place: Jack Kirby Best Inking Artist - Winner: Joe Sinnott; 2nd place: Wally Wood Best Cover - Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6, by Jim Steranko (Marvel Comics) Best Full-Length Story - (tie) "Track of the Hook", by Bob Haney & Neal Adams, The Brave and the Bold #79 (DC Comics); "Origin of the Silver Surfer", by Stan Lee & John Buscema, The Silver Surfer #1 (Marvel Comics) Best Feature Story - "Today Earth Died", by Jim Steranko, Strange Tales #168 (Marvel Comics) Best Regular Short Feature - "Tales of the Inhumans", by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, in The Mighty Thor (Marvel Comics) Hall of Fame - Fantastic Four, by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby; Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., by Jim Steranko (Marvel Comics) Popularity Poll Best Adventure Hero Strip - The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) Best Adventure Group Strip - Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics) Best Supporting Character - J. Jonah Jameson (The Amazing Spider-Man) (Marvel Comics) Best Villain - Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four) (Marvel Comics) Best New Strip - The Silver Surfer by Stan Lee & John Buscema (Marvel Comics) Strip Most Needing Improvement - X-Men (Marvel Comics) Strip Most Desired for Revival - "Adam Strange" (DC Comics) Newspaper Strip Section Best Adventure Strip - Prince Valiant, by Hal Foster Best Human Interest Strip - On Stage (also known as Mary Perkins, On Stage), by Leonard Starr Best Humor Strip - Peanuts, by Charles Schulz Best Humor Panel - Dennis the Menace, by Hank Ketcham Best Miscellaneous Strip - Feiffer, by Jules Feiffer Hall of Fame - Peanuts, by Charles Schulz Fan Activity Section Best Limited Reproduction Fanzine - ConcussionBest Unlimited Reproduction Fanzine - Graphic Story MagazineBest Fan Artist - John Fantucchio Best Comic Strip Writer - Larry Herndon Best Fan Project - The Alley Awards 1969 Best Comic Magazine Section Best Adventure Title - Winner: Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics) Best Fantasy/SF/Supernatural Title - Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics) Best Western Title - Bat Lash (DC Comics) Best War Title - Star Spangled War Stories (DC Comics) Best Humor Title - Archie (Archie Comics) Best Romance Title - Young Love (DC Comics) Best Reprint Title - Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel Comics) Professional Work Best Editor - Dick Giordano (DC Comics) Best Writer - Roy Thomas Best Pencil Artist - Neal Adams Best Inking Artist - Tom Palmer Best Cover - Captain America #113, by Jim Steranko Best Full-Length Story