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Issue: Fantastic Four #23
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Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
On Sale Date: 11/12/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
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FlagMarvel #3 published June 1970
FlagEssential Fantastic Four #2 published October 1999black and white
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #3 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #17 published October 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #18 published November 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMarvel Masterworks #13 published September 1990
as Fantastic Four #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLos 4 Fantásticos #30 published ?
as El plan maestro del Doctor Infierno [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
 
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You've heard about it! You've read about it!
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Advertisement for an all-transistor radio from Niresk Industries, inside front cover.
The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Yogi Dakor (villain, introduction); Bull Brogin (villain, introduction); "Handsome Harry" Phillips (villain, introduction); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain)
Can't I step out of the room for a minute without something going wrong?!!
Doctor Doom recruits three criminals to help him destroy the Fantastic Four.
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FlagEssential Fantastic Four #2 published October 1999black and white
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #3 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #17 published October 1968
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagI Fantastici Quattro #18 published November 1971
as I favolosi Fantastici Quattro vittime del satanico piano del Dottor Destino! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #51 published September 1973
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 1 to 13 only.
FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #52 published September 1973
as Trapped by Dr. Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 14 to 23 only.
FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #11 [Regular] published January 1976
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDe Fantastiske Fire [Fantastiske Fire superseriepocket] #1 published January 1979
as Doktor Doom's mesterplan [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 1 page
FlagMarvel Masterworks #13 published September 1990
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as The Master Plan of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo, November 2020.
[untitled]

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An amazing invention - "Magic Art Reproducer" draw any person in one minute!
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On top half of page between story pages 6 and 7.
[untitled]

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You’ll have fun & thrills as this 7 foot giant zooms 500 ft. in 3 minutes!
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Ad for a 7 foot plastic kite.
On lower half of page between story pages 6 and 7.
Treasure Chest of Fun

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Throw your voice
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Ad for various novelty items starting with "Throw Your Voice".
Between story pages 11 and 12.
Hypno-Coin

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Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. located on top half of page between story pages 14 and 15.
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Subject Matter
Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!
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Send $1.00 for catalog listing prices the company will pay for rare coins.

On lower half of page between story pages 14 & 15.
[untitled]

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Record Riot 102 smash songs $3.49
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Get 102 smash songs on seven records for only $3.49.
On top half of page, between story pages 19 and 20.
Sell Grit

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Come on, fella grab the chance to make $1 to $5 weekly and win dandy prizes, too
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Ad seeking sellers of Grit newspaper.
On lower half of page between story pages 19 and 20.
Stamps; Shop by Mail

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Subject Matter
Stamp collecting outfit
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Miscellaneous
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Various classified-style ads for stamps and other products.
Between story pages 20 and 21.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
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FlagFantastic Four Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2005
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Includes Special Announcements Section.
[untitled]

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A lifetime of fun, money, and friends - from amateur magic!
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Ad for "Blackstone's Mysteries of Magic."
My Secret New Dynaflex Method

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Subject Matter
Mike Marvel (photo)
Boys! Men!
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Ad for a muscle building system.
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Learn radio-television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time
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Inside back cover. Ad for a home study course teaching radio and television repair.
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Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!
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Back cover. Ad for hypnotism lessons.

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