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4May 1962
$0.12

Fantastic Four #4

Marvel · May 1962 · on sale 1962-02-08

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
May 1962
Key date
1962-05-00
On-sale date
1962-02-08
Indicia publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Coming of the Sub-Mariner!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
2The Coming of... Sub-Mariner! Chapter 1 On the Trail of the Torch!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Monster from Mars-statue (flashback); Miracle Man (flashback)
3-letters page1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack KirbyThing; Invisible Girl
5Chapter 2 Enter the Sub-Mariner!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
8Chapter 3 Let the World Beware!comic story3script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
10Chapter 4 Sub-Mariner's Revenge!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Giganto (introduction)
13Mister Fantasticillustration1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekMr. Fantastic
15Chapter 5 Return to the Deep!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Giganto (death)

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #31966On eBay ›
Marvel Treasury Edition #111976On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #2
ISBN 0-87135-307-5
1987On eBay ›
Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn]
ISBN 078510593X
1998On eBay ›
Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four #81445
ISBN 0-671-81445-1
1977On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #1
ISBN 0-7851-0666-9
1998On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #21986On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #31986On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #1
ISBN 0-7851-1870-5
2005On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #1
ISBN 0-7851-1181-6
2003On eBay ›

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