Fantastic Four #61 [Regular Edition]

(April 1967)

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Where Stalks the Sandman? (Table of Contents: 2)

The 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

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thank heaven we're safely back in our own...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Silver Surfer; Inhumans [Crystal; Karnak; Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Triton; Lockjaw]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Sam Thorpe

Synopsis

The Sandman attacks the Fantastic Four. During the battle, Reed is pulled into the Negative Zone and feared dead.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1941 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #41
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #58 (26 Giugno 1973)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #44 (September 1973)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #5 (4e trimestre 1974)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #129 (March 22, 1975) [pages 1-9], #130 (March 29, 1975) [pages 10-20; page 13 deleted]
• in Fantastic Four Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #9 (1980) [black & white]
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #43 (1987)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (April 2000)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1967 (2008)
• in Fantastic Four Adventures (Panini UK, 2010 series) #7 (August 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) [Pages 12-13]
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([April] 2015)
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #57

Indexer Notes

Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Here the credit reads "Extravagantly executed with ebullient erudition by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby."

Stan Goldberg credit based on a note on one of the original artboards (seen here: http://www.tcj.com/im-gonna-open-sealed-door-to-negative-zone/ ) as seen by Trevor Ashfield.

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Script

John F. Hayes

Letters

typeset

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Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustration)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Characters

The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Silver Surfer

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([April] 2015)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bill Homah, Nancy Newton, Wayne Witkowski, Alan Bentzel, Mark Thomas, Mike Johnson, Mike Kelly, and Grant Canfield; includes M.M.M.S. membership form.

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