Fantastic Four #43 [Regular Edition]

(October 1965)

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

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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4 complete fishing outfits

Indexer Notes

Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales.
Inside front cover.

Lo! There Shall Be an Ending! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

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Jack Kirby (credited)

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Vince Colletta (credited)

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Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

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Torch! Lower your flame, you juvenile incompetent!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Frightful Four: Madam Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Trapster [Peter Petruski]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Sgt. Donnegan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Reed manages to free Ben and Johnny from the Frightful Four's brainwashing and he and Sue defeat the villains.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #40
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1902 ([1966])
• in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #13 (15 avril 1971)
• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (December 1971) [page 10 removed]
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #38 (5 Settembre 1972)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #90 (June 22, 1974) [pages 1-10; page 4, panels 2, 3, and 5 deleted; and page 5, panels 1 and 5 deleted], #91 (June 29, 1974) [pages 11-20; page 1 of the reprint is a blow-up of page 10, panel 6 of the original publication]
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #38 - Trahis par la Chose
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #25 ([October] 1993)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (April 2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 [Regular Edition] ([January] 2004)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1965 (mars 2006)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #5 (2010)
• in Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans (Marvel, 2013 series) ([October] 2013)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - The Coming of Galactus (2018)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3.

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Fantastic Four; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Spider-Man; Thor; Journey into Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four; Journey into Mystery); Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man); Dick Ayers (Sgt. Fury)

Inks

Mike Esposito (Fantastic Four); Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man); Sol Brodsky (Journey into Mystery); Dick Ayers (Sgt. Fury)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (Fantastic Four; Amazing Spider-Man; Sgt. Fury); Artie Simek (Journey into Mystery); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

4 more annual masterpieces!

Genre

superhero; war; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sgt. Fury [Nick Fury]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Two-Gun Kid; Android; Attuma; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Cobra [Klaus Voorhees]; Crimson Dynamo; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Dragon Man; Executioner [Skurge]; Enchantress; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Duval]; Kang; Leader; Loki; Mandarin; Medusa; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Red Skull; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Super-Skrull; Thinker; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Hercules; Radioactive Man [Chen Lu]; Duplicate Thor; Lava Man

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 4 and 5. Promos for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3, Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2, Journey Into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1, and Sgt. Fury Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 using reprints of the covers and advertised as “now on sale.”

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Indexer Notes

An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation, between story pages 4 and 5.

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

Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Are you proud of your paycheck?

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Commercial Trades Institute, between story pages 8 and 9.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit

Indexer Notes

Ad soliciting sellers of Grit newspaper on top half of page between story pages 13 and 14.

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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Strange coins and valuable coin catalog

Indexer Notes

Ad for coin catalog and coins from Littleton Coin Co. Appears between story pages 13 and 14 on lower half of page.

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

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Play 1965 big league baseball games

Indexer Notes

Ad for Strat-O-Matic baseball game on top half of page, between story pages 16 and 17.

Amazing X-Ray Vision Instantly! (Table of Contents: 9)

"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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A hilarious laughingly funny illusion!

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for X-Ray glasses from Slimline Company.
Located between story pages 16 and 17, occupying lower half of page.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Play guitar in 7 days or money back

Indexer Notes

Thumbnail ads for stamps and other products, between story pages 16 and 17.

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Aim for the space team

Indexer Notes

Thumbnail ads for stamps and other products.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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? (promo copy)

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Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man); Dick Ayers (Sgt. Fury)

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Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man); Dick Ayers (Sgt. Fury)

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Sam Rosen; typeset

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2 more triumphs for Marvel..!

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]; Sergeant Nick Fury; the Howling Commandos [Corporal Dum Dum Dugan; Dino Manelli; Izzy Cohen; Gabe Jones; Robert Ralston [Rebel Ralston]; Percival Pinkerton]; Sergeant Bull McGiveney

Indexer Notes

Promos for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #29, and Sgt. Fury (Marvel. 1963 series) #22 using reprints of their covers. Includes a list of 25 names and addresses of members of The Merry Marvel Marching Society.

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The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Stan Lee (promo copy)

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The whole country is going "t-shirt wild," and if you've already received yours, you'll know why!

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

Ad for Fantastic Four shirt and Marvel Stationery.

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

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

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Stan Lee

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Well, it looks as though we're finally back to normal with the world's greatest adventure team.

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Tim McCray, Rick Paul, Shailendra Maheshwari, Tim White, Preston Sinks, Fred Lerner, Randy Risedorf, Steve Rosenfield; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and an membership form for the M.M.M.S. fan club.

Record Riot (Table of Contents: 15)

Hit Records / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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60 smash songs $2.98 ppd.

Indexer Notes

Ad for 60 songs on 10 records.

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Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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U.S. government surplus direct by mail!

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

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Boys, girls, men, women

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Back cover. Ad for the Wallace Brown line of Christmas cards.