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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published December 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The End of the Fantastic Four!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Sub-Mariner
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Title and characters added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-04. Dick Ayers has confirmed to Nick Caputo that he inked this cover (GCD Error List 2 November 2006).
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6

5 page Fantastic Four story "The End of the Fantastic Four!"

Characters Fantastic Four (Invisible Girl; Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]); Sub-Mariner; GA: Alicia Masters
Synopsis The Fantastic Four are bankrupt and the Sub-Mariner is scheming to use this.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Page count (23p) changed by Per Sandell, 2006-02-04.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6

5 page Fantastic Four story "Part 2 Sub-Mariner gives the orders!"

Characters Fantastic Four (Invisible Girl; Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]); Sub-Mariner; GA: Alicia Masters; James Arness; Alfred Hitchcock; Dean Martin; Bob Hope
Synopsis The Sub-Mariner offers the Fantastic Four one million dollars if they star in a film that he's producing.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-05.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6

3 page Fantastic Four story Part 3 "The Fury of Mr. Fantastic"

Characters Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]); Sub-Mariner
Synopsis Mr. Fantastic discovers that the film project is a setup.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-05.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6

5 page Fantastic Four story Part 4 "The Flame of Battle"

Characters Fantastic Four (Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing); Sub-Mariner
Synopsis Human Torch and Thing discover that the film project is a setup.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-05.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6

5 page Fantastic Four story "Vengeance Is Ours! Part 5"

Characters Fantastic Four (Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing; Invisible Woman; Mr. Fantastic); Sub-Mariner
Synopsis The film is produced and an unwilling Sub-Mariner pays the Fantastic Four their money.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-05.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6

1 page A Fantastic Four Feature Page! character profile "How the Human Torch Flies!"

Characters Human Torch
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1