Fantastic Four #50 [Regular Edition]
(May 1966)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1966-02-10
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)

The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

Ellbarr Novelties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby (uncredited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The awesome Galactus has chosen Earth to provide him with the energy he needs to sustain himself!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Gorgon; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]
Galactus [Galan]; Alicia Masters; Whitey Mullins (first appearance); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Belle Thorne (first appearance); Coach Sam Thorne (first appearance); The Watcher [Uatu]; Wyatt Wingfoot (first appearance); Dean Asher
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
With the aid of the Silver Surfer, the Fantastic Four force Galactus to leave Earth. Johnny Storm begins to attend Metro College and meets Wyatt Wingfoot.
Reprints
Keywords
ultimate nullifier

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

Spider-Man; Thor; Marvel Collectors’ Item Classics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

U.S. Gov't Surplus (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Surplus Bargains / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Accordion Corp. of America / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Christy Trades School Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Defense Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Stan Lee ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (illustration); Frank Giacoia (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jim Ruszka, Gerard Conway, Frank Heenan, Barry (Thor, Tango) Bezold, Norman E. Hulcher, Allen Howlett, Owen Davis, Rick Albright, The 9-2 Boys of Wagner Junior High School, and Eric Zelman & Richard Weber & Henry Geller.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Exclusive fun products by mail"]
    Ellbarr Novelties
  3. 2. The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["More triumphs for Marvel..!"]
    Spider-Man; Thor; Marvel Collectors’ Item Classics
  5. 4. U.S. Gov't Surplus
    Surplus Bargains
  6. 5. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Honor House Products
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Save 1/2 on “new sound” electronic accordions"]
    Accordion Corp. of America
  9. 8. ["Start your own business!"]
    Christy Trades School Training
  10. 9. ["Now…fear no man! Don’t be bullied!"]
    Precise Publications Defense Training
  11. 10. Hypno-Coin
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  12. 11. [Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. [Shop by Mail]
  14. 13. ["Naturally nifty, newsy, nondescript nonsense about our nutty non-entities!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  15. 14. ["Face front! Our super special sweat shirt has flooded us with such a mountain of mail orders that we're repeating it again this month!"]
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  17. 16. ["Is your hair growing or going?"]
  18. 17. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  19. 18. ["Another two-pointer for Jerry West!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Steve Jenner
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore