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Issue: Fantastic Four #17
Publication Date: August 1963
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Issues: #17 of 416 Issues (930 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: British
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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)
16 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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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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In the Clutches of Doctor Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
First Line: Can America's most colorful super-combo escape from...
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First Line: Start your own business!
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Defeated by Doctor Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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] (villain); Alicia Masters; Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Princess Pearla (cameo); President John F. Kennedy (cameo, partially hidden); Nikita Khrushchev (cameo)
First Line: Happy landings, Ant-Man!
Synopsis: Back from the Micro-world, Doctor Doom attacks the Fantastic Four once more by kidnapping Alicia.
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Job Number: X-315
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First Line: Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!
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First Line: How to make money as you train at home for a better job or a business of your own in Auto Mechanics
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First Line: Reward $9,985.50 for this coin!
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First Line: Will you work Saturday mornings... ?
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Boys 12 or Older Make $1 to $5 in Your Spare Time

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Hypno-Coin

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. located on lower half of page following story page 19 and preceding the promo ad for Sgt. Fury.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sergeant Nick Fury; the Howling Commandos [Corporal Dum Dum Dugan; Robert Ralston [Rebel Ralston]; Dino Manelli, Izzy Cohen; Jonathan Juniper; Gabe Jones]
First Line: First, The Fantastic Four!
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 19 and 20. House ad for Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 with cover shown, advertised as "Get your copy today!"
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

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First Line: Stamp collecting outfit
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method

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Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
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2 Complete Fishing Outfits

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He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw

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Character(s): Albert Dorne (caricature)
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