Fantastic Four
#23
[Regular Edition]
(February 1964)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- 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
- 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.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
- Reprints:
-
in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968) which is reprinted - in The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008) [1/4 page]
- in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 ([September] 2016) [1/4 page]
-
in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #3 (10 juin 1970) [reworked and recolored] which is reprinted - in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #2 (10 mai 1970)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #6 (5 juin 1970)
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #18 (30 Novembre 1971) -
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #52 (September 29, 1973) [Cover used as new bridging splash page.] - in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
-
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1962 series) #30 - in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 [black and white]
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #23 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/21/w200/21889.jpg?6707853818984439533)
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The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 23 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Roussos [as George Bell]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Yogi Dakor (villain, introduction); Bull Brogin (villain, introduction); "Handsome Harry" Phillips (villain, introduction); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom](villain)
- Synopsis:
- Doctor Doom recruits three criminals to help him destroy the Fantastic Four.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968)
- in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #3 (10 juin 1970) [reworked]
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #18 (30 Novembre 1971)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #51 (September 29, 1973) [Pages 1 to 13 only.], #52 (September 29, 1973) [Pages 14 to 23 only.]
- in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 (1976)
-
in De Fantastiske Fire [Fantastiske Fire superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979) [minus 1 page] - in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #30 (2ème trimestre 1983)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
-
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #2 (?) -
in Fantastic Four (Yaffa / Page, 1981 series) #1 - in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 [black and white]
-
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The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!
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The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!
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- Nick Caputo
- Jim Van Dore
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