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Issue: Fantastic Four #116
Publication Date: November 1971
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Issues: #116 of 416 Issues (930 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/24/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Square Bound. On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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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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reprinted 7 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagFantastic Four Epic Collection #7 published January 2021
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Splash page
 
Assets1
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The Alien...the Ally...and Armageddon!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #114 published August 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Comics #96 [Newsstand] published January 1981
as The Alien...The Ally...And Armageddon [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: This free booklet tells you how you can break into computer programming
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for the La Salle Extension University.
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The Alien, the Ally, and Armageddon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Ben, we've got to face it.
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In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #114 published August 1975
as Il cervello superiore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #15 published January 1977
as Endgame! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #13 published January 1977
as The Alien, the Ally, and -- Armageddon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 1-11
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Britain #14 published January 1977
as Now Falls the Final Hour! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 16 (story part 2 splash page) and then 12-15 & 17-23, black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Comics #96 [Newsstand] published January 1981
as The Alien, the Ally, and Armageddon [Story on Interior Page(s)]edited; 11 pages removed from the original
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 34
Job Number: 729 Z
Disclose Notes: This story is broken into two chapters: The Alien, the Ally, and Armageddon! (15 pages) and Now Falls the Final Hour (19 pages).
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger (photograph); Joe Weider (photograph)
First Line: I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the "Weider System" of body building. The ad is located between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Hey fellow! Which would you rather have… neat prizes… or extra spending money?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for the GRIT Publishing Co. The ad is located between story pages 8 and 9 on the top half of the page.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein's monster
First Line: Monster s-i-z-e monsters
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Honor House products. The ad is located between story pages 8 and 9 on the lower half of the page.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: When I planned to retire before fifty
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Duraclean International. The ad is located between story pages 12 and 13.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Too skinny?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad page for various products, including stamps and comics, from different companies. The ad page is located between story pages 14 and 15.
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The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mac; Charles Atlas (photograph)
First Line: Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for information about the dynamic-tension body building program by Charles Atlas. The ad is located between story pages 18 and 19.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tammy Wynette (photograph)
First Line: Now--for the first time ever... Tammy Wynette sings all her greatest hits
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for "The Best of Tammy Wynette" record set. The ad is located between story pages 20 and 21.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Polaris nuclear sub
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for a toy submarine. The ad is located on the top half of the page between story page 24 and the Marvel Bullpen Bulletins sequence.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Be a stand-out in your crowd.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for clothing patches. The ad is located on the lower half of the page between story page 24 and the Marvel Bullpen Bulletins sequence.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thor; Iron Man; Daredevil; Captain America; Black Widow; Spider-Man; Conan; The Thing; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Hulk; Human Torch
First Line: Happy birthday, Bullpen baby! (or, if we knew you were comin’, we’d have baked a cake— and we did!)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes: Items; Stan Lee's Soapbox.
Between story pages 24 and 25.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photography)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the North American School of Drafting. The ad is located between the Marvel Bullpen Bulletins sequence and story page 25.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: I’m 11 years old... and I sell $75.00 to $100.00 dollars a week
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Ad pages for various products from different companies. The ad pages are located between story pages 30 and 31. Includes a text only, classified ad section titled "Market Place".
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Stan, In defiance of my most iron-clad rule of...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.6
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Tom Steinke, Joel Pollack, Sgt. Michael L. Kuhne, Bob Rozakis, and G. B. Tiede; includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: On lower half of the page beneath 2nd page of letters column.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 204pc Revolutionary War soldiers set
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Choose from a parade of prizes at J.S.C.A.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the Junior Sales Club of America.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Johnny Unitas
First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling $1.00 Christmas packs
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the American Specialty Co.

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