Fantastic Four #40

(July 1965)

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The Mason Shoe Mfg. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Battle of the Baxter Building (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited as V. Colletta)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

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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

Dr. Doom battles the Fantastic Four and Daredevil. Reed restores the team's powers with the Stimulator (which was introduced in issue #37). Ben is returned to being The Thing, crushes Doom's hands and drives him off, wounded. Ben deserts the Fantastic Four.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #37
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19113 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #113
• 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) #35 (25 Luglio 1972)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #85 (May 18, 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)
• 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)

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Captain America; Daredevil; Iron Man; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Tales of Suspense / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Face Front! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

The Merry Marvel Marching Society / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Colors

? (background only)

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Fantastic 4 Fan Page

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Harvey Buchbinder, Jim Martin, Jeffrey Dietrich, Joseph Hartlaub, Mike Bophardt, Rick Albright, Michael Sing, Tom Nester, David Berman, Clyde Snyder, Mark Lund, and John Ellsworth; includes The Mighty Marvel Marvel Checklist.

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