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Issue: Fantastic Four #14
Publication Date: May 1963
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Issues: #14 of 416 Issues (930 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
On Sale Date: 02/12/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Sub-Mariner Strikes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
First Line: At last we meet again!!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 [Regular Edition] published July 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 published January 2009
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #10 published August 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #9 [Direct Edition] published August 1986
as Book IX: Look to the Skies...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #6 published October 1988
as Fantastic Four #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as Fantastic Four #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Sub-Mariner Strikes! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Corner symbol box invented by Steve Ditko (as revealed in the letters page of Fantastic Four # 19) begins with this issue.
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All-Male He-Man

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Send money for body-building booklets.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Once Again, The Fantastic Four Face the Threat of Sub-Mariner, and “The Merciless Puppet Master” Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Puppet Master; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Alicia Masters; Mole Man [Moleman] (cameo); The Skulls (cameo); Doctor Doom (cameo)
Synopsis: The Puppet Master is declared healed and plans his revenge againt the Fantastic Four. This time, he'll use the Sub-Mariner.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 [Regular Edition] published July 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #2 published January 2009
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #9 published June 1967
as The Merciless Puppet Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #10 published August 1971
as La minaccia di Sub Mariner e dello spietato Burattinaio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #9 [Direct Edition] published August 1986
as Book IX: Look to the Skies...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Confirm: direction of reprint
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #6 published October 1988
as The Merciless Puppet Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Fantastic Four #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1998
as Once Again, The Fantastic Four Face the Threat of Sub-Mariner, and “The Merciless Puppet Master” Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as Sub-Mariner, and "The Merciless Puppet Master" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: X-144
Disclose Notes: The “Part 1” in the title suggests that this story was originally intended to be divided into chapters.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
First Line: You can have the secret weapon
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various books at $1.00 each, starting with "Lightning Ju-Jitsu" located between story pages 6 and 7.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Great new idea from CTI
Synopsis: An advertisement for Commercial Trades Institutes job training booklets.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 11 and 12.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn radio television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free information on NRI electronics courses between story pages 14 and 15.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Reward $9,985.50 for this coin!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send $1.00 for catalog listing prices the company will pay for rare coins.
Ad located on top half of page after story page 19.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Fly this exciting giant 7 foot windhooker!
Synopsis: Ad for a 7 foot plastic kite.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On lower half of page between story pages 19 and 20.
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Watch For The Greatest Symbols in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four; Thor; Spider-Man; Iron man; Ant-Man; Human Torch
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as May 1963 house ad from the pages of The Fantastic Four #14... [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Marvel hero strips. Between story pages 19 and 20.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

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First Line: Stamp collecting outfit
Synopsis: Miscellaneous small ads for stamps and novelty items.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Before story page 20.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Invisible Girl
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Stewart Scheifer, Bill Hauptman, David Languth, Victor Phillips, Lee Whittlesey, Jeffrey Roy Pontello, Mark Savage, Katheleen McCoy,Joseph Shoemaker, Richard Eilts, Kevin Johnson, Jim Broeker, Arthur Davis, Jr., and Barry Goldstein; replies to letters by Stan Lee. Includes Invisible Girl illustration from an earlier issue and Special Announcement Time!
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Subject Matter
First Line: Darling live pet monkey!
Synopsis: Ad for a live squirrel monkey.
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Pages: 0.16
Disclose Notes: On top tier of page.
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First Line: Live sea horses!
Synopsis: Ad for a “mated pair of Dwarf species Living Sea Horses”, $6.98 for two pairs.
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: On second tier of page.
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Colorist(s): ? (background only)
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First Line: Learn any dance fast!
Synopsis: Ad for “giant foot charts” for dancing, priced $1.
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Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: On third tier of page.
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First Line: Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement to sell Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co, located on lower half of page.
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Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method can build you a magnificent new he-man-muscled body in just ten minutes a day
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Fill the gaps in your family's education with the amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad, with order coupon, for the Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia from Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Albert Dorne (caricature)
First Line: He’s looking for people who like to draw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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