Fantastic Four #20 [Regular Edition]
(November 1963)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-08-08
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 Molecule Man! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Back, Torch -- back!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Molecule Man
Reprints

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

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

The Mysterious Molecule Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited); Steve Ditko (see notes)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited); Steve Ditko (see notes)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-419
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's going on, Sue?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Molecule Man (introduction, origin); The Watcher [Uatu]; The Yancy Street Gang; Alicia Masters
Synopsis
The Watcher asks the Fantastic Four to stop a new menace who could destroy the whole universe: the Molecule Man.
Reprints
Keywords
Acme Atomics Corp.; ephemeral sphere; Manhattan; meteor; projecto-image

Indexer Notes

The third panel on page 17 was redrawn by Steve Ditko. Ditko info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)

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

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

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

Mr. Victor Mason / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

New Accordions — Save up to 1/2 (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Accordion Corp. of America / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Live Sea Horses (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Living pets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Tales To Astonish / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, Reading your mags...
Feature Logo
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from James Maupin; Anonymous; Wayne Shepard; Richard Cohen; Mark Gruenwald (as Fantastic Four Fan Club secretary); Dana Riell; Karl Spence; John Furek; Don Keefer; Kevin Shields; and George R. Martin.

Per the author of the fantasy series Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, his fan letter here was his first published work (as per interview given on 14 July 2012 on the G4 cable network show, Comic-Con Live),

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

NRI Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Molecule Man!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. [All-Male He-Man]
    American Body Building Club
  3. 2. The Mysterious Molecule Man!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["You can have the secret weapon!"]
    Padell Book Co. Booklets
  5. 4. ["Will you work Saturday mornings for $5.00 to $20.00 extra?"]
    Mr. Victor Mason
  6. 5. Hypno-Coin
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  7. 6. New Accordions — Save up to 1/2
    Accordion Corp. of America
  8. 7. Live Sea Horses
    Living pets
  9. 8. ["Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit"]
    Grit Newspaper
  10. 9. Another Marvel Masterpiece
    Tales To Astonish
  11. 10. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  12. 11. ["Dear Stan and Jack, Reading your mags..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  13. 12. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
  14. 13. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  15. 14. ["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
    NRI Training
  16. 15. ["He’s looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Bob Bailey
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • R. S. Martin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore