Changes: Value Stamps

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History

Beginning in March 1974, Marvel began printing a Value Stamp on the letters page of every title. The campaign culminated with the appearance of the hundredth stamp with a secret character in a secret issue, eventually revealed to be Galactus in Sub-Mariner #72. They also sold a stamp book for 50 cents, to cover postage and "manhandling," in which collectors could put their stamps. A full book entitled the owner to discounts on admission to comic-book conventions, merchandise, and other goodies. These books were also numbered, for reasons that never become clear.

None of the artwork in the vintage stamps is original. All of the artwork for them was recycled from earlier Marvel artists' work, either published or unpublished. For example, the Captain America image shown above is from the cover of Avengers #58. All original artists' work and credits are listed at The Marvel Value Stamp Site.

Marie Severin did a great deal of work on this project. Severin showed a propensity to reprint a number of classic images from the Silver Age of Marvel, including a large number of Jack Kirby and John Romita, Sr. work, while mixing in new "horror" characters being promoted by Marvel at the time, such as Werewolf by Night. Images were sometimes "flipped" by being displayed on a photostat projector and re-printed at a reverse angle, such as the Human Torch image shown above has been.

The first set would become known as Series A; meanwhile, Series B ran from December 1975 to August 1976 and included parts of ten "miniposters," with ten stamps making up each picture. Collectors could get another stamp book for Series B, for another 50 cents.

A new series began in 2006, exclusively in Marvel Spotlight Vol 3, running from issues #2-12.

Series C began in October 2017 as a way to promote the regular covers of Marvel Legacy issues. This set contained 53 stamps, which could not be found in issues with variant covers, and collectors could pick up a stamp book for Series C for free at their local comic shops that also contained artwork for seven additional unproduced stamps featuring Katie Power, Alex Power, Dazzler, Darkhawk, Shang-Chi, Jack Power, and Julie Power.

Series A Stamps

1. Spider-Man
2. Hulk
3. Conan the Barbarian
4. Thing
5. Dracula
6. Thor
7. Werewolf
8. Captain America
9. Captain Marvel
10. Power Man
11. Deathlok
12. Daredevil
13. Doctor Strange
14. Living Mummy
15. Iron Man
16. Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
17. Black Bolt
18. Volstagg
19. Hogun, Balder, Fandral
20. Brother Voodoo
21. Kull
22. Man-Thing
23. Sgt. Fury
24. Falcon
25. Torch
26. Mephisto
27. Black Widow
28. Hawkeye
29. Baron Mordo
30. Grey Gargoyle
31. MODOK
32. Red Skull
33. Sue Richards, Invisible Girl
34. Mr. Fantastic
35. Killraven
36. Ancient One
37. Watcher
38. Red Sonja
39. Iron Fist
40. Loki
41. Gladiator
42. Man-Wolf
43. Enchantress
44. Absorbing Man
45. Mantis
46. Mysterio
47. Green Goblin
48. Kraven
49. Odin
50. Black Panther
51. Bucky Barnes
52. Quicksilver
53. Grim Reaper
54. Shanna the She-Devil
55. Medusa
56. Rawhide Kid
57. Vulture
58. Mandarin
59. Golem
60. Ka-Zar
61. Red Ghost
62. Plunderer
63. Sub-Mariner
64. Sif
65. Iceman
66. General Ross
67. Cyclops
68. Son of Satan
69. Marvel Girl
70. Super Skrull
71. Vision
72. Lizard
73. Kingpin
74. Stranger
75. Morbius
76. Dormammu
77. Swordsman
78. Owl
79. Kang
80. Ghost Rider
81. Rhino
82. Mary Jane Watson
83. Dragon Man
84. Dr. Doom
85. Lilith, Dracula's Daughter
86. Zemo
87. J. Jonah Jameson
88. Leader
89. Hammerhead
90. Hercules
91. Hela, Goddess of Death
92. Byrrah
93. Silver Surfer
94. Electro
95. Mole Man
96. Dr. Octopus
97. Black Knight
98. Puppet Master
99. Sandman
100. Galactus

Series B Stamps

Spider-Man (stamps 1, 14, 24, 36, 52, 58, 67, 75, 80, 93)
Dracula (stamps 2, 22, 27, 33, 48, 54, 61, 77, 85, 96)
Captain America (stamps 3, 17, 25, 29, 37, 46, 53, 64, 69, 74)
Hulk (stamps 4, 19, 41, 42, 76, 82, 83, 87, 97, 99)
Stan Lee (stamps 5, 15, 31, 40, 63, 71, 81, 89, 92, 100)
Conan (stamps 6, 11, 28, 38, 44, 60, 65, 78, 86, 94)
Thor (stamps 7, 16, 20, 21, 32, 39, 47, 55, 62, 72)
Silver Surfer (stamps 8, 12, 26, 43, 50, 57, 68, 79, 88, 91)
Doctor Strange (stamps 9, 13, 23, 35, 45, 51, 66, 73, 90, 95)
Fantastic Four (stamps 10, 18, 30, 34, 49, 56, 59, 70, 84, 98)

Marvel Spotlight Stamps

1. Araña
2. Sgt. Fury
3. Sentry
4. Hulk
5. Spider-Woman
6. Spider-Man
7. Ms. Marvel
8. Dr. Doom
9. Planet Hulk
10. Ant-Man
11. Sensational Spider-Man
12. Silver Surfer
13. Cannonball
14. Wolverine
15. X-Men
16. Fantastic Four
17. Daredevil
18. Firestar
19. Nitro
20. Cap and Iron Man
21. Black Panther
22. Civil War Captain America
23. Civil War Iron Man
24. Thor
25. Hulk
26. Vision
27. Ultimate Vision
28. Namor

Series C Stamps

1. Spider-Man
2. Wolverine
3. Thor
4. Venom
5. The Incredible Hulk
6. Black Panther
7. Captain Marvel
8. Phoenix
9. Iron Man
10. Moon Knight
11. Ms. Marvel
12. The Mighty Thor
13. Human Torch
14. Captain America
15. Thing
16. Magneto
17. Deadpool
18. Doctor Strange
19. Gambit
20. She-Hulk
21. Daredevil
22. Hawkeye
23. Black Bolt
24. Cable
25. Old Man Logan
26. Thanos
27. Iceman
28. Nick Fury
29. Iron Fist
30. Medusa
31. Miles Morales: Spider-Man
32. All-New Wolverine
33. Young Jean Grey
34. Luke Cage
35. Moon Girl
36. Storm
37. Mary Jane
38. Squirrel Girl
39. Falcon
40. Star-Lord
41. Kate Bishop
42. Ironheart
43. Totally Awesome Hulk
44. Spider-Gwen
45. Jubilee
46. Vision
47. Jessica Jones
48. Gwenpool
49. America
50. Quake
51. Punisher
52. Ghost Rider
53. Fin Fang Foom

Links

The Marvel Value Stamp Site

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+Dracula Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|5. Dracula
 Captain America Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|8. Captain america
 Living Mummy Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|14. Living Mummy
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 Watcher Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|37. Watcher
 Enchantress Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|43. Amora
+Mantis Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|45. Mantis
+Bucky Barnes Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|51. Bucky
 Red Ghost Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|61. Red Ghost
 Rhino Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|81. Rhino
+Dragon Man Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|83. Dragon Man
 Hammerhead Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|89. Hammerhead
+Hercules Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|90. Hercules
 Byrrah Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|Byrrah
 Otto Octavius (Earth-616) from Marvel Value Stamps 0001.jpg|96. Dr Octopus
 Black Knight Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|97. Black Knight
+Sandman Marvel Value Stamp.jpg|99. Sandman
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