Fantastic Four #18 [Regular Edition]
(September 1963)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-06-11
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)

The All-Powerful Super-Skrull! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm], Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; The Super-Skrull
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 November 2006); the original indexer credited George Roussos.

Boys! Men! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Skrull Walks Among Us! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 21 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-361
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I just love the evening tv news broadcast...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Super-Skrull (introduction); Dr. Doom (cameo); the Skull Emperor (introduction); Skrulls
Synopsis
The Skrull Emperor sends the Super-Skrull, a Skrull possessing all the powers of the Fantastic Four, to conquer Earth.
Reprints
Keywords
Andromeda galaxy; Crater Isle; passenger I.C.B.M.; pogo plane; Times Square

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

King-Size Latex Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grog Dinosaur / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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 from Harold Silverman, Robert Allen Ellise, Paul B. Weinstein, Dick Tedor, Robert Caldwell, R. Anderson, Steve Stough, Anthony Corda, Tom Jones, Alan Wheeler, and Ronn Foss (Alter Ego publisher at the time); includes Special Announcement Section.

In answer to a question from Paul B. Weinstein about who originated the corner cover symbol box, Stan Lee replied: "Steve Ditko dreamed up the idea, and we're sure glad he did!"

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

Guide to Hypnotism / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys, Girls, Men, Women (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The All-Powerful Super-Skrull!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Boys! Men!
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  3. 2. A Skrull Walks Among Us!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Free with any purchase"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  5. 4. ["Record your voice at home"]
    Honor House Products
  6. 5. ["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
    Littleton Coins
  7. 6. ["Instant live sea animals"]
    Sea-Monkeys
  8. 7. ["America's most lovable characters from ...Walt Disney's wonderful world"]
    King-Size Latex Toys
  9. 8. ["Reward $11, 750.00 for this coin!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  10. 9. ["Grog grows own tail"]
    Grog Dinosaur
  11. 10. ["Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  12. 11. ["Don't miss"]
    The Avengers
  13. 12. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  14. 13. ["72 big pages"]
    Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; X-Men
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  16. 15. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
    Guide to Hypnotism
  17. 16. ["Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing"]
    Commercial Trades Institute Courses
  18. 17. ["100 toy soldiers"]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  19. 18. Boys, Girls, Men, Women
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • R. S. Martin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore