(December 1971)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly except December, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-07-20
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

"King Size Special Fantastic Four" on cover. "Fantastic Four Special" on spine. On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

Lo, There Shall Be An Ending (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
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Indexer Notes

Rosen credit per Nick Caputo, Jan 2012. Original indexer credited Artie Simek.

Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #9
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Lo! There Shall Be An Ending! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Frightful Four [Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Trapster [Peter Petruski]; Medusa]
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The Bouncing Ball of Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Bob Powell (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]]; Mad Thinker
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Bedlam at the Baxter Building! (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Avengers [Thor [Donald Blake]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Karen Page; Foggy Nelson; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nick Fury; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Watcher [Uatu]; Patsy Walker; Hedy Wolfe; Android; Attuma; Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]; Cobra [Klaus Voorhees]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Enchantress [Amora]; Executioner [Skurge]; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Duval]; Human Top [David Cannon]; Kang; Mandarin; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Puppet Master [Phillip Masters]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super-Apes [Igor; Mikhlo; Peotr]; Super-Skrull; Thinker; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk]; Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
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Keywords
wedding
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Lo, There Shall Be An Ending
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Lo! There Shall Be An Ending!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. The Bouncing Ball of Doom!
    Human Torch; The Thing
  4. 3. Bedlam at the Baxter Building!
    Fantastic Four
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  • David Bruce
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