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Issue: Fantastic Four #23
Publication Date: February 1964
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Issues: #23 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: 11/12/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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 In20
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel #3 published June 1970
In Issue: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #2 published October 1999black and white
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #3 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #17 published October 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #18 published November 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #13 published September 1990
as Fantastic Four #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLos 4 Fantásticos #30 published ?
as El plan maestro del Doctor Infierno [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: You've heard about it! You've read about it!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for an all-transistor radio from Niresk Industries, inside front cover.
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The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Yogi Dakor (villain, introduction); Bull Brogin (villain, introduction); "Handsome Harry" Phillips (villain, introduction); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain)
First Line: Can't I step out of the room for a minute without something going wrong?!!
Synopsis: Doctor Doom recruits three criminals to help him destroy the Fantastic Four.
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In Issue: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #2 published October 1999black and white
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #3 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #17 published October 1968
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #18 published November 1971
as I favolosi Fantastici Quattro vittime del satanico piano del Dottor Destino! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #51 published September 1973
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 1 to 13 only.
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #52 published September 1973
as Trapped by Dr. Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 14 to 23 only.
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #11 [Regular] published January 1976
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDe Fantastiske Fire [Fantastiske Fire superseriepocket] #1 published January 1979
as Doktor Doom's mesterplan [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 1 page
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #13 published September 1990
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: X-547
Disclose Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo, November 2020.
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: An amazing invention - "Magic Art Reproducer" draw any person in one minute!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On top half of page between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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First Line: You’ll have fun & thrills as this 7 foot giant zooms 500 ft. in 3 minutes!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for a 7 foot plastic kite.
On lower half of page between story pages 6 and 7.
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Throw your voice
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items starting with "Throw Your Voice".
Between story pages 11 and 12.
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Hypno-Coin

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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. located on top half of page between story pages 14 and 15.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Reward $11,750.00 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 lower half of page between story pages 14 & 15.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Record Riot 102 smash songs $3.49
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Get 102 smash songs on seven records for only $3.49.
On top half of page, between story pages 19 and 20.
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Sell Grit

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Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Come on, fella grab the chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad seeking sellers of Grit newspaper.
On lower half of page between story pages 19 and 20.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

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Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Stamp collecting outfit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various classified-style ads for stamps and other products.
Between story pages 20 and 21.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
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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: Includes Special Announcements Section.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: A lifetime of fun, money, and friends - from amateur magic!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for "Blackstone's Mysteries of Magic."
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My Secret New Dynaflex Method

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
First Line: Boys! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a muscle building system.
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn radio-television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for a home study course teaching radio and television repair.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (panel background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for hypnotism lessons.

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