Fantastic Four #78

(September 1968)

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Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Thing No More! (Table of Contents: 2)

The 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

Sam Rosen (credited as Sammy Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We made it!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Wizard; Crystal

Synopsis

The Wizard attacks the Baxter Building as Sue's doctors determine that everything is not well with her pregnancy.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #85
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #3 ([Juillet 1970])
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #75 (19 Febbraio 1974)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #60 (November 1975) [edited; 2 pages removed]
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #9 (1er trimestre 1976)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #4 (2005)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1968 (juin 2009)
• 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 ([April] 2015)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - The Name is Doom (2020)
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #74

Indexer Notes

Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Created and Choreographed by: Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."

Pete Duncan - "Dropout" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

International Correspondence Schools I.C.S. / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Intelsat III Satellite (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Olympic Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fellows! Here's a Swell Way to Make Lots of Money and Win Prizes Too! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Grit / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail; Stamps] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

More Hysterical Hoopla and Hangups from Your Howlin' House of Ideas! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[Now You Can Be Taller Instantly!] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Liftee Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

I'll Make you a Master of Karate (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Precise Publications / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

?

Letters

Sam Rosen ?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, I am writing this letter to comment on...

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lamar Blaylock, George Ferguson, Evan Katten, Gary Dahlberg, Tom Zmudzinski, Bruce Coville, and Mike Esterson; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Marvel Comics Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)