Fantastic Four #82

(January 1969)

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

The Mark of -- the Madman! (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

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You have to leave us, Crystal?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Crystal]; Lockjaw; Alpha Primitives; Maximus; Inhumans [Medusa; Black Bolt; Karnak; Gorgon; Triton]; Zorr

Synopsis

Crystal is taken captive by the Alpha Primitives. Reed, Johnny, and Ben follow them to the Inhumans Great Refuge, where Maximus has overthrown Black Bolt and imprisoned the Royal Family.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19101 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #101
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #3 ([Juillet 1970])
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #80 (30 Aprile 1974)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #10 (3ème trimestre 1976)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #64 (July 1976) [2 pages removed; edited]
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #78 (Februar 1977)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #4 (2005)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1969 ([janvier] 2010)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #3 - El Largo Camino a Casa (Junio 2013)
• 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)

Indexer Notes

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

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

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Precise Publications Book and Dummy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustrations)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, So, Ben Grimm is once again condemned to...

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Crystal]

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Peter Marzano, David Fuchs, Walt Desmand, Steve Donaldson, H. R. Blanco Jr., Rusty Kirkland, Terry Levin, Mike Christiansen.
Includes "Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom”

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