Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #94

Volume: 1

Price: 0.15 USD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1969-10-14

Editing: Stan Lee (editor)

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The Return of the Frightful Four!

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Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page

Script:	Stan Lee
Pencils:	Jack Kirby
Inks:	John Verpoorten
Colors:	?
Letters:	Sam Rosen

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Fantastic Four

Frightful Four

Reprints (14)

Indexer Notes

Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (2 January 2008); the original indexer credited Frank Giacoia.

This issue has 1 variant

#94 [British]

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly except November, semi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

in Agatha Harkness: The Saga of the Salem Witch (Marvel, 2024 series) (2024)

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

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Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages

Script:	Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils:	Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks:	Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre:superhero

First Line of Dialogue or Text:So ya finally picked a moniker for the kid, huh?

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Fantastic Four

Frightful Four

Ebony
(first appearance)
Agatha Harkness
(first appearance)
Franklin Richards
(name revealed)

Synopsis:: The Fantastic Four take Reed and Sue's baby and place him in the care of Agatha Harkness. While there, they are attacked by the the Frightful Four but Agatha easily dispatches the Frightful Four.; in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #90
in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19154 (1970)
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #121 (Octubre 31 de 1970)
in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #223
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #9 (Novembre 1971), #10 (Janvier 1972)
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #92 (15 Ottobre 1974)
in The Fantastic Four Comic Album (World Distributors, 1969 series) #2 (1975 ?)
in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 (1976)
in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #13 - Les jeux du cirque (3ème trimestre 1977)
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #99/100 (Septembre 1979) [10 premières pages de l'histoire. La suite dans le prochain numéro.], #101/102 (Novembre 1979) [10 dernières pages de l'histoire débutée dans le numéro précédent avec page titre de l'histoire.]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #10 ([May] 2006)
in Pet Avengers Classic (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #3 - El Largo Camino a Casa (Junio 2013)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #10 (2014)
in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #6 - At War with Atlantis (2020)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2021)

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Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages

Script:	Roy Thomas ?
Pencils:	Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks:	Joe Sinnott (illustrations)
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Stan and Jack, OOoooooooo. What a mistake.

Characters:

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]; Franklin Richards; Crystal

Reprints (1)

in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2021)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Andrew Warner, John Dougherty, Drew Zuckerwise, Wayne Fredrickson, Howard Leroy Davis, and R. E. Plummer; includes four panels from previous issues and “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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