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Issue: Fantastic Four #48

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Publication Date: March 1966

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Issues: #48 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.

On Sale Date: 1966

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S., then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #116, 200, 358)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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3 Fantastic Four #48 [U.S. Cover Price]

Fantastic Four #48 [British]

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Content Items (5 total)

The Coming of Galactus!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Watcher; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]

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Pages: 1

The Coming of Galactus!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Karnak; Gorgon; Medusa; Crystal]; Maximus; Seeker; The Silver Surfer (introduction); Skrulls; The Watcher; Galactus (introduction)

First Line: Black Bolt's evil brother, Maximus the Magnificent, in a final, desperate attempt to regain his lost crown, has fired the dreaded atmo gun...

Synopsis: Black Bolt and the Fantastic Four put an end to Maximus's plan to destroy all the humans. Once the Fantastic Four return to New York the Watcher tells them of the coming danger of Galactus.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 20

Notes: Kirby's co-plotting credit is acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in many interviews. Actual credits read "Stan Lee, writer without peer Jack Kirby penciller of the year."

This is the first issue of the three-part story which introduces Galactus and the Silver Surfer.

The Latest Gossip, Gags, and Gizmos from Your Bullpen to You!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins!

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Pages: 1

Notes: How About That! Department, Didja Know? Department, Department of Utter Confusion, Strictly Personal, The Wrap-Up!, Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, membership form for the M.M.M.S.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]

First Line: Dear Stan and Jack, I've just reread my copy of Fantastic Four Annual #3, and to me, the best thing that happened in it was not the marriage of Reed and Sue[...]

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Pages: 1.8

Notes: Letters of comment from Janey Davis, Houston TX; Leonard Tirado, Saratoga Springs NY; Robert Brissette, Caribou ME; Don McGregor, West Warwick RI; Alice Jean Schorfheide, Belleville, IL; Ty Bizony, New York NY; and Marlene Jablon, Chicago IL.

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Feature(s): Fantasy Masterpieces

First Line: Another bullpen bombshell!

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Pages: 0.2

Notes: House ad for Fantasy Masterpieces.