Fantastic Four #66 [British]
(September 1967)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
10d [0-0-10 GBP]
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except November semi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #66.

What Lurks Behind the Beehive? (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Alicia Masters; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

What Lurks Behind the Beehive? (Table of Contents: 2)

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
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's strange! Alicia isn't here!
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]; Dr. Jerome Hamilton; Him (first appearance behind the scenes); Alicia Masters; Dr. Maris Morlak (first appearance); Professor Wladyslav Shinski (first appearance); Dr. Carlo Zota (first appearance)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The scientists of the Beehive kidnap Alicia Masters and the FF search for her.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Here the credit reads "Stan (the Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby have done it again!"

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

Not Brand Echh / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Liftee Height Increase Pads / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop By Mail] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Super Heroes Club Posters / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, I'm just a little bit infuriated at the...
Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page
Characters
Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Black Bolt; Triton
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Patrick Guerin, Lee Vercoe, Nancy Chapman, Reginald Klassen, Bill Stoddard, Dennis Harrison, and Rick Lewis; M.M.M.S. membership form.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What Lurks Behind the Beehive?
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. What Lurks Behind the Beehive?
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Another Marvel masterpiece"]
    Not Brand Echh
  5. 4. ["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  6. 5. ["Now you can be taller instantly!"]
    Liftee Height Increase Pads
  7. 6. ["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time for cash profits and free prizes"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Famous name prizes or cash…from Olympic"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  9. 8. [Shop By Mail]
  10. 9. ["Amazing Illusory "X-ray" vision instantly!"]
    "X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]
  11. 10. ["I’ll make you a master of karate"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  12. 11. ["Awe-inspiring announcements for you to yawn with!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. ["Marvel super-hero T-shirts"]
  14. 13. ["Hang loose, frantic ones…"]
    Super Heroes Club Posters
  15. 14. ["Dear Stan and Jack, I'm just a little bit infuriated at the..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  16. 15. ["204pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set"]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  17. 16. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  18. 17. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
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