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51June 1966
$0.12

Fantastic Four #51

Marvel · June 1966 · on sale 1966-03-10

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#51
Publication date
June 1966
Key date
1966-06-00
On-sale date
1966-03-10
Indicia publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0This Man...This Monster!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekInvisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards
2This Man... This Monster!comic story20script: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Artie SimekBen Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Whitey Mullins, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Belle Thorne, Coach Sam Thorne, Wyatt Wingfoot
3Marvel Collectors’ Item Classicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky, Don Heck, Dick Ayers; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie SimekSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Professor Stromm; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Gargantus; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Watcher [Uatu]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange
4-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Spider-Man; Daredevil
14-in-house column1script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typesetThing [Ben Grimm]
15-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy)Thing [Ben Grimm]; Hulk; Spider-Man; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Torch]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]
16-letters page2script: Stan LeeThing [Ben Grimm]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #381972On eBay ›
Marvel Treasury Edition #111976On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #3
ISBN 0-7851-0782-7
2000On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #6
ISBN 0-7851-1266-9
2004On eBay ›
Fantastic Four 51 [Best Buy Edition] #[nn]2005On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #2
ISBN 0-7851-2403-9
2007On eBay ›

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