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Issue: Fantastic Four #17
Publication Date: August 1963
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Issues: #17 of 416 Issues (930 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: 05/09/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
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In the Clutches of Doctor Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
First Line: Can America's most colorful super-combo escape from...
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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 #8/1970 published August 1970
as Dr. Doom slår til igjen! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #27 published April 1972
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #6 published October 1988
as Fantastic Four #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as Fantastic Four #17 [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 In the Clutches of Doctor Doom! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Start your own business!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

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Defeated by Doctor Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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] (villain); Alicia Masters; Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Princess Pearla (cameo); President John F. Kennedy (cameo, partially hidden); Nikita Khrushchev (cameo)
First Line: Happy landings, Ant-Man!
Synopsis: Back from the Micro-world, Doctor Doom attacks the Fantastic Four once more by kidnapping Alicia.
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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 January 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #12 published December 1967
as Defeated by Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDemonen #8/1970 published August 1970
as Overvunnet av Doktor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #12 published September 1971
as Sconfitti dal Dottor Destino! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel 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 Defeated by Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as Defeated by Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as Defeated by Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Job Number: X-315
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[untitled]

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Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for hypnotism lessons from Palmer-Jones Publishers.
Between story pages 6 & 7.
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[untitled]

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First Line: How to make money as you train at home for a better job or a business of your own in Auto Mechanics
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Disclose Notes: Ad for a home study course teaching auto mechanics between story pages 11 & 12.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Reward $9,985.50 for this coin!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send $1.00 for catalog listing prices the company will pay for rare coins.

On top half of page between story pages 14 & 15.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Will you work Saturday mornings... ?
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement to sell shoes from the Mason Shoe Mfg. Company on lower half of page between story pages 14 & 15.
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Boys 12 or Older Make $1 to $5 in Your Spare Time

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Disclose Notes: Ad soliciting sellers of Grit newspaper.
On top half of page following story page 19 and preceding the promo ad for Sgt. Fury.
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Hypno-Coin

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. located on lower half of page following story page 19 and preceding the promo ad for Sgt. Fury.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sergeant Nick Fury; the Howling Commandos [Corporal Dum Dum Dugan; Robert Ralston [Rebel Ralston]; Dino Manelli, Izzy Cohen; Jonathan Juniper; Gabe Jones]
First Line: First, The Fantastic Four!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 19 and 20. House ad for Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 with cover shown, advertised as "Get your copy today!"
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

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First Line: Stamp collecting outfit
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Disclose Notes: Various classified-style ads for stamps and other products, following promo ad for Sgt. Fury and before story page 20.
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[untitled]

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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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Pages: 2
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Disclose Notes: Ad soliciting people to sell religious and patriotic mottoes.
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Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method

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Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98. Also free booklet, “Secrets of Attracting Girls”.
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2 Complete Fishing Outfits

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Disclose Notes: Ad for tackle box, fishing rods and lures from Niresk Industries.
Inside back cover.
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He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw

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Character(s): Albert Dorne (caricature)
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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