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Issue: Fantastic Four #15
Publication Date: June 1963
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Issues: #15 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
On Sale Date: 03/12/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In22
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; the Mad Thinker; the Thinker's Awesome Android
First Line: Let none of the Fantastic Four leave alive!!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 [Regular Edition] published July 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 published January 2009
In Content Item: FlagDemonen #2/1970 published February 1970
as Den gale tenkeren og hans fryktelige androider! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #11 published August 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #6 published October 1988
as Fantastic Four #15 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as Fantastic Four #15 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Fantastic Four Battle... the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Mad Thinker (introduction); the Thinker's Awesome Android (origin); Alicia Masters; Cousin Bones (introduction); Fatal Finnegan (introduction); Willie Lumpkin; Peggy; Shorty
First Line: The android... neither animal, nor vegetable, nor mineral!
Synopsis: The Mad Thinker has summoned gang leaders to try to become the king of New-York. To achieve his goal, he must defeat the Fantastic Four. So he makes sure they are all offered interesting opportunities. While they disband, the Thinker uses the Baxter Building to build his Awesome Android.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 [Regular Edition] published July 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 published January 2009
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published September 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #10 published August 1967
as The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDemonen #2/1970 published February 1970
as De Fantastiske Fire mot Den gale tenkeren og hans fryktelige androide! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #11 published August 1971
as Knock out!ci [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Fantastic Four #5 published May 1975
as The Fantastic Four Battle ... the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUne Aventure des Fantastiques #27 published January 1982
as Le Penseur Fou et son androïde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #6 published October 1988
as The Fantastic Four Battle the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as The Fantastic Four Battle the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Fantastic Four Battle... The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: X-191
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The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUne Aventure des Fantastiques #2 published January 1973
as C'est ainsi que naquirent "les Fantastiques" [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHasbro / Secret Wars #12 published October 2009
as The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Action in the Fantastic Four Style

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sgt. Fury; Dr. Doom
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Half-page ads for Sgt. Fury # 1 and the next issue of Fantastic Four. Dr. Doom figure is either pencilled by Kirby and inked by Sol Brodsky, or possibly a swipe by Brodsky.
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In the next sensational issue of Fantastic Four...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby. Sol Brodsky ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man; Human Torch
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Half-page promotions for Ant-Man's appearance in the next issue of Fantastic Four and a listing of FF Fan Clubs. Human Torch likely drawn by Sol Brodsky.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters page replies by Stan Lee. Includes a letter from Roy Thomas.
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Don't Miss the Return of Dr. Doom

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Doom
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Half-page Ads for Sgt. Fury # 1 and the next issue of FF.
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Fantastic Four Fan Clubs

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5

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