Fantastic Four #51 [Regular Edition]

(June 1966)

This Man... This Monster! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; the Thing; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Whitey Mullins; Sam Thorpe

Synopsis

An unnamed scientist gives himself the powers and appearance of the Thing and goes to the Baxter Building, planning to kill Reed. However, an accident results in him saving Reed's life and perishing in the Negative Zone.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1912 (1967)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #38 (October 1972)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #47 (9 Gennaio 1973)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #2 (4e trimestre 1973)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #109 (November 2 1974) [pages 1-13; edited to bring page count down to 10], #110 (Week Ending November 9, 1974) [pages 14-20]
• in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 (1976) [4 pages removed in reprint]
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #9 ([1983])
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #40 (1986) [pages 2-20]
• in Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics (Harry N. Abrams, 1991 series) (1991)
• in The Very Best of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1991 series) (1991)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[6] (February 2000)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (April 2000)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([March] 2004)
• in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
• in Fantastic Four 51 [Best Buy Edition] (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (August 2005)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #4 - Die Fantastischen Vier (2005)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1966 (mai 2007)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 [3] - La Edad Dorada (Septiembre 2011)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #97 - Фантастическая Четверка: Пришествие Галактуса

Greater, Groovier, Goofier Goodies Than Ever, Gathered From the Four Corners of Marveldom! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, You guys have got to be kiddin'!

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Bill Hitchcock, Carl H. Helmstetter, Robert Ford, George Gardiner, Dick Bandoli, Melvin Gionson, Dennie Landau, Dorothea Baker, Jack Skowron, and Peter Mancuso.