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2January 1962
$0.10

Fantastic Four #2

Marvel · January 1962 · on sale 1961-09-28

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
January 1962
Key date
1962-01-00
On-sale date
1961-09-28
Indicia publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Skrulls from Outer Space!cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Skrulls
3The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!comic story6script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John DuffyThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls (introduction)
5Part 2 Prisoner of the Skrullscomic story8script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John DuffyThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls
10The Fantastic Four Fight Back!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John DuffyThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls
13The Thingillustration1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John DuffyThe Thing [Ben Grimm]
15The Fantastic Four... Captured!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John DuffyThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls

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 #11965On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #2
ISBN 0-87135-307-5		1987On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #6
ISBN 0-87135-481-0		1988On eBay ›
Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four #81445
ISBN 0-671-81445-1		1977On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #1
ISBN 0-7851-0666-9		1998On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #11985On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #21986On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #1
ISBN 0-7851-1870-5		2005On eBay ›

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