(November 1969)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly except November, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-08-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby; Marie Severin ? (see notes)
Inks
Joe Sinnott; John Verpoorten ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]]; Doctor Doom; Mole Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Mole Man figure appears to be an addition by Marie Severin. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2018.

The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
Synopsis
Fantastic Four vs. the Mole Man.
Reprints

The Moleman's Secret! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
Reprints

The Fantastic Origin of Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Reed Richards; Ben Grimm; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (origin); Boris Nachman
Reprints

The Final Victory of Dr. Doom! (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Rama-Tut
Synopsis
Fantastic Four vs. Doctor Doom.
Reprints

Because You Demanded It! (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Al Hewetson (photos)
Inks
Al Hewetson (photos)
Letters
Sam Rosen

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Snapshots of the Marvel Bullpen, including Stan Lee, Neal Adams, Dan Adkins, Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Sharon Cohen, Gene Colan, Johnny Craig, Bill Everett, Gary Friedrich, Stan Goldberg, Archie Goodwin, Sam Grainger, Don Heck, Al Hewetson, Jean Izzo, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Morrie Kuramoto, Suzan Lane, Larry Lieber, Tony Mortellaro, Tom Palmer, Paul Reinman, John Romita, Sam Rosen, Stu Schwartzberg, John Severin, Marie Severin, Syd Shores, Artie Simek, Joe Sinnott, Jim Steranko, John Tartaglione, Jean Thomas, Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, George Tuska and John Verpoorten.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. The Moleman's Secret!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. The Fantastic Origin of Doctor Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  5. 4. The Final Victory of Dr. Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  6. 5. Because You Demanded It!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Frank Lovece
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore