WRITTEN BY JEFF "THE REF" CHRISTIANSEN* "METICULOUS" MICHAEL HOSKIN* "SUREFIRE" SEAN MCQUAID* "ALLEGORICAL" AL SJOERDSMA* "RETRO" RONALD BYRD* "MADCAP" MARK O'ENGLISH* "STALWART" STUART VANDAL* "MYSTICAL" MIKE FICHERA* "BOMBASTIC" BARRY REESE* "EXUBERENT" ERIC MOREELS & "ANTAGONISTIC" ANTHONY FLAMINI Cover by "OUR PAL" SAL BUSCEMA Here it is* True Believers! You knew we'd do it sooner or later! From the Venerable Vaults of Marveldom* it's the Mighty Marvel Handbook -- 1960s style! Just what is the 1960s Handbook* you ask? Imagine a Handbook written at 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31* 1969. The profiles within cover everything published by the hallowed House of Ideas up until that point. So if it's from a comic that has a December 1969 cover date or earlier* you'll find it in this magnificent mag! From the Acrobat to Zota -- with the Avengers* Captain America* Captain Marvel* Daredevil* Dr. Strange* the Fantastic Four* the Hulk* the Silver Surfer* Spider-Man* the Sub-Mariner* Thor and the X-Men as they were in the 1960s* as well as '60s-era characters such as Factor Three* the Beasts of Berlin* Chili* the Infant Terrible* Mogul of the Mystic Mountain* the Painter of 1000 Perils* the Living Brain* Patsy Walker* the Blackie Drago Vulture* the Ringo Kid and more!