Fantastic Four
#27
[Regular Edition]
(June 1964)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-03-10
- 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)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Search for the Sub-Mariner!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Doctor Strange
- Reprints
-
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #39 -
in Fantastic Four (Yaffa / Page, 1981 series) #2 -
in I Fantastici Quattro Gigante (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #15 -
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #24 - in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #21 (11 Gennaio 1972)
-
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #56 (October 27, 1973) [used as first page of the reprinted story] -
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #79 (5 juillet 1976) [N&B [B&W]] -
in Fantastic Four (Oberon, 1979 series) #1 (1979) - in Los Cuatro Fantásticos (Novedades, 1980 series) #23 (15 de septiembre de 1980) [recolored]
-
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990) - in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (October 1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 (2010)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 - The Master Plan of Doctor Doom (2017) [recolored; new trade dress], #2 - The Master Plan of Doctor Doom (2017)
- in Namor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - Enter the Sub-Mariner (2021)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #27 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/21/w200/21893.jpg?2900473217041159090)
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The Search for Sub-Mariner!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- X-674
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, for goodness sake!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Strange (guest appearance); Namor the Sub-Mariner (villain)
- Synopsis
- Sub-Mariner kidnaps Sue. He wants 24 hours to convince her to marry him. Reed wants to take her back.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Four (Yaffa / Page, 1981 series) #2
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #24
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1
- in Wham! (IPC, 1964 series) #187 (13 January 1968)
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #19 (February 1969)
- in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #4 (10 juillet 1970) [reworked]
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #21 (11 Gennaio 1972)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #55 (October 20, 1973) [pages 1-13], #56 (October 27, 1973) [pages 14-23]
- in Los Cuatro Fantásticos (Novedades, 1980 series) #23 (15 de septiembre de 1980)
- in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #29 - L'Enfant terrible (4e trimestre 1982)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990)
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (October 1999) [Black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 (2010)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 - The Master Plan of Doctor Doom (2017)
- in Namor, the Sub-Mariner Epic Collection (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - Enter the Sub-Mariner (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan and Jack, I just can't hold off writing to you any longer.
- Feature Logo
- Fantastic 4 Fan Page
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Includes special announcements section.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Search for the Sub-Mariner!
Fantastic Four -
1.
["Fill the gaps in your family's education with the amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia"]
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2.
The Search for Sub-Mariner!
Fantastic Four -
3.
Training for Big Pay Made Simple!
Commercial Trades Institute -
4.
My Secret New Dynaflex Method
Mike Marvel System -
5.
["Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit!"]
Grit Newspaper -
6.
Hypno-Coin
Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. -
7.
["New accordions - save up to 1/2"]
Accordion Corp. of America -
8.
[Stamps; Shop by Mail]
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9.
[Stamps; Shop by Mail]
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10.
["Dear Stan and Jack, I just can't hold off writing to you any longer."]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page -
11.
["Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza"]
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12.
["Earn big money"]
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13.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seeds -
14.
["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Pierre Freyssonnet
- Del Gruber
- Matthew Head
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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