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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published July 1962
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Meet... Doctor Doom!"

Characters Fantastic Four (Invisible Girl, Human Torch, The Thing, Mr. Fantastic); Dr. Doom
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Title by Per Sandell, 2006-02-02
Reprinted in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

5 page Fantastic Four story "Prisoners of Doctor Doom! Part 1"

Characters Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]; Dr. Doom
Synopsis Dr. Doom takes the Invisible Girl hostage.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2; in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #nn; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3

5 page Fantastic Four story "Part 2 Back to the Past!"

Characters Fantastic Four (Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing; Mr. Fantastic); Dr. Doom; the Time Machine
Synopsis Dr. Doom brings the FF to his castle stronghold in the USA. There he sends the Torch, Thing and Mr. Fantastic back in time to retrieve the pirate Blackbeard's treasure.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-02
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2; in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #nn; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3

3 page Fantastic Four story "Part 3 On the Trail of Blackbeard"

Characters Fantastic Four (Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing; Mr. Fantastic)
Synopsis The Thing takes command of a sailing ship in the era of the pirate Blackbeard
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-02
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2; in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #nn; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3

5 page Fantastic Four story "Part 4 Battle"

Characters Fantastic Four (Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing; Mr. Fantastic)
Synopsis The Thing takes on the role as Blackbeard the Pirate and wishes to remain in the past.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-02
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2; in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #nn; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3

5 page Fantastic Four story Part 5 "The Vengeance of Doctor Doom!"

Characters Fantastic Four (Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing; Mr. Fantastic); Dr. Doom; the Time Machine; Doom robot
Synopsis Doom tries to kill the FF when they return from the past, but Invisible Girl saves them. Doom escapes with his jetpack.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-02
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2; in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) #nn; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3

1 page Fantastic Four Fan Page letters page

Synopsis Includes a letter from Roy Thomas
Script Stan Lee ?
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis House advertisement for Hulk #1