Fantastic Four #39

(June 1965)

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Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited as Frank Ray); Wally Wood (Matt Murdock and Daredevil figures); Carl Hubbell ? (see notes)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Looks like we found them just in time!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]

Synopsis

Reed devises mechanical devices to enable the FF to duplicate their vanished super-powers. Matt Murdoch visits the FF and Dr. Doom attacks.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #36
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #105
• in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #10 (10 janvier 1971)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #31 (June 1971)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #34 (11 Luglio 1972)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #84 (May 11, 1974)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #37 - La bataille du Baxter Building (1985)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #21 ([November] 1992)
• in The Villainy of Dr. Doom (Marvel, 1999 series) (1999) [Pages 3 and 12 have switched places in this reprint]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 [Regular Edition] ([November] 2003)
• in Best of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1965 (mars 2006)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - The Coming of Galactus (2018)

Keywords

Latveria; nuclear sub Seahawk

Indexer Notes

Page 4, which features Kirby's photo-collage, appears to be inked by Carl Hubbell who was on staff for a period of time. The collage page likely had to be worked on in the office and Hubbell was available. Info per Nick Caputo, May 2014.

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustration)

Inks

Chic Stone (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Fantastic 4 Fan Page

Characters

Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Carlos Baez, Jack Marchese, Mark Meed, Robert Nespor, Roger Gilman, Linda Ann Mason, Bob Ilisevich, and Curtis Martens; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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