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Issue: Fantastic Four #3
Publication Date: March 1962
 
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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)
20 (5 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: An alternate Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers cover for this issue was published in Fantastic Four #224 (November 1980).
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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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The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
In this great collectors'-item issue, you will see, for the first time...
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Johnny Storm has two left hands. The thumb on his right hand is on the wrong side of his palm.
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New Discoveries in Hypnotism
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An advertisement for Bond Book Company's "How to Hypnotize" book.
inside front cover
Chapter 1 The Menace of the Miracle Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man (villain, introduction)
Can even the Fantastic Four defeat a man who performs... miracles???
The Miracle Man performs his supervillain debut at his magic show by humiliating the Thing.
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Johnny Storm the Human Torch!

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The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
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Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page
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New super-speed way to add pounds of solid muscle to chest, back, arms, wrist!
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An advertisement for Medford Products Chest Pull Body Builder body building equipment.
Chapter II The Monster Lives!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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superhero
The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man; Monster from Mars-statue
Guess I'll see what's doin' on tv tonight, Reed!
Miracle Man declares war on humanity and animates a movie monster statue.
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Great New Idea from CTI

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An advertisement for Commercial Trades Institute's job training booklets.
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Chapter III The Flame That Died!

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superhero
The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man; Monster from Mars-statue
Thing!! Look!! It's the Torch!
Human Torch torches the animated Monster from Mars-statue, and Invisible Girl stows away on the atomic tank that Miracle Man has stolen.
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Reward $2,000.00
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An advertisement for Best Value Companies' coin guide.
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Amazing Wrist Radio
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An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation's wrist radio.
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Chapter IV In the Shadow of Defeat!

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superhero
The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man
An hour later...
The Thing recalls the origin of the Fantastic Four while the Invisible Girl is taken prisoner by Miracle Man.
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Boys -- 12 or older
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An advertisement recruiting Grit newspaper salesmen.
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Transistor Radio
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An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation's transistor radio.
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Letters of comment from Alan Weiss, Las Vega NV; Rick Wood, Cambridge MA; "unsigned" Dallas TX; George Paul, Hoboken NJ; Bill Sarril, Boston MA; and "S. Brodsky" (Sol Brodsky), Brooklyn NY.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

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A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and catalogs.
Chapter V The Final Challenge!

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superhero
The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man
Fate works in mysterious ways!
Miracle Man is defeated, but at the cost of the Human Torch leaving the Fantastic Four.
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An advertisement for Padell Book Company's instruction booklets for self-defense, hypnotism, mechanical drawing, etc.
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Treasure Chest of Fun
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An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation's novelties.
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For a successful career in radio television electronics
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An advertisement for National Radio Institute's job training opportunities catalog.
inside back cover
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New Type of Shoe will Fill Your Pockets with Cash!
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An advertisement recruiting salesmen for the Mason Shoe Manufacturing Company.
back cover

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