Fantastic Four #14 [Regular Edition]

(May 1963)

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Once Again, The Fantastic Four Face the Threat of Sub-Mariner, and “The Merciless Puppet Master” Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-144

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Puppet Master; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Alicia Masters; Mole Man [Moleman] (cameo); The Skulls (cameo); Doctor Doom (cameo)

Synopsis

The Puppet Master is declared healed and plans his revenge againt the Fantastic Four. This time, he'll use the Sub-Mariner.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #12
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #9 (June 1967)
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #5 (15 juin 1969)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (10 Agosto 1971)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #28 (April 14, 1973) [pages 1-14], #29 (April 21, 1973) [pages 15-22]
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #25 (3ème trimestre 1981)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #9 (August 1986) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #9
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 ([October] 1988)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #02 (Noviembre 1999)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (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 Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Micro-World of Doctor Doom (2021)
• in Namor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - Enter the Sub-Mariner (2021)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #7 - Los 4 Fantásticos 3 ([Febrero 2023])

Keywords

"roving-eye" viewer; Baxter Building; coral; Fantasti-car; flame-eater; hypno-fish; Idlewild Airport; moon-ship; octopus; sub

Indexer Notes

The “Part 1” in the title suggests that this story was originally intended to be divided into chapters.

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Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Fantastic 4 Fan Page

Characters

Invisible Girl

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #7 - Los 4 Fantásticos 3 ([Febrero 2023])

Indexer Notes

Letters from Stewart Scheifer, Bill Hauptman, David Languth, Victor Phillips, Lee Whittlesey, Jeffrey Roy Pontello, Mark Savage, Katheleen McCoy,Joseph Shoemaker, Richard Eilts, Kevin Johnson, Jim Broeker, Arthur Davis, Jr., and Barry Goldstein; replies to letters by Stan Lee. Includes Invisible Girl illustration from an earlier issue and Special Announcement Time!

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