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20November 1963
$0.12

Fantastic Four #20

Marvel · November 1963 · on sale 1963-08-08

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
November 1963
Key date
1963-11-00
On-sale date
1963-08-08
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 Molecule Man!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Molecule Man
2The Mysterious Molecule Man!comic story22script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art SimekThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Molecule Man (introduction, origin); The Watcher [Uatu]; The Yancy Street Gang; Alicia Masters
9Another Marvel Masterpiecepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don HeckGiant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser
11-letters page2script: Stan Lee

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #141968On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #6
ISBN 0-87135-481-0
1988On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #1
ISBN 0-7851-0666-9
1998On 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 ›

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