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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published November 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Prisoners of the Puppet-Master!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, The Thing]; Puppet-Master
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Dick Ayers has confirmed to Nick Caputo that he inked this cover (GCD Error List 2 November 2006).
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5; 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) #5

5 page Fantastic Four story "Prisoners of the Puppet Master!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Puppet Master (introduction)
Synopsis The Puppet Master tests his radioactive clay that gives him the power to remote control people, that are modeled in the clay.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Page count (23p) changed by Per Sandell, 2006-02-04.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5; 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) #5

5 page Fantastic Four story "The Hands of the Puppet Maker" Part 2

Characters Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]); Puppet Master (1st and intro.); Guest: Alicia Masters (intro)
Synopsis The Puppet Master gets the Thing under his command and imprisons the Invisible Girl. He then send the Thing and Alicia Masters to infiltrate the Baxter Building.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-04
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5; 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) #5

3 page Fantastic Four story "The Lady and the Monster" Part 3

Characters Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]); Alicia Masters (intro)
Synopsis While acting under the Puppet Master's influence, the Thing is subjected to one of Mister Fantastic's potions that changes him back to Ben Grimm.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-04
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5; 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) #5

5 page Fantastic Four story "Face-to-face with the Puppet Master" Part 4

Characters Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]); Puppet Master; Puppet Master's winged horse
Synopsis The Puppet Master stages a jailbreak just to prove his might, Invisible Girl sends a distress signal to her teammates and the Puppet Master flees when meeting the combined forces of the Fantastic Four.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-04
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5; 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) #5

5 page Fantastic Four story "Death of a Puppet Part 5"

Characters Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]); Puppet Master; Alicia Masters (intro); Puppet Master's winged horse
Synopsis The jail break is stopped by the Fantastic Four and the Puppet Master falls to what seems to be his death.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell, 2006-02-04
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #5; 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) #5

1 page A Fantastic Four Feature Page! character profile

Characters Human Torch
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1