#84
March 1969 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1968-12-12
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
Nick Fury asks the FF to investigate rumors of secret army assembling in Europe; their investigations take them to Latveria where they become prisoners of Doom.
Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. The story-arc, "Within this Tortured Land," starting here and running through issue #87, is widely known to have been inspired by the British TV series THE PRISONER. Kirby was a fan of the show and based the plot on key elements of The Prisoner, as documented in Comic Book Resources (https://www.cbr.com/the-100-greatest-stan-lee-stories-ever-told-35-31/2/) and The Jack Kirby Collector #11 (https://twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/11prisoner.html).
Reprinted in
- I Fantastici Quattro #82
- Marvel's Greatest Comics #66— edited; 2 pages removed
- Fantastic Four #7
- Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #9
- The Mighty World of Marvel #91— page 1 with new lettering
- HIP Comics #19109
- Fantastiska fyran jättealbum #1/1975
- Hit Comics #109
- Los 4 Fantásticos #111
- Die Fantastischen Vier #80
- I Fantastici Quattro Gigante #39
- I Fantastici Quattro #1
- Los Cuatro Fantásticos #82
- Une Aventure des Fantastiques #11
- Fantastic Four : L'intégrale #1969
- Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos #3
- Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #9— recolored; new trade dress
- Fantastic Four Omnibus #3
- Marvel #4/1990
- Kirby Is… Fantastic! King-Size #[nn]
- Fantastic Four Epic Collection #5
- The Fantastic Four Comic Annual #[2]— Colored by British colorists: the Fantastic Four and the Thing's appearances are correctly colored, but Dr. Doom's tunic is red and his armor is purple.
- The Villainy of Dr. Doom #[nn]— Minus 2 pages (page 2; page 9, panels 2 & 4; page 11, panels 1 & 2)
- Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #9 (53)— Marvel Masterworks border trade dress
- Doctor Doom Epic Collection #2— new trade dress
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee, Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Marie Severin
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott, Marie Severin, Sal Buscema
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, Marie Severin
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editor
- Stan Lee
- Co-plot
- Jack Kirby
- Illustrations
- Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott
Characters
- Victor Von Doom
- Ben Grimm
- Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff
- The Thing
- Crystal
- Reed Richards
- Human Torch
- Mister Fantastic
- Johnny Storm
- Doctor Doom
- Nick Fury
- Dum Dum Dugan
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