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Issue: Fantastic Four Pocket Book #3
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #3 of 28 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel UK
Brand: Marvel Digest Series
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1980
Volume: none
Pages: 52
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Price: £0.15 GBP
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Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: Digest
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [the Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]
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Pages: 1
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Marvel Digest Series

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Disclose Notes: House Advert for pocket books featuring the covers of: Star Heroes Pocket Book #3, Spider-Man Pocket Book #3, Chiller Pocket Book #3 and Fantastic Four Pocket Book #3.
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Beware the Hidden Land!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]]; Inhumans [Triton; Black Bolt; Medusa; Karnak; Gorgon; Lockjaw; Crystal]; Seeker; Dragon Man; Alicia Masters; Maximus; Alpha Primitives
First Line: The Inhumans are gone!
Synopsis: After subduing Dragon Man, the FF follow the Inhumans to their Great Refuge.
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Pages: 20
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It's True... Hulk and Spider-Man are Merging!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Spider-Man; Hulk; She-Hulk
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly (Marvel UK, 1980 series)
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The Coming of Galactus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Karnak; Gorgon; Medusa; Crystal]; Maximus; Seeker; The Silver Surfer (introduction); Skrulls; The Watcher; Galactus (introduction)
First Line: Black Bolt's evil brother, Maximus the Magnificent, in a final, desperate attempt to regain his lost crown, has fired the dreaded atmo gun...
Synopsis: Black Bolt and the Fantastic Four put an end to Maximus's plan to destroy all the humans. Once the Fantastic Four return to New York the Watcher tells them of the coming danger of Galactus.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Kirby's co-plotting credit is acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in many interviews. Actual credits read "Stan Lee, writer without peer Jack Kirby penciller of the year."

This is the first part of the three-part story which introduces Galactus and the Silver Surfer.
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The Zero Hour!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Matthew Grayson; Saramin
Synopsis: The Eastern Union helps the United Nations repel an attack by the Astro-men, only to betray them.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: 7849
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Don't Miss... Britain's Greatest New Adventure Comic!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Forces in Combat (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #1

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