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Note 1: Arrival date: 17 October 1961.
Note 2: This issue has promo tags at the bottom or top of the several story pages:
"You've Never Read A Comic Like "THE FANTASTIC FOUR"! Get your spine-tingling copy today!"
"Like This Type of Story? Then Don't Miss "AMAZING ADULT FANTASY" ComicsOn Sale Now!"
[Both notes by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005]
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror
- Characters:
- Henry Pym [later known as Ant-Man]
- Reprinted:
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
- Script:
- Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- science-fiction
- Characters:
- Henry Pym [later known as Ant-Man]
- Synopsis:
- Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum and is caught in an ant hill.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #22
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002)
Note 1: This story is the first to feature Henry Pym, who will become the Ant-Man in issue #35.
Note 2: Cover story.
Note 3: Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Note 4: Synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2009-07-16
- Script:
- ? (spot illustration)
- Pencils:
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks:
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors:
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-160
- Characters:
- Mr. Bigger; Jonathan, Jr.; Jonathan, Sr.
- Synopsis:
- Jonathan, Jr invents a soap bubble that won't burst.
- Reprinted:
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (September 1956)
Note 1: The story is spread on two pages, the first after page 5 of "The Man In the Ant Hill!" and the last after "The Talking Horse".
Note 2: Characters and synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2009-07-16.
- Script:
- Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-431
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Bill Carter; shop keeper; Anne Carter; sorcerer
- Synopsis:
- Bill Carter purchases an enchanted mirror for his wife's birthday.
- Reprinted:
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #23
Note 1: Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Note 2: Characters and synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2009-07-16.
- Script:
- Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils:
- Bob Forgione
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- v-432
- Genre:
- supernatural
- Characters:
- Barney Sloan; Mike Jordan; Silverstreak
- Synopsis:
- The horse Silverstreak convinces the jockey Barney to bet on them winning the next race.
- Reprinted:
- in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #42
Note 1: Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Note 2: Characters and synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2007-07-16.
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- science-fiction
- Characters:
- Warriors of Komok; Grokor; Mopox
- Synopsis:
- The warrior race from Komok conquers world after world, but on one of them there seems to be life but none is found, so the conquest goes awry.
- Reprinted:
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #19 (October 1975)
