Fantastic Four
#84
(March 1969)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except November, semi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-12-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The story-arc, "Within this Tortured Land," starting here and running through issue #87, is widely known to have been inspired by the British TV series THE PRISONER. Kirby was a fan of the show and based the plot on key elements of The Prisoner, as documented in Comic Book Resources (https://www.cbr.com/the-100-greatest-stan-lee-stories-ever-told-35-31/2/) and The Jack Kirby Collector #11 (https://twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/11prisoner.html).Keywords The Prisoner
The story-arc, "Within this Tortured Land," starting here and running through issue #87, is widely known to have been inspired by the British TV series THE PRISONER. Kirby was a fan of the show and based the plot on key elements of The Prisoner, as documented in Comic Book Resources (https://www.cbr.com/the-100-greatest-stan-lee-stories-ever-told-35-31/2/) and The Jack Kirby Collector #11 (https://twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/11prisoner.html).
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Name Is -- Doom!
The Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; the Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal]; Doctor Doom; Latverians
- Reprints
-
in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19109 -
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #111 - in Los Cuatro Fantásticos (Novedades, 1980 series) #82
-
in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #80 - in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #109
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #7 (Avril 1971) -
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #82 (28 Maggio 1974) -
in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #66 (October 1976) which is reprinted - in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([April] 2015) [1/4 page]
- in I Fantastici Quattro Gigante (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #39 (Giugno 1981)
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1983 series) #1 (21 Luglio 1983)
- in The Villainy of Dr. Doom (Marvel, 1999 series) (1999)
-
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 Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - The Name Is Doom (2020)
-
- Keywords
- castles; Latveria; marching bands
The Name Is Doom!
The Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only those blasted Inhumans would dream up a nutty gizmo like...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal]; Nick Fury; Dum-Dum Dugan; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Dr. Doom; Latverians
- Synopsis
- Nick Fury asks the FF to investigate rumors of secret army assembling in Europe; their investigations take them to Latveria where they become prisoners of Doom.
- Reprints
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #80
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #109
-
in The Fantastic Four Comic Annual (World Distributors, 1969 series) #[2] (1970), #[2] (1970) [Colored by British colorists: the Fantastic Four and the Thing's appearances are correctly colored, but Dr. Doom's tunic is red and his armor is purple.] - in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #82 (28 Maggio 1974)
- in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #66 (October 1976) [edited; 2 pages removed]
- in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #11 (4ème trimestre 1976)
- in The Villainy of Dr. Doom (Marvel, 1999 series) (1999) [Minus 2 pages (page 2; page 9, panels 2 & 4; page 11, panels 1 & 2)]
- 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 Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - The Name Is Doom (2020)
-
- Keywords
- Doombots
Indexer Notes
Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Produced by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby."
[no title indexed]
Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustrations)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan and Jack, The Fantastic Four is, without a doubt...
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; the Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal]
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([April] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Letter of comment from Joe Pearson, Chris Loye, Bill Nichols, Jerry Winana, David Shuman, "Pressed Rat and Warthog", and Jeffrey H. Wasserman.
Includes two panels reprinted from an earlier issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Name Is -- Doom!
The Fantastic Four -
1.
["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
Joe Weider -
2.
The Name Is Doom!
The Fantastic Four -
3.
["Secrets of teaching yourself music"]
U.S. School of Music -
4.
["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit -
5.
["It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"]
Academy for Home Study -
6.
["Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"]
Grit -
7.
["4 new “finds” for coin collectors"]
Littleton Coin Co. Catalog -
8.
["Missile tank only $6.98"]
Honor House Products -
9.
["20 course home study program"]
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10.
[Shop by Mail; Stamps]
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11.
["Brilliant bits of block-busting bombast straight from your blushin' bullpen!"]
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox -
12.
["We pay $100.00 for only 59 Lincoln pennies"]
Centre Coin Co. Catalog -
13.
["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
American Circle Corp. Products -
14.
["Dear Stan and Jack, The Fantastic Four is, without a doubt..."]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page -
15.
["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
Silver Surfer; Not Brand Echh! -
16.
["Amazing $1 art offer"]
Colonial Studios -
17.
["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
Famous Artists Schools
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