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Issue: Fantastic Four #5

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Publication Date: July 1962

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Issues: #5 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.

On Sale Date: 04/10/1962

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)
8 (5 stories, 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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Fantastic Four #5 [U.S. Cover Price]

Fantastic Four #5 [British]

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Content Items (8 total)

Meet... Doctor Doom!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]

First Line: With a turn of this dial, I shall destroy the four of you forever!!

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Pages: 1

Prisoners of Doctor Doom! Part 1

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]

First Line: The Fantastic Four!! Hah!

Synopsis: Doctor Doom takes the Invisible Girl hostage to insure her teammates' obedience.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: V-735

Part 2 Back to the Past!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]

First Line: He's taking Sue aboard his ship!

Synopsis: Doctor Doom brings the FF to his castle stronghold in the USA. There he sends the Torch, the Thing and Mr. Fantastic back in time to retrieve the pirate Blackbeard's treasure.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: V-735

Part 3 On the Trail of Blackbeard

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]

First Line: Hours later, the Thing is first to awaken...

Synopsis: The Thing takes command of a sailing ship in the era of the pirate Blackbeard.

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Pages: 3

Job Number: V-735

Part 4 Battle!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (his hand only)

Synopsis: The Thing takes on the role of Blackbeard the Pirate and wishes to remain in the past.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: V-735

Part 5 The Vengeance of Doctor Doom!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Doctor Doom's robot

First Line: Look!! Floating in the air, above us!

Synopsis: Doom tries to kill the FF when they return from the past, but Invisible Girl saves them. Doom escapes with his jetpack.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: V-735

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: Letters from Roy Thomas, Mike Randall, Rick McGuire, Scotty Smith, William J. Marcolongo, Roger Mann, Harold McIntosh, Cruz Jiminez, William Frazier, and Ronn Foss.

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Character(s): Hulk

Synopsis: House advertisement for Hulk #1

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