Crazy Magazine #63 for Sale - First Appearance of Rodan - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series)
Issue: #63
Publication date: June 1980
Key date: 1980-06-00
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.75
Pages: 52
Barcode: 0714860290406

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rodan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mothra - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Obnoxio the Clown - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Teen Hulk - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chester Weems - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bob Larkin; inks: Bob Larkin; colors: Bob Larkin	The Nebbish
1	Uncle Sam's Surplus & Novelties	illustration	1	colors: Marie Severin
2	Apocryphal Nowland	comic story	6	script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Bob McLeod; inks: Bob McLeod	Martin Sheen [as Captain Dullard]; Frederic Forrest [as Shep]; Lawrence Fishburne [as Lean]; Sam Bottoms [as Prance]; Marlon Brando [as Col. Klutz]; Robert Duvall [as Col. Kilgore]
3	Blobs	comic story	3	script: Tom Hachtman; pencils: Tom Hachtman; inks: Tom Hachtman; letters: Tom Hachtman
4	Panic on Flight 13	comic story	1	script: Kovacs; pencils: Kovacs; inks: Kovacs; letters: Kovacs
5	The Pillage People	comic story	2	script: David Allikas; pencils: Walter Brogan; inks: Walter Brogan
6	Kustom Kars of the Stars	comic story	3	script: Dave Morris; pencils: Dave Morris; inks: Dave Morris	Bruce Banner, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Godzilla, Hulk, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley
7	Dear Rocky	text article	1	letters: typeset
8	How Not to Make a Commercial	photo story	2	script: Stu Schwartzberg; pencils: Eliot Brown; inks: Eliot Brown	Harold Liebenfranz; Emily Biletnikoff
9	Old Movie Monsters: Where Are They Today?	comic story	2	script: Joey Epstein; pencils: Joey Epstein; inks: Joey Epstein	Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, Godzilla, King Kong, Mothra First, Rodan First
10	Crazy Visits a School Dance	comic story	2	script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Ned Sonntag; inks: Ned Sonntag
11	Call of the Wild	comic story	1	script: Kovacs; pencils: Kovacs; inks: Kovacs; letters: Kovacs
12	-	comic story	5	script: Christopher Priest; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Irv Watanabe	Teen Hulk First, Chester Weems First
13	The Fascinating Fantasy... and the Boring Reality	comic story	1	script: Al Milgrom; pencils: Eliot Brown; inks: Al Milgrom
14	The Duck Hunter	comic story	2	script: Kovacs; pencils: Kovacs; inks: Kovacs; letters: Kovacs
15	What's Reality?	comic story	3	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Vicente Alcázar; inks: Vicente Alcázar	Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler, Lee Switzler
16	Obnoxio the Clown Funpage	comic story	2	script: Virgil Diamond; pencils: Alan Kupperberg; inks: Alan Kupperberg; letters: Alan Kupperberg	Obnoxio the Clown First
17	Safety First	comic story	3	script: Peter Bramley; pencils: Peter Bramley; inks: Peter Bramley
18	Bentsome	comic story	5	script: Murad Gumen; pencils: Kent Gamble; inks: Kent Gamble	Robert Guillaume [as Bentsome]; James Noble [as The Governor]; Missy Gold [as Kutie]; Inga Swensen [as Miss Kraut]; Didi Conn [as Marshy]; James Earl Jones [as The Captain]; Katherine Helmond [as Jessica Tate]; Robert Mandan [as Chester Tate]; Richard Mulligan [as Burt Campbell]; Cathryn Damon [as M
19	Don't Be Ashamed to Be Seen Buying Crazy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
20	Household Warnings	comic story	1	colors: Carl Gafford
21	The Macronauts	illustration	1	script: Larry Hama; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Michael Golden; colors: Carl Gafford

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Crazy Magazine #88	1982	On eBay ›
Crazy Magazine #91	1982	On eBay ›
Micronauts: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-95676-9	2024	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #6263 of 94#64 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q1423458 (Mothra), first-appearance property (CC0)

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