(July 1972)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-04-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #83 March 1972.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Return of the Monster! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hold your fire!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]
Monster from the Lost Lagoon
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

The Return of the Monster! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Job Number
973 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reed -- darling, what is it?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom] (computer screen); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (computer screen); Mole Man [Harvey Elder] (computer screen); Monster from the Lost Lagoon (villain); Skrull (computer screen); Nurse Hale; Mr. Blark
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Incredible, Inedible Info to Stun Your Six Senses and Soothe Your Secret Soul! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Renato Smoljanovic, Wayne Foskey, John C. Kruize, and Bjarne L. Everson.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of the Monster!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Return of the Monster!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Incredible, Inedible Info to Stun Your Six Senses and Soothe Your Secret Soul!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. ["Dear Stan, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Del Gruber
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore