Fantastic Four #71

(February 1968)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited as Stan (the Man) Lee); Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited as Jack (King) Kirby)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hearing the sounds of a bludgeoning battle...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Scavenger

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Ben, with his mind restored, helps the others defeat the Thinker's android.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #67
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #69
• in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #55 (1970)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #69 (27 Novembre 1973)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #54 (January 1975)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #7 - Le Penseur Fou (3ème trimestre 1975)
• in Fantastic Four Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #13 (1981) [black & white]
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #4 (2005) [black and white]
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1968 (juin 2009)
• in Fantastic Four Adventures (Panini UK, 2010 series) #19 (July 2011)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - A Través del Universo (Septiembre 2012)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2015)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - The Name Is Doom (2020)

Keywords

Negative Zone

Indexer Notes

Kirby co-plot credit was widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. The credit here reads "One of the greatest action thrillers ever produced by Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."

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Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustrations)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, The F.F. SPECIAL was beyond belief!

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Characters

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2015)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: John Arvites, Wayne Cobb, Jerome Colwell, Esau Simmons, Charles Smith, Corbett Besco, L/Cpl. Alan K. Gray USMC, Richard Adams, and Terrence Mule.

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