Fantastic Four 1961 #83 - 7.5 - $23.00

ITEM DETAILS

Approximate grade : 7.5
Inventory location : .......4
Series code : BI1482
Stock type : Key Issue
Title : Fantastic Four 1961
CSABI1801927
CSAS1482I22531B1801927

The Inhumans break free from Maximus's prison and, with the help of the Fantastic Four, restore Black Bolt to the throne.

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Date stamp (1969-11-21) on cover of indexer's copy.

- Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
Shall Man Survive? - Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Crafted and Choreographed by: Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."
80,000 Candlepower - Advertisement for a torch to use while skin diving from Freeman Electric Co. Located between story pages 3 and 4.
- 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. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
- Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home. Between story pages 6 and 7.
- Sold by Honor House Products. Located between story pages 9 and 10 on top half of page.
- Ad soliciting salespeople for newspaper. Between pages 9 and 10 on lower half of page.
Shop by Mail - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics, between story pages 15 and 16.
Shop by Mail - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics, between story pages 18 and 19.
- Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; Keeping Up-to-Date Dept.; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
- Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
- Letters from: James Judge, Joel Packer, Danny English, Alan Latawiec, Don Tyler, John Rotremmo Jr, Pete Gruenwera, and Leonard Lipton; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
- House ad for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #69 (February 1969); and The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #60 (January 1969), with covers shown, and both advertised as "Now On Sale!".
- Inside back cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
- Back cover.

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