Newton Comics' The Silver Surfer #3 is cover-dated October 1975:
The cover is from Marvel Comics' The Silver Surfer #3:
The story contents are as follows:
The Power and the Prize! [Part 1], originally published in The Silver Surfer #3, December 1968
Part Two Duel in the Depths, originally published in The Silver Surfer #3, December 1968
These stories appear to be reprinted complete and intact.
These stories appear to be reprinted complete and intact.
The poster in this issue features the cover to Newton Comics' Dracula #6:
This issue contains the following in-house advertisements for other Newton comics:
Fantastic Four Annual #1
This issue also contains a subscription page, three Marvel Mailbag pages, a t-shirt offer and a contest with the expiry date 5 January 1975.
The publication date of this issue is confusing due to a couple of errors by Newton.
Firstly, the issue is cover-dated October 1975, but it should be November 1975. This was a monthly series which began in September 1975.
Secondly, the indicia contains an erroneous publication date:
Firstly, the issue is cover-dated October 1975, but it should be November 1975. This was a monthly series which began in September 1975.
Secondly, the indicia contains an erroneous publication date:
On the third line it says Vol-1 -3 Dec 1975 issue.
Another error made by Newton was advertising The Silver Surfer #4 as a November 1975 issue - but I'll address this in a separate post.
All other indicators - the established publication schedule, the advertisements in this issue, and John Corneille's column in the Sunday Observer dated 30 November 1975 (again, I'll address this column in a separate post) - point towards a 22 November 1975 publication date.
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