Fantastic Four #15 [Regular Edition]

(June 1963)

The Fantastic Four Battle the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-191

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Mad Thinker (introduction); the Thinker's Awesome Android (origin); Alicia Masters; Cousin Bones (introduction); Fatal Finnegan (introduction); Willie Lumpkin; Peggy; Shorty

Synopsis:

The Mad Thinker has summoned gang leaders to try to become the king of New-York. To achieve his goal, he must defeat the Fantastic Four. So he makes sure they are all offered interesting opportunities. While they disband, the Thinker uses the Baxter Building to build his Awesome Android.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #10 (August 1967)
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #6 (15 juillet 1969)
• in Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1969 series) #2/1970 ([februar] 1970)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #11 (24 Agosto 1971)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #30 (April 28, 1973) [pages 1-10], #31 (May 5, 1973) [pages 11-20]
• in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (May 1975)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #27 (2e trimestre 1982)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 ([October] 1988)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• 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 Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Art Simek

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; The Thing

Reprints:

• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #15 (27 May 1967)
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #7 (15 août 1969)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #41 (July 14, 1973)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #2 (4e trimestre 1973)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Hasbro / Secret Wars (Marvel, 2009 series) #12 (October 2009)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)

Action in the Fantastic Four Style (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[In the next sensational issue of Fantastic Four...] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Don't Miss the Return of Dr. Doom (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

Script:

Stan Lee

Letters:

typeset

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Letters page replies by Stan Lee. Includes a letter from Roy Thomas.

Fantastic Four Fan Clubs (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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