The Fantastic Four #10

Published
November 1975
Page count
36?
Cover price
0.35 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Magazine size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Newton Comics
 
Newton Comics
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/335073

Credits

Editing
, editor

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Show/hide Cover The Sub-Mariner Strikes! (Fantastic Four) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Fantastic Four
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Doctor Doom; Stan Lee; Jack Kirby

Credits

Art
Jack Kirby, penciller
 
Dick Ayers, inker
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #10 (January 1963)
The Return of Doctor Doom!
Also printed
Australia
The Fantastic Four (Newton, 1975 series) #7 (July 1975)
The Return of Doctor Doom!

Notes

The colouring on this reprint differs significantly from Stan Goldberg's colours on the US original.

Show/hide 1. You Asked for It, So… Subscribe Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page
Show/hide 2. The Merciless Puppet Master (Sub-Mariner) Comic story, 22 pages

Featuring

Feature
Sub-Mariner
Genre
Superhero
Code
X-144
Characters
The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Puppet Master; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Alicia Masters; Mole Man [Moleman] (cameo); The Skulls (cameo); Doctor Doom (cameo)

Credits

Writing
Stan Lee, scripter [credited]
Art
Jack Kirby, penciller [credited]
 
Dick Ayers, inker [credited]
Text
Artie Simek, letterer [credited]
Editing
Stan Lee, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (May 1963)
Once Again, The Fantastic Four Face the Threat of Sub-Mariner, and “The Merciless Puppet Master” Part 1
Also printed
Australia
Newton Holiday Spectacular (Newton, 1975?) ([1975?])
The Merciless Puppet Master
 
United States
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 (1988)
The Merciless Puppet Master
 
United States
Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998)
The Merciless Puppet Master
 
United States
Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
Sub-Mariner, and "The Merciless Puppet Master"

Synopsis

The Puppet Master is declared healed and plans his revenge againt the Fantastic Four. This time, he'll use the Sub-Mariner.

Notes

The “Part 1” in the title suggests that this story was originally intended to be divided into chapters.

Show/hide 3. Target: Tomorrow (Fantastic Four) Cover reprint (on interior page), 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Fantastic Four
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Thing; Miracle Man

Credits

Art
John Buscema, penciller
 
Frank Giacoia, inker
Colours
, colourist (Australian)
Text
, letterer
Editing
Roy Thomas, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #139 (October 1973)
Target: Tomorrow!
Also printed
Australia
Planet of the Apes (Newton, 1975 series) #3 ([July 1975?])
Untitled [Target: Tomorrow!]
 
Australia
Team-Up Special (Newton, 1975?) ([1976?])
Target: Tomorrow

Notes

Centrespread pinup. The colouring on this illustration is distictly different to the US original cover printing.

Show/hide 4. Win This Great Book [Planet of the Apes] (Penguin Books) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Penguin Books

Notes

This listing might be incorrect. The poster has also been reported as the cover of The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #3 (December 1968)), 'The Power and the Prize!'

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AusReprints ID

  • 76791

Entry created

  • 08/02/2019

Cover added

  • 16/08/2021

Index completed

  • 16/08/2021

Last updated

  • 04/08/2022