Fantastic Four #57 [Regular Edition]
(December 1966)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except November semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-09-08
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)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Enter... Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Wyatt Wingfoot
Reprints

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

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Enter... Dr. Doom! (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
Ben! Sue! Look sharp!
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]; Triton]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cartoon on T.V.); Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Maximus; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]
Synopsis
While Sandman attempts to free the Wizard, Dr. Doom steals the Surfer's Power Cosmic.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[217 Different Stamps] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Surplus Bargains, Dept. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Cheerful Card Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

See the New Super Heroes (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

CBS Saturday Cartoons / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

The Green Beret (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Royal Advtg. Corp. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Coin Wholesalers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop By Mail (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop By Mail (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Marvel Super-Heroes Are On TV! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Captain America; Hulk; Iron Man; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (spot illustrations)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Jack, I just had to give you my compliments...
Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Linda Lee Johnson, Barry Brookner, Carl Nelson, Edward Koh, Chuck Robinson, Mrs. Roslyn Smith, Eugene Frederick, and Buzzy Blair, as well as two panel reproductions from previous issues; includes M.M.M.S. membership form.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Basic Science Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Enter... Doctor Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. ["Let me show you too, how to make yourself astronaut-tough"]
    American Body Building Club
  3. 2. Enter... Dr. Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. [217 Different Stamps]
    Zenith Company
  5. 4. U.S. Gov’t Surplus
    Surplus Bargains, Dept.
  6. 5. ["Do you need extra money?"]
    Cheerful Card Company
  7. 6. See the New Super Heroes
    CBS Saturday Cartoons
  8. 7. The Green Beret
    Royal Advtg. Corp.
  9. 8. ["Coin Collector Specials!"]
    Coin Wholesalers
  10. 9. Shop By Mail
  11. 10. Stamps; Shop By Mail
  12. 11. ["Earth-shattering essays, eloquent epithets, and exaggerated endorsements which you can easily live without!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  13. 12. Marvel Super-Heroes Are On TV!
    Captain America; Hulk; Iron Man; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor
  14. 13. ["Dear Stan and Jack, I just had to give you my compliments..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  15. 14. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  16. 15. ["American Basic Science Club’s master lab… a home science lab and course"]
    American Basic Science Club, Inc.
  17. 16. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bruno Andreacchi
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mark Gordon
  • Del Gruber
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore