Fantastic Four #15 [Regular Edition]
(June 1963)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-03-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filings.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let none of the Fantastic Four leave alive!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Mad Thinker; The Thinker's Awesome Android
Reprints

[All-Male He-Man] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Fantastic Four Battle... the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-191
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The android... neither animal, nor vegetable, nor mineral!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Mad Thinker (introduction); The Thinker's Awesome Android (origin); Alicia Masters; Cousin Bones (introduction); Fatal Finnegan (introduction); Willie Lumpkin; Peggy; Shorty
Synopsis
The Mad Thinker has summoned gang leaders to try to become the king of New-York. To achieve his goal, he must defeat the Fantastic Four. So he makes sure they are all offered interesting opportunities. While they disband, the Thinker uses the Baxter Building to build his Awesome Android.
Reprints
Keywords
Central Park; circus; computers; Fifth Avenue; meteor; vibra-guns; wrestling; Yancy Street

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Action in the Fantastic Four Style (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Don't Miss the Return of Dr. Doom (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Padell Book Co. Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[In the next sensational issue of Fantastic Four...] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Fantastic Four Fan Clubs (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Commercial Trades Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page (Table of Contents: 10)

Fantastic Four / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as Jack)
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 17 and 18.

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters page replies by Stan Lee. Includes a letter from Roy Thomas.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Live Squirrel Monkey / advertisement / 0.16 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Florida Sea Horse Co. / advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Famous Dance Course / advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

25-volume self-teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. [All-Male He-Man]
    American Body Building Club
  3. 2. The Fantastic Four Battle... the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Action in the Fantastic Four Style
  5. 4. Don't Miss the Return of Dr. Doom
  6. 5. ["You can have the secret weapon!"]
    Padell Book Co. Books
  7. 6. [In the next sensational issue of Fantastic Four...]
    Fantastic Four
  8. 7. Fantastic Four Fan Clubs
    Fantastic Four
  9. 8. ["Great new idea from CTI"]
    Commercial Trades Institute
  10. 9. ["Learn radio television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time"]
    National Radio Institute
  11. 10. The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page
    Fantastic Four
  12. 11. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  14. 13. ["Darling live pet monkey!"]
    Live Squirrel Monkey
  15. 14. ["Live sea horses!"]
    Florida Sea Horse Co.
  16. 15. ["Learn any dance fast!"]
    Famous Dance Course
  17. 16. ["Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  18. 17. ["Boys! Men!"]
    Mike Marvel System
  19. 18. ["Fill the gaps in your family's education with the amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia"]
    25-volume self-teaching Encyclopedia
  20. 19. ["He’s looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • R. S. Martin
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore