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Issue: Fantastic Four #18
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #18 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: 06/11/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (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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Adult Image
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The All-Powerful Super-Skrull!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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
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: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #13 published February 1968
as A Skrull Walks Among Us! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #13 published September 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #6 published October 1988
as Fantastic Four #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as Fantastic Four #18 [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 All-Powerful Super-Skrull! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Skrull Walks Among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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.
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 #13 published February 1968
as A Skrull Walks Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #13 published September 1971
as Uno Skrull è tra di noi! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUne Aventure des Fantastiques #27 published January 1982
as Un Skrull est parmi nous [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Saga ™ The Official History of the Marvel Universe #10 [Direct Edition] published September 1986
as Book X: To Stand United! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #6 published October 1988
as A Skrull Walks Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as A Skrull Walks Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as A Skrull Walks Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: X-361
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Don't miss
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page house ad for The Avengers #1.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: 72 big pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page house ad for Fantastic Four Annual #1, Strange Tales Annual #2, and X-Men #1.
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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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose 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!"

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