Fantastic Four #40

(July 1965)

Men! Join My "$100-a-Week" Club! (Table of Contents: 1)

Mason Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad to earn money by selling shoes.

The Battle of the Baxter Building (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited as V. Colletta)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's get up to date fast!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]

Synopsis

Dr. Doom battles the Fantastic Four and Daredevil. Reed restores the team's powers with the Stimulator (which was introduced in issue #37). Ben is returned to being The Thing, crushes Doom's hands and drives him off, wounded. Ben deserts the Fantastic Four.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #37
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19113 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #113
• in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #10 (10 janvier 1971)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #31 (June 1971)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #35 (25 Luglio 1972)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #85 (May 18, 1974)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #37 - La bataille du Baxter Building (1985)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #21 ([November] 1992)
• in The Villainy of Dr. Doom (Marvel, 1999 series) (1999)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 [Regular Edition] ([November] 2003)
• in Best of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1965 (mars 2006)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - The Coming of Galactus (2018)

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

Spider-Man; Thor; Journey into Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man); Jack Kirby (Journey into Mystery)

Inks

Vince Colletta (Journey into Mystery); Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two more triumphs for Marvel..!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Crime Master; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Thor

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 4 and 5.

Promos for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #26, and Journey into Mystery (Marvel. 1959 series) #117 using reprints of their covers.

U.S. Gov't Surplus (Table of Contents: 4)

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hundreds of items for as little as 2¢ and 3¢ on the dollar direct by mail!

Indexer Notes

Ad for government surplus items: parachutes, boats, tents, machetes, etc.
Between story pages 4 and 5 on top half of page.

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

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Play 1965 big league baseball games

Indexer Notes

Ad for Strat-O-Matic baseball game on lower half of page, between story pages 4 and 5.

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

Yubiwaza System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Yubiwaza system of martial arts.
Between story pages 8 and 9.

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 7)

Hypno-Coin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. located on top half of page between story pages 13 and 14.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Come on, fella grab this chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for selling Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co. Occupies lower half of page between story pages 13 and 14.

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 9)

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Live seahorses $1 each

Indexer Notes

Various classified-style ads for stamps and other products, between story pages 16 and 17.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Are you proud of your paycheck?

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Commercial Trades Institute.

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

Captain America; Daredevil; Iron Man; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Tales of Suspense / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Wally Wood (Daredevil); Jack Kirby (Sgt. Fury; Tales of Suspense)

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Carl Hubbell ? (Sgt. Fury; Tales of Suspense); Wally Wood (Daredevil)

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Sam Rosen (Sgt. Fury; Tales of Suspense); Artie Simek (Daredevil); typeset

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More triumphs for Marvel..!

Genre

superhero; war

Characters

Sergeant Nick Fury; the Howling Commandos [Corporal Dum Dum Dugan; Robert Ralston [Rebel Ralston]; Dino Manelli; Izzy Cohen; Gabe Jones; Percival Pinkerton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Melter [Bruno Horgan]; Crimson Dynamo [?]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Gargantus; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Stilt-Man

Indexer Notes

House ad for Sgt. Fury (Marvel. 1963 series) #19, Tales of Suspense (Marvel. 1959 series) #67 and Daredevil (Marvel. 1964 series) #8 using reprints of their covers.

Face Front! (Table of Contents: 12)

The Merry Marvel Marching Society / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Carl Hubbell ?

Inks

Carl Hubbell ?

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you haven't joined yet, here's another chance!

Characters

Invisible Girl

Indexer Notes

House ad for M.M.M.S.

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

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Feature Logo

Fantastic 4 Fan Page

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Harvey Buchbinder, Jim Martin, Jeffrey Dietrich, Joseph Hartlaub, Mike Bophardt, Rick Albright, Michael Sing, Tom Nester, David Berman, Clyde Snyder, Mark Lund, and John Ellsworth; includes The Mighty Marvel Marvel Checklist.

Monster S-I-Z-E Monsters (Table of Contents: 14)

Monster Size Monsters / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frankenstein's Monster

Indexer Notes

Black and white reproduction of a painting of the monster. Dracula also available.

Item 6' tall, in color: payment to Honor House, Lynbrook, NY.

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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3 complete fishing outfits

Indexer Notes

Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales.
Inside back cover.

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

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

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He's looking for people who like to draw

Characters

Albert Dorne

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools Studio.