The Fantastic Four #4
Newton Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
- Published
- April 1975
- Page count
- 44?
- Cover price
- 0.30 AUD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Magazine size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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Newton Comics
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/335067
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
Meet… Doctor Doom!
(The Fantastic Four)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Fantastic Four
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Credits
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Joe Sinnott, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #5 (July 1962) — Meet... Doctor Doom!
- Also printed
-
Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005) — Meet... Doctor Doom!
Notes
The colouring on this reprint differs significantly from Stan Goldberg's colours on the US original.
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2Featuring
- Feature
- The Fantastic Four
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-735
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [signed]
- Joe Sinnott, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
Doctor Doom takes the Invisible Girl hostage to insure her teammates' obedience.
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- Feature
- The Fantastic Four
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-735
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [signed]
- Joe Sinnott, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
Doctor Doom brings the FF to his castle stronghold in the USA. There he sends the Torch, the Thing and Mr. Fantastic back in time to retrieve the pirate Blackbeard's treasure.
Notes
First appearance of Doctor Doom's time machine.
4Featuring
- Feature
- The Fantastic Four
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-735
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [signed]
- Joe Sinnott, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
The Thing takes command of a sailing ship in the era of the pirate Blackbeard.
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- Feature
- The Fantastic Four
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-735
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (his hand only)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [signed]
- Joe Sinnott, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
The Thing takes on the role of Blackbeard the Pirate and wishes to remain in the past.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Silver Surfer
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Silver Surfer; Dr. Frankenstein; Borgo
Credits
- Art
- John Buscema, penciller
- Sal Buscema, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Sam Rosen, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #7 (August 1969) — The Heir of Frankenstein!
- Also printed
-
The Silver Surfer Giant 100 Page Special (Newton, 1975?) ([1975?]) — Sky-Rider of the Spaceways! Silver Surfer
Notes
"Free inside super color poster". The colouring on this poster is distinctly different to the original US colouring by Sam Rosen.
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- Feature
- The Fantastic Four
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-735
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Doctor Doom's robot
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [signed]
- Joe Sinnott, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #5 (July 1962) — Part 5 The Vengeance of Doctor Doom!
Synopsis
Doom tries to kill the FF when they return from the past, but Invisible Girl saves them. Doom escapes with his jetpack.
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- Feature
- The Human Torch
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-377
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Paste-Pot Pete ("Master Criminal") (Intro)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter
- Larry Lieber, scripter (Script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Dick Ayers, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (March 1975) — The Human Torch Meets Paste-Pot Pete!
Synopsis
Human Torch stops Paste-Pot Pete from stealing an experimental missile from the military.
Notes
This sequence reprints the first appearance of Paste-Pot Pete.
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