Fantastic Four #18 [Regular Edition]

(September 1963)

Boys! Men! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Skrull Walks Among Us! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 21 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-361

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I just love the evening tv news broadcast...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Super-Skrull (introduction); Dr. Doom (cameo); the Skull Emperor (introduction); Skrulls

Synopsis

The Skrull Emperor sends the Super-Skrull, a Skrull possessing all the powers of the Fantastic Four, to conquer Earth.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #16
• in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #20 (15 de marzo de 1964)
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #13 (February 1968)
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #7 (15 août 1969)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #13 (21 Settembre 1971)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #39 (June 30, 1973) [pages 1-11, television on page 1 is altered to depict the Sub-Mariner rather than Doctor Doom, panels 1 and 2 on page 11 are moved to the end of the page], #40 (July 7, 1973) [pages 11-21]
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #27 (2e trimestre 1982)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #10
• 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) #03 (Diciembre 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 True Believers: Fantastic Four - Super-Skrull (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (February 2019)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Micro-World of Doctor Doom (2021)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #23 - Quarteto Fantástico 4 (fevereiro 2022)

Keywords

Andromeda galaxy; Crater Isle; passenger I.C.B.M.; pogo plane; Times Square

Indexer Notes

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Fantastic 4 Fan Page

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Harold Silverman, Robert Allen Ellise, Paul B. Weinstein, Dick Tedor, Robert Caldwell, R. Anderson, Steve Stough, Anthony Corda, Tom Jones, Alan Wheeler, and Ronn Foss (Alter Ego publisher at the time); includes Special Announcement Section.

In answer to a question from Paul B. Weinstein about who originated the corner cover symbol box, Stan Lee replied: "Steve Ditko dreamed up the idea, and we're sure glad he did!"

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Guide to Hypnotism / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys, Girls, Men, Women (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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