Issue | #1 |
Published | 1975 |
Frequency | quarterly |
Cover Price | 1.50 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | Roy Thomas |
Notes | This is the first joint publication between DC and Marvel. Full indicia: "MGM'S Marvelous Wizard of Oz is published jointly by Marvel Comics Group and National Periodical Publications, Inc. and with the permission of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Office of Publication: 575 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10022. Published quarterly. Copyright ©1975 by Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation and National Periodical Publications, Inc. Stan Lee Publisher. Based on material Copyright ©1939 Loew's Inc. Renewed ©1966 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. All rights reserved. Vol. 1, Number 1, 1975. Price $1.50 per copy in the U.S. and Canada. Subscription rate $6.50 for 4 issues. Canada $7.50. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A. All business inquiries should be addressed to Tom Montemarano, Director of Circulation, 9th floor. Sol Brodsky, V.P. Administration. Roy Thomas, Editor; John Verpoorten, Production Manager; John Romita, Art Director." |
Characters | The Tin Woodsman; Dorothy Gale; The Cowardly Lion; The Scarecrow; Toto |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | John Romita (signed) |
Inks | John Romita (signed) |
Reprinted | in Crossover Classics: The Marvel / DC Collection (Marvel, 1991 series) #[1] |
Characters | Dorothy Gale [as portrayed by Judy Garland]; The Scarecrow [as portrayed by Ray Bolger]; The Tin Woodsman [as portrayed by Jack Haley]; The Cowardly Lion [as portrayed by Bert Lahr] |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | A photo from the movie ("Why, you're nothing but a great big coward!"), and the credits for the movie. Located on the inside front cover. |
Characters | Dorothy Gale; The Wicked Witch of the West; Toto |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | John Romita |
Inks | John Romita |
Colors | Glynis Wein |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Comic book credits and a dedication to Judy Garland. |
Characters | The Tin Woodsman; The Cowardly Lion; Dorothy Gale; The Scarecrow; Toto; Uncle Henry [Henry Gale]; Antie Em [Emily Gale]; Hunk; Hickory; Zeke; Miss Gulch [Elvira Gulch]; Professor Marvel; The Wicked Witch of the West (death); Glinda, the Witch of the North; The Munchkins; The Wicked Witch of the East (death); The Wizard; Flying Monkeys; The Winkies; Mrs. Appleby (cameo); Farmer Johnson (cameo); Mr. Lumkin (cameo) |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Roy Thomas (adaptation); Noll Langley (screenplay); Florence Ryerson (screenplay); Edgar Allan Wolfe (screenplay) |
Pencils | John Buscema |
Inks | Tony DeZuniga; The Tribe |
Colors | Glynis Wein |
Letters | Gaspar Saladino [as Lisa Petergreg] |
Notes | Adapting the 1939 film based on the book by L. Frank Baum. Gaspar Saladino is credited on the credits page; Lisa Petergreg on the story itself. He frequently used an alias of "LP Gregory" at Marvel during this time. |
Characters | L. Frank Baum |
Script | Roy Thomas |
Pencils | John Romita |
Inks | John Romita |
Colors | Glynis Wein |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Biography of L. Frank Baum. |
Characters | Judy Garland; Frank Morgan; Ray Bolger; Jack Haley; Margaret Hamilton; Bert Lahr |
Script | Don Glut |
Pencils | Marie Severin |
Inks | Marie Severin |
Colors | Glynis Wein |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Biographies of the movie's stars. |
Pencils | Ed Hannigan [as EJH] |
Inks | Ed Hannigan [as EJH] |
Colors | Glynis Wein |
Letters | Ed Hannigan |
Notes | A house ad for the "second issue of the Marvel Treasury of Oz!"; "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "On sale November 11th". This turned out to be Marvel Treasury of Oz (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975). |
Characters | The Wicked Witch of the West [as portrayed by Margaret Hamilton]; Dorothy Gale [as portrayed by Judy Garland]; The Scarecrow [as portrayed by Ray Bolger]; The Tin Woodsman [as portrayed by Jack Haley]; The Cowardly Lion [as portrayed by Bert Lahr]; The Wizard [as portrayed by Frank Morgan] |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Two photo scenes from the movie: "I'll get you my pretty-- and your little dog, too!" with the Witch threatening Dorothy, and a "hazardous and technically unexplainable journey into the upper stratosphere" with the Wizard about to leave in the balloon. Located on the inside back cover. |
Characters | Dorothy Gale; The Scarecrow; The Tin Woodsman; The Cowardly Lion; Toto |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | John Romita (signed) |
Inks | John Romita (signed) |