Fantastic Four #30 [Regular Edition]
(September 1964)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-06-09
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)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Will the mysterious Diablo finally be the villain who suceeds in breaking up the F.F.??!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl; The Thing]; Diablo
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Niresk Industries, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Dreaded Diablo! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-730
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Even on vacation, the F.F. never know when danger will strike!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grim]; Baron Hugo; Featherstone; Diablo (introduction, villain)
Synopsis
On a vacation in Transylvania, the Fantastic Four encounter a castle inhabited by Diablo.
Reprints

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Good Luck Charms / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Scott-Mitchell House / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Littleton Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

2 More Triumphs for Marvel ..! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Colors
? (title panel only)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, F.F. #26 was a wild one and I loved it!
Feature Logo
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Scott Frederick, Lucy and Joseph Fernandez, Jim McDaniel, Brady Flowers, Gail Sutton, James E. Kunkel, Bruce Levy, Chris Apostal, Bruce Hall, Gardner Ruffin and Beth Oxford, with replies from Lee. Includes special announcements section.

My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Will the mysterious Diablo finally be the villain who suceeds in breaking up the F.F.??!"]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Industries, Inc.
  3. 2. The Dreaded Diablo!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza"]
  5. 4. ["Play 1964 big league baseball games"]
    Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game
  6. 5. ["Come on, fella grab the chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too"]
    Grit Newspaper
  7. 6. ["Genuine shark’s tooth"]
    Good Luck Charms
  8. 7. ["No sweat! No strain! No exhaustion!"]
    Scott-Mitchell House
  9. 8. ["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
    Littleton Coin Co.
  10. 9. 2 More Triumphs for Marvel ..!
  11. 10. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  12. 11. ["Dear Stan and Jack, F.F. #26 was a wild one and I loved it!"]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  13. 12. My Secret New Dynaflex Method
  14. 13. ["Are you proud of your paycheck?"]
  15. 14. ["Treasure chest of fun"]
    Honor House Products
  16. 15. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John Brichetto
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore