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18September 1963
$0.12

Fantastic Four #18

Marvel · September 1963 · on sale 1963-06-11

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
September 1963
Key date
1963-09-00
On-sale date
1963-06-11
Indicia publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The All-Powerful Super-Skrull!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm], Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; The Super-Skrull
2A Skrull Walks Among Us!comic story21script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Super-Skrull (introduction); Dr. Doom (cameo); the Skull Emperor (introduction); Skrulls
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan GoldbergThe Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson; Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky; letters: Artie SimekFantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
14-letters page2script: Stan Lee

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #131968On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #6
ISBN 0-87135-481-0
1988On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #1
ISBN 0-7851-0666-9
1998On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #101986On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #1
ISBN 0-7851-1870-5
2005On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2
ISBN 0-7851-0980-3
2003On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #1
ISBN 0-7851-0883-1
2003On eBay ›

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