Fantastic Four 1961 #78 - back issue - $13.00
The Wizard attacks the Baxter Building as Sue's doctors determine that everything is not well with her pregnancy.
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- - Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
- The Thing No More! - Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Created and Choreographed by: Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."
- Pete Duncan - "Dropout" - Between story pages 3 and 4. Comics ad for the International Correspondence Schools I.C.S..
- Intelsat III Satellite - Facts about the Intelsat III communications satellite - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad between story pages 6 and 7.
- - Ad with order coupon for Olympic Sales Club, Inc. Between story pages 6 and 7.
- - Between story pages 9 and 10.
- Fellows! Here's a Swell Way to Make Lots of Money and Win Prizes Too! - Ad for Grit newspaper sales from Grit Publishing Co. Appears between pages 15 and 16 of story sequence on top half of page.
- - Mail order ad for toy soldier set from Revolutionary War Soldiers, Dept. RW-5P, Carle Place, Long Island, New York. Between story pages 15 and 16 on lower half of page.
- Shop by Mail; Stamps - A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books. Between story pages 18 and 19.
- - Includes:Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
- - Advertisement for height increasing shoes from The Liftee Company located on top half of page.
- - Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98. On lower half of page.
- - Letters from: Lamar Blaylock, Pvt. George Ferguson, Evan Katten, Gary Dahlberg, Tom Zmudzinski, Bruce Coville, and Mike Esterson; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
- It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows! - Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022.
- - Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
- - Back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards to earn money.
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