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Fantastic Four, #43 Regular Edition

Published: October 1965

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Issue Contents:
Lo, There Shall Be an Ending!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

Characters
Fantastic Four
Other
Credits
Lo! There Shall Be an Ending!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

"Torch! Lower your flame, you juvenile incompetent!"

Storyline

Reed manages to free Ben and Johnny from the Frightful Four's brainwashing and he and Sue defeat the villains.

Characters
Fantastic Four
Frightful Four
Other
Credits
Story Notes

Story continues in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3.

Letter Column Featuring Fantastic 4 Fan Page

"Well, it looks as though we're finally back to normal with the world's greatest adventure team."

Credits
Story Notes

Letters from: Tim McCray, Rick Paul, Shailendra Maheshwari, Tim White, Preston Sinks, Fred Lerner, Randy Risedorf, Steve Rosenfield; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and an membership form for the M.M.M.S. fan club.

In-House Column Featuring The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page

"The whole country is going "t-shirt wild," and if you've already received yours, you'll know why!"

Credits
Story Notes

Ad for Fantastic Four shirt and Marvel Stationery.

"2 more triumphs for Marvel..!"

Credits
Story Notes

Promos for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #29, and Sgt. Fury (Marvel. 1963 series) #22 using reprints of their covers. Includes a list of 25 names and addresses of members of The Merry Marvel Marching Society.

Story Featuring Fantastic Four , Story Featuring Spider-Man , Story Featuring Thor , Story Featuring Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos

"4 more annual masterpieces!"

Credits
Story Notes

Between story pages 4 and 5. Promos for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #3, Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2, Journey Into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1, and Sgt. Fury Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 using reprints of the covers and advertised as “now on sale.”

Ad Featuring Wallace Brown Greeting Cards

"Boys, girls, men, women"

Story Notes

Back cover. Ad for the Wallace Brown line of Christmas cards.

"U.S. government surplus direct by mail!"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Record Riot

"60 smash songs $2.98 ppd."

Story Notes

Ad for 60 songs on 10 records.

Shop by Mail

"Aim for the space team"

Story Notes

Thumbnail ads for stamps and other products.

Stamps; Shop by Mail

"Play guitar in 7 days or money back"

Story Notes

Thumbnail ads for stamps and other products, between story pages 16 and 17.

Amazing X-Ray Vision Instantly!

"A hilarious laughingly funny illusion!"

Story Notes

Advertisement for X-Ray glasses from Slimline Company. Located between story pages 16 and 17, occupying lower half of page.

Ad Featuring Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game

"Play 1965 big league baseball games"

Story Notes

Ad for Strat-O-Matic baseball game on top half of page, between story pages 16 and 17.

"Strange coins and valuable coin catalog"

Story Notes

Ad for coin catalog and coins from Littleton Coin Co. Appears between story pages 13 and 14 on lower half of page.

Ad Featuring Grit Newspaper

"Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit"

Story Notes

Ad soliciting sellers of Grit newspaper on top half of page between story pages 13 and 14.

"Are you proud of your paycheck?"

Story Notes

Ad for the Commercial Trades Institute, between story pages 8 and 9.

Treasure Chest of Fun

Ad Featuring Honor House Products Novelties

Story Notes

An advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation, between story pages 4 and 5.

"4 complete fishing outfits"

Story Notes

Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales. Inside front cover.