Fantastic Four #3 [Regular Edition]

(March 1962)

Marvel, 1961 Series

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Volume: 1
Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
On-sale date: 1961-12-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand: MC

Editing: Stan Lee

Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S., then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #116, 200, 358)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #3 [British]

An alternate Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers cover for this issue was published in Fantastic Four #224 (November 1980).

The on-sale date is the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 15, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1961. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B942377. Copyright given to Canam Publishers Sale Corp.

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In this great collectors'-item issue, you will see, for the first time...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]

Reprints

in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1962 series) #3 (Noviembre 1962)
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #35 (1964 ?)
in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #3 (5 mars 1970), #4 (5 avril 1970)
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
in Los Cuatro Fantásticos (Novedades, 1980 series) #3 (Abril 28 de 1980)
in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987)
in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #2 (Junio 1993)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1967 (2008)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009), #1 (2009) [cover detail]
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
in L'ère des Comics Marvel 1961-1978 (Taschen, 2017 series) (2017)
in Fantastic Four (Newton Comics, 1974 series) #2
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5
in I Fantastici Quattro Gigante (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #2

Keywords

Fantasticar

Indexer Notes

Johnny Storm has two left hands. The thumb on his right hand is on the wrong side of his palm.

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Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed); Sol Brodsky (see notes)
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek

Job Number

V-563

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can even the Fantastic Four defeat a man who performs... miracles???

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Miracle Man performs his supervillain debut at his magic show by humiliating the Thing.

Reprints

in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #35 (1964 ?)
in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966)
in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #1 (1969)
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #5 (November 4, 1972) [The whole of story page 3 (the Miracle Man chopping a log with one finger after the Thing takes several blows to smash his in two) is omitted, reducing the reprint page count from 10 pages to 9]
in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #21 (2e trimestre 1980)
in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)

in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #15 (Junio 1995) [Págs. 9-16]
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #2

in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 1]
in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #2 (Junio 1993)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (September 2014)
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1

Keywords

Baxter Building schematic; Fantasticar; stage magic

Indexer Notes

Alterations on the Torch by Sol Brodsky. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2016.

The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek

Job Number

V-564

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]

Reprints

in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #5 (November 4, 1972)
in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990)
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5

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Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed); Sol Brodsky (see notes)
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek

Job Number

V-563

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Guess I'll see what's doin' on tv tonight, Reed!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man; Monster from Mars-statue

Synopsis

Miracle Man declares war on humanity and animates a movie monster statue.

Reprints

in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966)
in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #5 (November 4, 1972)
in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #21 (2e trimestre 1980)
in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)

in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #15 (Junio 1995) [Págs. 9-16]
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #2

in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 2]
in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #2 (Junio 1993)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (September 2014)
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1

Keywords

cinemas; Fantasticar; monsters; policemen; tanks; United States Army

Indexer Notes

Alterations on the Torch by Sol Brodsky. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2016.

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Fantastic Four / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed); Sol Brodsky (see notes)
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: ?
Letters: Artie Simek

Job Number

V-563

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thing!! Look!! It's the Torch!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man; Monster fron Mars-statue

Synopsis

Human Torch torches the animated Monster from Mars-statue and Invisible Girl stowes away on the atomic tank that Miracle Man has stolen.

Reprints

in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966)
in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #6 (November 11, 1972)
in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #21 (2e trimestre 1980)
in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)

in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #15 (Junio 1995) [Págs. 9-16]
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #2

in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 3]
in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #2 (Junio 1993)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (September 2014)
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1

Keywords

Fantasticar; United States Army

Indexer Notes

Alterations on the Torch by Sol Brodsky. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2016.

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed); Sol Brodsky (see notes)
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: ?
Letters: Artie Simek

Job Number

V-563

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An hour later...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man

Synopsis

The Thing recalls the origin of the Fantastic Four while the Invisible Girl is taken prisoner by Miracle Man.

Reprints

in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966)
in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #6 (November 11, 1972)
in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #21 (2e trimestre 1980) [Moins/Minus 1 page]
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 4]
in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #2 (Junio 1993)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (September 2014)
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1

Keywords

dogs; flareguns; helicopters; tanks

Indexer Notes

Alterations on the Torch by Sol Brodsky. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2016.

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Script: Stan Lee
Letters: typeset

Synopsis

Letters of comment from Alan Weiss, Las Vega NV; Rick Wood, Cambridge MA; "unsigned" Dallas TX; George Paul, Hoboken NJ; Bill Sarril, Boston MA; and "S. Brodsky" (Sol Brodsky), Brooklyn NY.

Reprints

in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

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Script: Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed); Sol Brodsky (see notes)
Inks: Sol Brodsky
Colors: ?
Letters: Artie Simek

Job Number

V-563

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fate works in mysterious ways!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man

Synopsis

Miracle Man is defeated, but at the cost of the Human Torch leaving the Fantastic Four.

Reprints

in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966)
in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #6 (November 11, 1972)
in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #21 (2e trimestre 1980)
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 5]
in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #2 (Junio 1993)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (September 2014)
in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1

Keywords

automobiles; helicopters; hypnotism; machine guns

Indexer Notes

Alterations on the Torch by Sol Brodsky. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2016.

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Table of Contents

0. ["In this great collectors'-item issue, you will see, for the first time..."]
Fantastic Four
1. ["New Discoveries in Hypnotism"]
2. Chapter 1 The Menace of the Miracle Man
Fantastic Four
3. Johnny Storm the Human Torch!
The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page
4. ["New super-speed way to add pounds of solid muscle to chest, back, arms, wrist!"]
5. Chapter II The Monster Lives!
Fantastic Four
6. Great New Idea From CTI
7. Chapter III The Flame that Died!
Fantastic Four
8. ["Reward $2,000.00"]
9. ["Amazing Wrist Radio"]
10. Chapter IV In the Shadow of Defeat!
Fantastic Four
11. ["Boys -- 12 or older"]
12. ["Transistor Radio"]
13. [no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
14. [Stamps Shop by Mail]
15. Chapter V The Final Challenge!
Fantastic Four
16. [no title indexed]
17. ["Treasure Chest of Fun"]
18. ["For a successful career in radio television electronics"]
19. ["New Type of Shoe will Fill Your Pockets with Cash!"]

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Chapter 1 The Menace of the Miracle Man (Table of Contents: 2)

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Chapter II The Monster Lives! (Table of Contents: 5)

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Chapter III The Flame that Died! (Table of Contents: 7)

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Fantastic Four #3 [Regular Edition]

(March 1962)