.
• - House ad for Not Brand Echh! #12
• - Letters of comment from Tom Brown; D. D. Toman; Gary Anderson; Doug Fratz; Brian Carlson; Dennis Lien; Evan Katten. Also includes "Know ye these, the hallowed ranks of Marveldom."
• Shop by Mail; Stamps - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.
• - Inside back cover. Ad for a weight gain supplement.
• - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.