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Issue: Fantastic Four #82
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
On Sale Date: 10/10/1968
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 1969 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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagHIP Comics #19101 published January 1969
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagFantastic Four #3 published July 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #80 published April 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagFantastiska fyran jättealbum #1/1975 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagFantastic Four : L'intégrale #1969 published January 2010
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMarvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos #3 published June 2013
as Portada original de Fantastic Four #82 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Subject Matter
Hercules wrist band
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Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
The Mark of -- the Madman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Alpha Primitives
You have to leave us, Crystal?
Crystal is taken captive by the Alpha Primitives. Reed, Johnny, and Ben follow them to the Inhumans Great Refuge, where Maximus has overthrown Black Bolt and imprisoned the Royal Family.
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FlagUne Aventure des Fantastiques #10 published January 1976
FlagFantastic Four : L'intégrale #1969 published January 2010
FlagHIP Comics #19101 published January 1969
as De hondsdolle Dolleman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastic Four #3 published July 1970
as La marque du...fou furieux! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #80 published April 1974
as Il marchio del pazzo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel's Greatest Comics #64 [25¢ Cover Price] published July 1976
as The Mark of the Madman [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages removed; edited
FlagMarvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos #3 published June 2013
as La Marca de... ¡El Loco! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Conceived, created, and carefully crafted by: Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."
80,000 Candlepower

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Advertisement for a torch to use while skin diving from Freeman Electric Co. Located between story pages 3 and 4.
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Subject Matter
Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
Spider-Man; Thor; The Thing; Captain Marvel (cameo); The Hulk (cameo)
It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!
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Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
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Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.
Between story pages 6 and 7.
Missile Firing Tank

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Advertisement for a toy tank large enough to sit in from Honor House Products Corp. Located between story pages 9 and 10. Occupies top half of page.
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Subject Matter
Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 in your spare time
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Advertisement for children to sell Grit Magazine from Grit Publishing Co. Located between story pages 9 and 10. Occupies bottom half of page.
Shop by Mail

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Subject Matter
More than 30 real flying models
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Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 15 and 16.
Shop by Mail

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Subject Matter
Too skinny?
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Thumbnail advertisements for various products. Located between story pages 18 and 19.
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Subject Matter
Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
A titanic treasure-trove of traumatically tempting tid-bits, tastefully tossed together to tease and tantalize thee!
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Includes: Items; Frustration Dept.!; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox.
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Subject Matter
I’ll make you a master of karate
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Crystal]
Dear Stan and Jack, So, Ben Grimm is once again condemned to...
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Miscellaneous
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Letters from: Peter Marzano, David Fuchs, Walt Desmand, Steve Donaldson, H. R. Blanco Jr., Rusty Kirkland, Terry Levin, and Mike Christiansen. Includes "Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom”
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Spider-Man; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma
Two more triumphs for Marvel..!
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Miscellaneous
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House ad for Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #68 and for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #9.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Chuck Sipes (photograph); Dave Draper (photograph)
Secret muscle building "tools"
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Inside back cover. Ad for body building products.
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Subject Matter
Norman Rockwell
We're looking for people who like to draw
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Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.

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