Fantastic Four #69

(December 1967)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited as Stan (the Man) Lee); Jack Kirby (co-plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited as Jack (King) Kirby)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Though he looks like the famous Dr. Santini, the world's...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Mad Thinker; Doctor Jose Santini; Marty; Bill

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Ben is driven mad by the treatments of Dr. Santini, revealed to be the Mad Thinker, and attacks the rest of the FF.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #65
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #65
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #66 (16 Ottobre 1973)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #52 (October 1974)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #7 - Le Penseur Fou (3ème trimestre 1975)
• in Fantastic Four Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #12 (1981) [black & white]
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #4 (2005) [black and white]
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1967 (2008)
• in Fantastic Four Adventures (Panini UK, 2010 series) #17 (May 2011)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - A Través del Universo (Septiembre 2012)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2015)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - The Name Is Doom (2020)

Indexer Notes

Kirby co-plot credit was acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in several interviews. The credit here read "Why are Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby the most honored creative team in all of comicdom?"

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Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustrations)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, Well, guys, take a bow.

Characters

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

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark McCaffery, Michael Grecsek, Don Sampson, Jeff Stasi, Dale Miller, Lane Bailey, and Dana Smith & Chris Dunny; M.M.M.S. membership form.

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