Note: We started out by titling these episodes with the cover date (the date that's printed on the cover), but we switched to their newsstand dates (the dates they went on sale) around episode #50. The newsstand date for this episode is June/July 1964.

Reading List: Tales to Astonish #59, Avengers #8, Fantastic Four #30, Journey Into Mystery #108, Tales of Suspense #57, Amazing Spider-Man #16, Sgt. Fury #10, Fantastic Four Annual #2, X-Men #7, Strange Tales #124, ©1964 Marvel Comics.

Check out Heavy Metal #296 for “The Vandal,” by Joe Keatinge (words), Nick Walker (art), and Ferran Delgado (letters).

"Marvel by the Month" theme by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne.

Outro music: "Run Rudolph Run," written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie, published by St. Nicholas Music (ASCAP), and performed by Lemmy Kilmister, Billy F. Gibbons, and Dave Grohl on We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year.

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