Volume: 1
Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1970-05-12
Editing: Stan Lee (editor)
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Shock Follows Shock, as Death Strikes at Night!
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Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed as Jack)
Marie Severin (cover rough)
Inks:
Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sam Rosen (word Balloons)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Fantastic Four Maggia
Reprints (11)

Indexer Notes

Marie Severin provided the preliminary cover design for Kirby as she did for many artists in this period.

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page

Bedlam in the Baxter Building!
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Fantastic Four / comic story / 19 pages

Script:
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks:
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Fantastic Four Maggia; Charlie; Top Man; Gimlet; Big Rock
Reprints (14)

Indexer Notes

18 full pages and 2 half pages for a total of 19 pages.

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Fayd Skin Cream / advertisement / 1 page

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Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page

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Marvelmania / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page

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Be a Manager Game / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Monster Size Monsters / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page

[History of the Comics]
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History of the Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page

Shop by Mail; Stamps
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advertisement / 1 page

Shop by Mail
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System; Comic Sales Comics; F. L. Buza Comics and Coins; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Richard Alf Comics; Robert Bell Comics / advertisement / 2 pages

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Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 0.5 page

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Doctor Doom; Ka-Zar; Astonishing Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Polaris Nuclear Sub
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Polaris Nuclear Sub / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1.5 pages

Script:
J. M. DeMatteis (credited as Marc De Matteis) (one letter)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks:
Joe Sinnott (illustration)
Frank Giacoia (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Stan and Jack, As though to cancel out...
Characters:
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Crystal; Medusa; Triton; Karnak]
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Masao Kono, Marc De Matteis, Cecilia Banero, Alan Kupperberg, and John Meachnik. Includes two panel reproductions from previous issues and “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page

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Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Shock Follows Shock, as Death Strikes at Night!
    Fantastic Four
  2. ["Another Joe Weider breakthrough: the end of the skinny body."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. Bedlam in the Baxter Building!
    Fantastic Four
  4. ["Blemishes fade as skin clears"]
    Fayd Skin Cream
  5. ["Marvel-ous mags on sale right now!"]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. ["Exciting new club Marvelmania International"]
    Marvelmania
  7. ["Yes… now you manage all Major League teams!"]
    Be a Manager Game
  8. ["Monster S-I-Z-E monsters"]
    Monster Size Monsters
  9. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $6 weekly"]
    Grit Newspaper
  10. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  11. [History of the Comics]
    History of the Comics
  12. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  13. Shop by Mail; Stamps
  14. Shop by Mail
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System; Comic Sales Comics; F. L. Buza Comics and Coins; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Passaic Book Center Comics; Richard Alf Comics; Robert Bell Comics
  15. ["Twice the excitement in only half the space!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  16. ["Ka-Zar and Dr. Doom!"]
    Doctor Doom; Ka-Zar; Astonishing Tales
  17. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Polaris Nuclear Sub
  18. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  19. ["Dear Stan and Jack, As though to cancel out..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  20. ["The comic-mag event of the '70's!!"]
    Conan
  21. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  22. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  23. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
    Academy for Home Study
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