Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	November 1967
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Stan Lee
Notes	Page count supplied by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.

Cover Details - "Featuring: The Inhumans! The Black Panther!..."

Characters	Human Torch; The Thing; Black Panther; Medusa; Black Bolt; Gorgon; Karnak; Crystal; Triton; Psycho-Man
Genre	superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Letters	Artie Simek
Notes	Page count supplied by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.
Reprinted	in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #67; in Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]

30 page Fantastic Four story "Divide and Conquer"

Characters	Psycho-Man (villian); Inhumans; Black Panther; Live Wire; Ivan; Shell-Shock
Genre	superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	Inker credit corrected by Steve Grant on 12 September 2005; an editorial reply on the letters page of Fantastic Four #71 explicitly says that the credit is wrong, and that inker was Frank Giacoia, not Joe Sinnott. First mention of Sue's pregnancy. Additional character info from Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.
Reprinted	in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #5; in Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four, The (Marvel, 1995 series) #nn; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #67

3 page story "This is a Plot?"

Characters	Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Letters	Gaspar Saladino [as LP Gregory]
Notes	Writing credit and genre corrected by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006: was previously noted as a superhero story featuring the Fantastic Four, written by Stan Lee.
Reprinted	in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #50

7 page The Inhumans illustration "The Incomparable Inhumans"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Frank Giacoia; Joe Sinnott
Notes	Seven pinups of the Inhumans. Minor corrections supplied by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.
Reprinted	in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #25 (1993) [5 pp.]

1 page Fantastic Four illustration "The Greatest Array of Supporting Characters Ever Assembled in One Issue"

Characters	Alicia Masters; Galactus; Wyatt Wingfoot; Lockjaw; Silver Surfer; Black Panther; Dr. Doom; The Watcher
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Frank Giacoia; Joe Sinnott
Notes	Character appearances supplied by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.

2 page Fantastic Four illustration "Welcome to the wonderful world of the Fantastic Four"

Genre	superhero
Script	Stan Lee?
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Frank Giacoia; Joe Sinnott
Notes	Shows a billboard in the background that says, "Jack, you're still the greatest! -- Sentimental Stan." Title and minor corrections supplied by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.

12 page Silver Surfer story "The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer"

Characters	Silver Surfer; Quasimodo (villian)
Synopsis	The Surfer unleashes and has to battle a technologically enhanced hunchback.
Genre	superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Frank Giacoia; Joe Sinnott
Letters	Artie Simek
Notes	First solo Surfer story. The issue credits Frank Giacoia as sole inker, as noted by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.
Reprinted	in Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (July 1974); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #213 (July 1988); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #19; in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001); in Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]