Fantastic Four #56 [Regular Edition]

(November 1966)

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Klaw the Murderous Master of Sound! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Though the world may call him Mr. Fantastic and...

Genre

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; Karnak; Lockjaw; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]]; Black Panther [T'Challa] (on viewscreen); Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom] (in shadows only); Klaw [Ulysses Klaue] (also in flashback); Maximus; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo); Wyatt Wingfoot

Synopsis

Klaw attacks the Baxter Building.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #52
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1922 (1967)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #22
• in The Fantastic Four Television Picture Story Book (P.B.S. Limited, 1969 series) (1969)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #52 (20 Marzo 1973)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #43 (July 1973)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #4 - Dr Fatalis (4e trimestre 1974)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #119 (January 11, 1975) [pages 1-11], #120 (January 18, 1975) [pages 11-20; page 1 of the reprint is a paste-up of page 11, panels 3-5 and page 12, panel 1 of the original story; page 12, panel 2 is enlarged to cover the top half of page 2 of the reprint]
• in Fantastic Four Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #7 (1980) [black & white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[6] (February 2000)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (April 2000) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([March] 2004)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1966 (mai 2007)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)
• in Fantastic Four Adventures (Panini UK, 2010 series) #1 (March 2010)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 [3] - La Edad Dorada (Septiembre 2011)
• in Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans (Marvel, 2013 series) ([October] 2013) [Page 5, panels 1-5 of page 6, last panel of page 14 and page 15]
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #5 - Fantastic Four: Der jüngste Tag (September 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #107 - Фантастическая Четверка: День Дума

Indexer Notes

Kirby's co-plot credit is acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in many interviews. The actual credit reads "Produced by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby."

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

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustration); ? (illustration)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (illustration); ? (illustration)

Colors

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, I'd like to compliment you on your great comics.

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Characters

the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Manfred Sierke, Carlo & Paul & Jim; Tom Spevak, Henry B. Clay, Donald Jackson, Tim Fox, and Russell Bullock, Jr., as well as a panel reproduction from a previous issue and an M.M.M.S. membership form.

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