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Where Did the Series "A" & "B" Stamp Artwork Originally Appear?
Marvel, particularly during the Bronze Age, was great at recycling artwork. For example, you can often find the same (or touched up) images in house ads, stickers, decals, slurpee cups, and trading cards. Marvel Value Stamps were no exception.
The table below provides a list of issues which feature artwork we believe was used to produce the Series A and Series B Stamps. Many of those identified feature art by Jack Kirby, John Buscema, and John Romita, Sr. Let us know if you find covers or interior artwork we've missed!
According to the April 1974 Bullpen Bulletins page, John Romita, Sr., Marie Severin, and Tony Mortellaro were the parties responsible for "digging up" the artwork on the Series A Stamps. Clearly, they were on the lookout for artwork where the character was drawn large enough to still look good when it was reduced to stamp size. As you'll see, quite a number of the Stamps were lifted directly from covers that were presumably sitting around the office, while other stamps came from interior pages. Many were apparently re-colored and/or touched up to make them fit better into the stamp format. We try to note points of interest about the stamps or the covers in the Comments section below each cover.
Stamp Artwork Issues List
Issue/Cover Stamp (Adventure into) Fear #12, p. 19 #22 -- Man-Thing Amazing Adventures #20, p. 11 #35 -- Killraven Amazing Spider-Man #13 #46 -- Mysterio Amazing Spider-Man #42, last page #82 -- Mary Jane Watson Amazing Spider-Man #44 #72 -- The Lizard Amazing Spider-Man #51 #73 -- Kingpin Amazing Spider-Man #61, p.13 #87 -- J. Jonah Jameson Amazing Spider-Man #92 #65 -- Iceman Amazing Spider-Man #98 #47 -- The Green Goblin Amazing Spider-Man #107 SERIES B Spider-Man Puzzle (partial) Amazing Spider-Man #114 #89 -- Hammerhead Amazing Spider-Man #128, p. 31 #57 -- The Vulture Amazing Spider-Man #131 SERIES B Spider-Man Puzzle (partial) Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 #48 -- Kraven (pin-up) Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 #94 -- Electro (pin-up) Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 #96 -- Dr. Octopus (pin-up) Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 #99 -- Sandman (pin-up) Astonishing Tales #25 #11 -- Deathlok Avengers #7 #43 -- The Enchantress Avengers #23, story page 19 #79 -- Kang Avengers #45 #28 -- Hawkeye Avengers #57 #71 -- The Vision Avengers #58 #8 -- Captain America
#15 -- Iron ManAvengers #65 #77 -- The Swordsman Avengers #75 #52 -- Quicksilver Avengers #102 #53 -- The Grim Reaper Avengers #114 #45 -- Mantis Captain America #112 SERIES B Captain America Puzzle Captain America #170, p.31 #24 -- The Falcon Captain Marvel #29 #9 -- Captain Marvel Conan the Barbarian #24 #38 -- Red Sonja Conan the Barbarian #32, p.1 #3 -- Conan the Barbarian Conan King-Size Annual #1 SERIES B Conan Puzzle Daredevil #13 #12 -- Daredevil Daredevil #18, p.10 #41 -- The Gladiator Daredevil #99 #27 -- The Black Widow Daredevil King-Size Special #1, pin-up #78 -- The Owl Doctor Strange #1 (1974) SERIES B Doctor Strange Puzzle Fantastic Four #8 #98 -- The Puppet Master (pin-up) Fantastic Four #13 #61 -- The Red Ghost (pin-up) Fantastic Four #44 #83 -- Dragon Man Fantastic Four #49 #100 -- Galactus Fantastic Four #56 #33 -- Sue Richards, Invisible Girl Fantastic Four #59 #17 -- Black Bolt
#34 -- Mr. FantasticFantastic Four #72, p.6 SERIES B Silver Surfer Puzzle Fantastic Four #113 #37 -- The Watcher Fantastic Four #116 #4 -- Thing Fantastic Four #126, p. 21 SERIES B Fantastic Four Puzzle Fantastic Four #128, color insert "#5" Promo stamp -- The Hulk Fantastic Four #134, p. 1 #25 -- The Torch Fantastic Four #142, p.32 #84 -- Dr. Doom Fantastic Four #144, p.3 #55 -- Medusa Ghost Rider #3, p.11 #80 -- The Ghost Rider Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1 #16 -- Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1, p.20 #42 -- Man-Wolf Hero for Hire #1 #10 -- Power Man Incredible Hulk #115 #88 -- The Leader Incredible Hulk #152 #2 -- Hulk Incredible Hulk #169, p.27. #31 -- MODOK Incredible Hulk #171, p.11?. #81 -- Rhino Incredible Hulk #174, p.16. #66 -- General Ross Journey into Mystery #113 #30 -- The Grey Gargoyle Journey into Mystery #121 #44 -- The Absorbing Man Jungle Action #8 #50 -- Black Panther Ka-Zar #1 #60 -- Ka-Zar Kull the Destroyer #11, p. 1 #21 -- Kull Marvel Annual 1975 (UK Hardcover) SERIES B Hulk Puzzle Marvel Premiere #13, p. 16 #29 -- Baron Mordo Marvel Spotlight #13 #68 -- Son of Satan Marvel Super-Action #2 #32 -- The Red Skull Marvel Super-Heroes #17 #97 -- Black Knight Marvel Super-Heroes #61 #58 -- The Mandarin Marvel Team-Up #17, p.17 #95 -- Mole Man Not Brand Echh #5 #101 -- Forbush Man Sgt. Fury #67 #23 -- Sgt. Fury Shanna the She-Devil #3, p.5 #54 -- Shanna the She-Devil Silver Surfer #16, p.1 #93 -- Silver Surfer Silver Surfer #17, p.2 #26 -- Mephisto Strange Tales #115 #36 -- Ancient One Strange Tales #127, p.1 #76 -- Dormammu Strange Tales #127, interior pg. #13 -- Dr. Strange Strange Tales #169, p. 1 #20 -- Brother Voodoo Strange Tales #174 - cover logo #59 -- Golem Sub-Mariner #67 #63 -- The Sub-Mariner Supernatural Thrillers #7 #14 -- The Living Mummy Tales of Asgard #1 (1968) SERIES B Thor Puzzle Tales of Suspense #65 #51 -- Bucky Barnes Tales of Suspense #99, p.8 (Cap story) #86 -- Zemo Tales to Astonish #89 #74 -- The Stranger Tales to Astonish #90 #92 -- Byrrah Tales to Astonish #96 #62 -- The Plunderer Thor #142, p.8 #70 -- Super Skrull Thor #147 #49 -- Odin Thor #156 #64 -- Sif Thor #169, p.30 #19 -- Hogun, Balder, Fandral Thor #170 (unpublished cover) #18 -- Volstagg Thor #186 #91 -- Hela, The Goddess of Death Thor #207 #40 -- Loki Thor #219, p.14 #6 -- Thor Tomb of Dracula #1 SERIES B Dracula Puzzle Tomb of Dracula #2 #5 -- Dracula Vampire Tales #1, p.6 #75 -- Morbius Werewolf by Night #12, p.30 #7 -- Werewolf Western Team-Up #1 #56 -- The Rawhide Kid X-Men #39 #67 -- Cyclops
#69 -- Marvel GirlOther Artwork Stamp Bullpen Bulletin promo art, April 1974 #39 -- Iron Fist Bullpen Bulletin promo art, June 1974 #85 -- Lilith, Dracula's Daughter Buscema Unpublished Model Sheet #90 -- Hercules Comic Book Artist Collection Vol. I #101 -- Mirthful Marie Severin Marvelmania #2, Super-Hero Portfolio #1 -- Spider-Man Spider-Man Audio Album Ad SERIES B Stan Lee Puzzle Trinity Angels #5, letters page #9 -- Trenchmouth Troublemakers #8, letters page #5 -- Crunchtime