{"product_id":"the-silver-surfer-1968-4-1795763","title":"The Silver Surfer 1968 #4 - 4.5 - $440.00","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoki 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAd for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlien 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Sal Buscema inks per Nick Caputo. Info confirmed in Michael Maillot's John Buscema checklist. Previous indexer credited John Buscema with inks.\r\n\r\nMarie Severin coloring confirmed via Hakes Auctions: https:\/\/www.hakes.com\/Auction\/ItemDetail\/89587\/THE-SILVER-SURFER-ORIGINAL-MARIE-SEVERIN-COLOR-GUIDE-PAIR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Inside front cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - This \"magic art reproducer\", from Norton Products, will enable you to draw anything from real life, even if you can't draw a straight line, and it costs only $1.98!\r\nBetween pages 9 and 10 of ?Silver Surfer? story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company. Between pages 13 and 14 of ?Silver Surfer? story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Offer for 15 volume set of books containing photographs of silent movie stars from Cadillac Publishing Co.\r\nBetween pages 15 and 16 of ?Silver Surfer? story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Between pages 19 and 20 of ?Silver Surfer? story. Offer of free illustrated booklet from the U.S. School of Music.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Between pages 28 and 29 of ?Silver Surfer? story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80,000 Candlepower - Advertisement for a torch to use while skin diving from Freeman Electric Co. Located between pages 34 and 35 of ?Silver Surfer? story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShop 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 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).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.\r\nBetween pages 3 and 4 of previous story sequence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShop 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMissile Firing Tank - Sold by Honor House Products.\r\nLocated between pages 7 and 8 of previous story sequence on top half of page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Ad soliciting salespeople for newspaper.\r\nBetween pages 7 and 8 of previous story sequence on lower half of page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - House ad for Not Brand Echh! #12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - 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.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShop by Mail; Stamps - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Inside back cover. Ad for a weight gain supplement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Back cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46306167160982,"sku":"CSAS1872I22540B1795763","price":440.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/5854\/5795\/files\/22540_4591cefe-c3dc-41fa-8d15-3c85a8ac35cf.jpg?v=1783899428","url":"https:\/\/shop.thecomicsplace.com\/products\/the-silver-surfer-1968-4-1795763","provider":"Comics Place","version":"1.0","type":"link"}