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Issue: Fantastic Four #18

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Publication Date: September 1963

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Issues: #18 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.

On Sale Date: 06/11/1963

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S., then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #116, 200, 358)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 Fantastic Four #18 [U.S. Cover Price]

2 Fantastic Four #18 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

The All-Powerful Super-Skrull!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm], Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; the Super-Skrull

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A Skrull Walks Among Us!

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Super-Skrull (introduction); Dr. Doom (cameo); the Skull Emperor (introduction); Skrulls

First Line: I just love the evening tv news broadcast...

Synopsis: The Skrull Emperor sends the Super-Skrull, a Skrull possessing all the powers of the Fantastic Four, to conquer Earth.

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Pages: 21

Job Number: X-361

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Don't miss

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Pages: 1

Notes: Full page house ad for The Avengers #1.

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Genres: superhero

First Line: 72 big pages

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Pages: 1

Notes: Full page house ad for Fantastic Four Annual #1, Strange Tales Annual #2, and X-Men #1.

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from Harold Silverman, Robert Allen Ellise, Paul B. Weinstein, Dick Tedor, Robert Caldwell, R. Anderson, Steve Stough, Anthony Corda, Tom Jones, Alan Wheeler, and Ronn Foss (Alter Ego publisher at the time); includes Special Announcement Section.

In answer to a question from Paul B. Weinstein about who originated the corner cover symbol box, Stan Lee replied: "Steve Ditko dreamed up the idea, and we're sure glad he did!"