new all marvel fanzine due soon need scans 1966 marvel mini books

[MARVEL MANIAC-migration]

hello-i'm producing my own all-marvel 60's-80's fanzine soon (a 40 page paper magazine). one feature involves the 1966 marvel mini books. i have scans of all 6 front covers but can anyone sell or send me scans of any or all of the inside pages sent thru an email? i understand these books are easily damaged so i'm asking only for scans from beat-up copies. i can give you credit and send you comp copies of the first issue for your time. thanx!

[ashrael]

Can you post scans of the mini books? I may have some, but I am not sure if they are what you are talking about. Thanks.

[MARVEL MANIAC-migration]

here is a pic of one of the 6 different.

[MARVEL MANIAC-migration]

they are less than an inch tall.

[MARVEL MANIAC-migration]

i don't really know how to post a pic but you can see one of the books if you click on the attachment.

[Timulty]

[ashrael]

Thanks for the photo. No, that is not what I was thinking of.

[aardvark88]

Will your fanzine be a bi-monthly b/w magazine-sized? Do u have a large collection of RBCC, etc, or Comic Readers to draw inspiration from?

[MARVEL MANIAC-migration]

hello and thanx for the question. my inspiration comes from 25 years of collecting the worlds greatest comics. i do have hundreds of comic fanzines but find that none seem to cover what i really love which is the marvel age of comics ( 60's, 70's and early 80's). it will hopefully be bi-monthly (eventually) 40 b/w pages with full color covers. i have been producing my own cereal/toys/pop culture 60's-80's magazine called "planet-Q! for the last couple of years and i want to produce this new comic fanzine as it is also one of my top three passions. i really hope to track down the marvel mini-books as very few have ever seen the inside pages of these mighty miniature marvels. thanx for the care! -robb

[ComicBookGuy]

I look forward to seeing your fanzine.

As far as scanning the insides of these books, I don't think it can be done without destroying the comic. Finding one in poor or fair condition would be the key.

 

 

There are a total of 36 of these books: Six of each color for each of the six titles. While I have one of each of the six, I don't have the six different colors for each title. (That I will leave for the truly obsessive collector.)

 

These were given away as MMMS fan club items and sold in gumball machines to the best of my knowledge. (Way before my time...) In one of the bullpen bulletins I remember Stan saying they were printing over 10 million of these. There should be a lot of them around somewhere.

 

Interesting note is that the Spider-man one contains the first Marvel / DC crossover I'm aware of with an appearance by Superman...

[MARVEL MANIAC-migration]

thanx for another reply. i do hope to find someone with some beat-up copies. few collectors have ever seen the insides as most who have them won't open them for fear of damage. i hope to bring to fandom as much info on these as possible. the overstreet guide STILL only lists them as give-aways and not available elsewhere. i was able to grab a good scan of the vending machine card as well. and thanx for posting that pic timulty! -robb