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Issue: Fantastic Four #1

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Publication Date: November 1961

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Issues: #1 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

Title:

Variant: U.S. Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: MC

Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.

On Sale Date: 08/08/1961

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: The date of release is noted in the letters page of Fantastic Four #600. It is confirmed by 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 B917811. Copyright given to Canam Publishers Sales Corp.

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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

Format Notes:

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2 Fantastic Four #1 [U.S. Cover Price]

Fantastic Four #1 [British]

Reprinted In108

4 Content Items

reprinted 26 times as/in other Issues.

4 Content Items

reprinted 80 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:

Maximum Fantastic Four #[nn] published January 2005 as [untitled] [Illustration on Dustjacket] This fold-out dust jacket (2 feet x 3 feet or 64 cm x 91 cm) features the cover on one side and the whole issue on the other

Mythos: Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published December 2007 as Mythos [Credits on Interior Page(s)] panels

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Tom Horvitz

Cover recreation by Jack Kirby prior to a similar recreation for the 1994 Sotheby's Auction. Inked by Joe Sinnot and lettered by Tom Orzachowsky.

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Content Items

Title	Genre	Feature(s)	Character(s)
[untitled] Illustration on Cover, Front	superhero		The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Giganto
How to Gain up to 50 Lbs. of Mighty Muscles! Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		Jowett Institute of Physical Training	George Jowett; John Sill; Tony Pascarella; Jim Norman
The Fantastic Four! Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero		The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]] (introduction, origin); the Mayor of Central City; Central City Police Department [Pete; unnamed members]; National Guard unnamed members;
Good Job, More Money and Greater Security Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		Commercial Trades Institute
Will You Work Saturday Mornings for $5.00 to $20.00 Extra? Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		Mason Shoe Mfg. Co.
The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man! Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero		The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Moleman] (introduction); Monsters of Monster Isle [Giganto; Tricephalous] (introduction, all unnamed here); French Army [Pierre; unnamed soldiers]
[untitled] Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
Boys 12 or Older Sell Grit Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
Reward $2,000.00 for this coin Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
The Moleman's Secret! Story on Interior Page(s)	superhero		The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Moleman] (origin); Monsters of Monster Isle [Rock Monster Guardian [Ugu] (introduction); Giganto] (all unnamed)
Stamps...Shop by Mail Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
Juke Box Bank Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
Test Your Talent! Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
If You Know Just 20 People... You Can Make at Least $50 Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
Learn Radio-Television Electronics by Practicing at Home in Your Spare Time Advertisement on Interior Page(s)			J.E. Smith (photo)
He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw Advertisement on Interior Page(s)