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Issue: Fantastic Four #3
Publication Date: March 1962
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Issues: #3 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: British
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
On Sale Date: 12/12/1961
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)
20 (5 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: An alternate Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers cover for this issue was published in Fantastic Four #224 (November 1980).

The on-sale date is the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 15, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1961. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B942377. Copyright given to Canam Publishers Sale Corp.
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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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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
First Line: In this great collectors'-item issue, you will see, for the first time...
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Disclose Notes: Johnny Storm has two left hands. The thumb on his right hand is on the wrong side of his palm.
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Subject Matter
First Line: New Discoveries in Hypnotism
Synopsis: An advertisement for Bond Book Company's "How to Hypnotize" book.
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 1 The Menace of the Miracle Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man (villain, introduction)
First Line: Can even the Fantastic Four defeat a man who performs... miracles???
Synopsis: The Miracle Man performs his supervillain debut at his magic show by humiliating the Thing.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: V-563
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Johnny Storm the Human Torch!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page
Character(s): The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
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Job Number: V-564
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First Line: New super-speed way to add pounds of solid muscle to chest, back, arms, wrist!
Synopsis: An advertisement for Medford Products Chest Pull Bobdy Builder body building equipment.
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Chapter II The Monster Lives!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man; Monster from Mars-statue
First Line: Guess I'll see what's doin' on tv tonight, Reed!
Synopsis: Miracle Man declares war on humanity and animates a movie monster statue.
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Great New Idea From CTI

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Synopsis: An advertisement for Commercial Trades Institutes job training booklets.
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Chapter III The Flame that Died!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man; Monster fron Mars-statue
First Line: Thing!! Look!! It's the Torch!
Synopsis: Human Torch torches the animated Monster from Mars-statue and Invisible Girl stowes away on the atomic tank that Miracle Man has stolen.
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Job Number: V-563
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First Line: Reward $2,000.00
Synopsis: An advertisement for Best Value Companies' coin guide.
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First Line: Amazing Wrist Radio
Synopsis: An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation's wrist radio.
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Chapter IV In the Shadow of Defeat!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man
First Line: An hour later...
Synopsis: The Thing recalls the origin of the Fantastic Four while the Invisible Girl is taken prisoner by Miracle Man.
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First Line: Boys -- 12 or older
Synopsis: An advertisement recruiting Grit newspaper salesmen.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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First Line: Transistor Radio
Synopsis: An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporations transistor radio.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Letters of comment from Alan Weiss, Las Vega NV; Rick Wood, Cambridge MA; "unsigned" Dallas TX; George Paul, Hoboken NJ; Bill Sarril, Boston MA; and "S. Brodsky" (Sol Brodsky), Brooklyn NY.
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Stamps Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Synopsis: A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and catalogs.
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Chapter V The Final Challenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man
First Line: Fate works in mysterious ways!
Synopsis: Miracle Man is defeated, but at the cost of the Human Torch leaving the Fantastic Four.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Synopsis: An advertisement for Padell Book Company's instruction booklets for self-defense, hypnotism, mechanical drawing, etc.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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First Line: Treasure Chest of Fun
Synopsis: An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporations novelties.
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First Line: For a successful career in radio television electronics
Synopsis: An advertisement for National Radio Institutes job training opportunities catalog.
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Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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First Line: New Type of Shoe will Fill Your Pockets with Cash!
Synopsis: An advertisement recruiting salesmen for the Mason Shoe Manufacturing Company.
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Disclose Notes: back cover

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