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Marvel Collectors' Item Classics#7
Cover: Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko & Dick Ayers & Don Heck

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7

Feb 1967 · Marvel · 0.25 USD
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In "The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!", the Red Ghost unleashes his bizarre, otherworldly apes in a bizarre bid for dominance, forcing the heroic Jo to confront a threat unlike any he’s faced before. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko—whose inks and coloring by Stan Goldberg lend the tale its distinctive, haunting look—this 1967 classic captures the peak of early Marvel weirdness. The cover, a dynamic collaboration by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, and Don Heck, perfectly captures the story’s wild, unpredictable energy.

Contains 7 stories
The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!
5 pp · Superhero
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]]Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff] (introduction, origin)Super-Apes (introduction, origin)

In a 1967 tale from Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7, Reed gears up for a mission to the Blue Area of the Moon, while Ivan Kragoff secretly trains three apes to pilot a spaceship—his bold plan to seize the Moon for the communist empire.

[The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 2: Menace on the Moon!
6 pp · Superhero
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]]Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]Super-ApesWatcher [Uatu] (introduction)

In the silent vastness of space, the Fantastic Four intercept a distress signal from Ivan Kragoff—and discover his bizarre super-apes have gained terrifying new abilities. Now stranded on the moon, the team must face the Red Ghost’s latest scheme before his alien-powered apes turn the lunar surface into a battlefield.

[The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 3: The Watcher Appears!
3 pp · Superhero
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]]Watcher [Uatu]Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]Super-Apes

In this pivotal third chapter of "The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!", the mysterious Watcher descends to intervene, revealing the origins of his presence and the solemn oath that binds him to neutrality in the clash between the Fantastic Four and the Red Ghost.

[The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!] Part 4: Duel in the Dead City!
8 pp · Superhero
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]]Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]Super-ApesWatcher [Uatu]
The Mad Pharaoh!
13 pp · Superhero
Iron Man [Tony Stark]Mad Pharaoh [Hatap] (introduction)Cleopatra VIIPaul (archeologist)

In "The Mad Pharaoh!" from Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7 (1967), the ancient Hatap awakens after two millennia and drags Tony Stark into the past to reignite his war against Cleopatra—only for Stark, as Iron Man, to stand beside her in a clash of empires and technology.

The Many Traps of Baron Mordo!
8 pp · Superhero
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo]Ancient One [Yao]

In "The Many Traps of Baron Mordo!" from Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7 (1967), the cunning sorcerer Mordo traps Doctor Strange in a dimensional labyrinth, forcing the Sorcerer Supreme to flee through the Earth’s core to escape. As Mordo schemes to ambush the Ancient One, Strange’s desperate journey and timely warning set the stage for a battle of wits and magic.

The Hordes of General Fang!
13 pp · Superhero
Hulk [Bruce Banner]Rick JonesThunderbolt RossGeneral Fang (introduction)

In "The Hordes of General Fang!" from Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7 (1967), the Hulk faces off against the ambitious General Fang, a would-be conqueror seeking to seize control of the Asian province of Llhasa—though he may not have counted on the green giant’s strength, or the eerie power of a disguise as the Abominable Snowman.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VG) $7
CGC 9.8 · 3 in census $822*
CGC 9.6 · 12 in census $256
CGC 9.4 · 8 in census $143
CGC 9.2 · 4 in census $76*
CGC 9.0 · 6 in census $52*
CGC 8.5 · 4 in census $35*
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $27*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 4 in census $20*
CGC 6.0 · 3 in census $20*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 5.0 · 3 in census $20*
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $20*
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Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist, inker Steve Ditko
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer S. Rosen
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko
cover inks Dick Ayers
cover inks Don Heck

Reprints

↩ Reprints The Incredible Hulk #5 (1963), Fantastic Four #13 (1963), Tales of Suspense #44 (1963), Strange Tales #117 (1964)

Reprinted in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 (2008), The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus #1 (2008), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 (2009), Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #1 (2010), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 [Third Edition] (2015), Doctor Strange Omnibus #1 (2016), Biblioteca Marvel #2 (2022), Biblioteca Marvel #6 (2023), Marvel Origins #38 (2025)

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