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8November 1962
$0.12

Fantastic Four #8

Marvel · November 1962 · on sale 1962-08-09

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
November 1962
Key date
1962-11-00
On-sale date
1962-08-09
Indicia publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Prisoners of the Puppet-Master!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; 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 Puppet Master
2Prisoners of the Puppet Master!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Puppet Master (introduction)
3The Human Torchcharacter profile1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
5The Hands of the Puppet Maker Part 2comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Puppet Master; Alicia Masters (introduction); Warden Williams (introduction)
7The Lady and the Monster! Part 3comic story3script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek, Sam RosenThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Alicia Masters
10Face-to-face with the Puppet Master! Part 4comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Puppet Master; Puppet Master's winged horse; Warden Williams
13-letters page1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol BrodskyMr. Fantastic
15Death of a Puppet! Part 5comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThe Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Puppet Master; Alicia Masters

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 #51966On eBay ›
Fantastic Four #2241980On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #2
ISBN 0-87135-307-5
1987On 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 #1
ISBN 0-7851-1181-6
2003On eBay ›

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