(March 1977)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-12-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246203
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #138.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as K); Marie Severin (see notes)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed as S); Marie Severin (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Keep back, troops! Maybe the Fantastic Four would turn this robot over to ya --
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thundra; Tigra; Impossible Man; Metalloid
Reprints
Keywords
robots; United States Army

Indexer Notes

Marie Severin alterations on Thundra and Impossible Man per Nick Caputo.

Bedlam in the Baxter Building! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Crystal; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The equivalent of two pages are missing but it is by taking out various panels instead of two specific pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

statement of ownership / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 431,962. Single issue nearest to filing date: 449,455.

With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Champ (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Keep back, troops! Maybe the Fantastic Four would turn this robot over to ya --"]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Bedlam in the Baxter Building!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. The Champ
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore