Fantastic Four
#81
(December 1968)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except November semi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-09-10
- 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 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Enter -- The Exquisite Elemental!
The Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Crystal; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Wizard
- Reprints
-
in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #97 -
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #78 (2 Aprile 1974) -
in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #63 (May 1976) which is reprinted - in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([April] 2015) [1/4 page]
- 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 The Inhumans: Beware the Inhumans (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - The Name is Doom (2020)
-
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1962 series) #108 -
in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1997 -
in Fantastiska fyran (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #22 - in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #77
- in Los Cuatro Fantásticos (Novedades, 1980 series) #79
-
Enter -- The Exquisite Elemental!
The Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages
- 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)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Crystal; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Wizard
- Synopsis
- Crystal joins the team while Sue is recovering from Franklin's birth. The Wizard attacks the Baxter Building.
- Reprints
-
in The Fantastic Four Comic Annual (World Distributors, 1969 series) #[nn] (1969) - in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #97
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #4 ([Septembre 1970]) - in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #78 (2 Aprile 1974)
- in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #9 (1er trimestre 1976)
- in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #63 (May 1976) [2 pages removed]
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #4 (2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 [Regular Edition] ([March] 2005)
- in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1968 (juin 2009)
- in Fantastic Four: Extended Family (Marvel, 2011 series) ([March] 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 ([April] 2015)
- in The Inhumans: Beware the Inhumans (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - The Name is Doom (2020)
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #77
-
Indexer Notes
Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Profoundly produced by: Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."
A Plethora of Pronouncements Up for Grabs
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan, Jack, and Joe, Grr! I am boiling mad!
- Characters
- the Thing [Ben Grimm]
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([April] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Letters from Karl Reif, Charles Bromley, Gary Davis, Ray Whitson, Dudley Bolbat, F. James Mohl, Marshall Strauss, and Achille Di Bacco; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Enter -- The Exquisite Elemental!
The Fantastic Four -
1.
Enter -- The Exquisite Elemental!
The Fantastic Four -
2.
A Plethora of Pronouncements Up for Grabs
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
["Dear Stan, Jack, and Joe, Grr! I am boiling mad!"]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
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