Fantastic Four #19 [Regular Edition]
(October 1963)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-07-09
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)

At the Mercy of Rama-Tut (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I never thought it could happen!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Pharaoh Rama-Tut [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
ancient Egypt; pharaohs; pyramids

Indexer Notes

Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 November 2006); the original indexer credited George Roussos. "Pharaoh" is mis-spelled in the cover copy.

Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Prisoners of the Pharoah! [sic] (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
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Weaponless! Defenseless!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (also in flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also in flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (photograph); Alicia Masters; Pharaoh Rama-Tut [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311) (introduction, villain); Puppet Master [Phillip Masters] (photograph)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Fantastic Four return to Ancient Egypt to try to find a cure for Alicia's blindness and are met by Rama-Tut, a time traveler from the year 3000.
Reprints
Keywords
chariot; Museum of Natural History; Sphinx; time travel

Indexer Notes

Rama-Tut will later be shown to be the same villain as Kang the Conqueror by dint of a time-paradox. "Pharaoh" is mis-spelled in the title.

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

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

King-Size Latex Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grog Dinosaur / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks
Dick Ayers (illustration)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters page replies by Stan Lee. Thing illo from an earlier issue. Includes Special Announcement Section and a letter from Steve Gerber.

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

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

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

Commercial Trades Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

100 Toy Soldiers / 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. At the Mercy of Rama-Tut
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  3. 2. Prisoners of the Pharoah! [sic]
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Free with any purchase"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  5. 4. ["Record your voice at home"]
    Honor House Products
  6. 5. ["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
    Littleton Coins
  7. 6. ["Instant live sea animals"]
    Sea-Monkeys
  8. 7. ["America's most lovable characters from ...Walt Disney's wonderful world"]
    King-Size Latex Toys
  9. 8. ["Reward $11, 750.00 for this coin!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  10. 9. ["Grog grows own tail"]
    Grog Dinosaur
  11. 10. ["Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  12. 11. Another Marvel Masterpiece
    X-Men
  13. 12. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  15. 14. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
    Guide to Hypnotism
  16. 15. ["Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing"]
    Commercial Trades Institute
  17. 16. ["100 toy soldiers"]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  18. 17. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • R. S. Martin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore