(March 1971)
Marvel,
1969 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-10-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor); Roy Thomas (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
Behold a Distant Star!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing]
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Nick Caputo, via the GCD Error List (9 January 2005), updated on July 15, 2017. Nick notes Marie Severin either provided a cover rough for Sal or penciled the cover. Original indexer credited Sal Buscema on pencils and Vince Colletta on inks.
Behold! A Distant Star!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]; Morrat; Anelle; Alicia Masters; Skrulls; Rev. Miller; the Skrull king
- Synopsis
- Vs. the Skrulls as the FF travel to the Skrull empire to avenge the death of Franklin Storm.
- Reprints
-
from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #37 (April 1965)
-
Defeated by the Frightful Four!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; the Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]; Frightful Four [Wizard; Medusa; Trapster; Sandman]
- Synopsis
- vs the Frightful Four. Paster-Pot Pete changes his name to The Trapster. The FF lose their powers, regaining them in issue 40.
- Reprints
- from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #38 (May 1965)
-
The Mystery Villain!
Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Wizard (flashback); Paste-Pot Pete (flashback); Sub-Mariner (flashback); Willie Lumpkin (mailman, cameo)
- Synopsis
- Following a race, Ben & Johnny complain to Reed that they've done pretty good on their own, and he tells them the FF "isn't a prison." They reply to an invitation to take part in a high-speed race, but discover on arrival that they're the only 2 contestants! On the salt flats, they suddenly find out their cars are running out of control, and it looks like someone's suckered them in for a big fall. However, they find themselves in an underground cavern, facing an unknown villain with a question mark on his mask! Before it's over, they're ready to admit they're happy Reed is on their side.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #127 (December 1964)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Behold a Distant Star!
Fantastic Four -
1.
Behold! A Distant Star!
Fantastic Four -
2.
Defeated by the Frightful Four!
Fantastic Four -
3.
The Mighty Marvel Checklist
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4.
The Mystery Villain!
Human Torch; The Thing -
5.
Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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