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Fantastic Four , #81

Published: December 1968

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Enter -- The Exquisite Elemental!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

Characters
Fantastic Four
Other
Credits
Enter -- The Exquisite Elemental!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

"Crys! Where'd you get the new FF costume?"

Storyline

Crystal joins the team while Sue is recovering from Franklin's birth. The Wizard attacks the Baxter Building.

Characters
Fantastic Four
Other
Credits
Story Notes

Kirby's co-plot credit is widely acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in numerous interviews. Credit here reads: "Profoundly produced by: Stan (The Man) Lee and Jack (King) Kirby."

Letter Column Featuring Fantastic 4 Fan Page

"Dear Stan, Jack, and Joe, Grr! I am boiling mad!"

Credits
Story Notes

Letters from: Karl Reif, Charles Bromley, Gary Davis, Ray Whitson, Dudley Bolbat, F. James Mohl, Marshall Strauss, and Achille Di Bacco; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

In-House Column Featuring Bullpen Bulletins , In-House Column Featuring Stan's Soapbox

"A plethora of pronouncements up for grabs!"

Credits
Story Notes

Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

"We're looking for people who like to draw"

Story Notes

Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.

"Good news for you who want to make extra money easily!"

Story Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for the Creative Card Company.

Story Featuring Fantastic Four , Story Featuring Spider-Man

"More Marvel masterpieces..."

Credits
Story Notes

House ad for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #6, The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #2, and The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #5, advertised as "Now on Sale!"

"Must I lose my hair?"

Story Notes

Ad for H. H. Ward & Co., Inc. hair restorer.

Shop by Mail

"Free the secrets of muscle power"

Story Notes

Small ads, between story pages 18 and 19.

Stamps; Shop by Mail

"Have your poems set to music"

Story Notes

Seventeen small ads between story pages 15 and 16, on lower half of page.

"Collect coins... the hobby road to riches"

Story Notes

Ad, with order coupon, from Hobby Coin Co., located between story pages 15 and 16, on top half of page.

World's Fastest Train

Ad Featuring Cheerios

Story Notes

Illustrated ad for Cheerios breakfast cereal, featuring the "New Tokaido" train in Japan, which makes a 320.2 mile trip averaging 101 miles per hour. Located between story pages 9 and 10.

Free! Giant Stallion Mural Full Color Masterpiece Free!

"Superb, original oil painting reproduction – yours free when you purchase these 4 magnificent thoroughbreds"

Story Notes

Ad for oil painting reproductions of majestic horses, between story pages 6 and 7.

"It's brand new!! Marvel's swingin' inflatable plastic pillows!"

Story Notes

Between story pages 6 and 7. Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022.

Ad Featuring Grit Newspaper

"Look, fellows!"

Story Notes

Ad solicits boys to sell Grit magazine. Located between story pages 3 and 4.

Ad Featuring Joe Weider Course and Products

"Look what's happening to the handsome muscular men on Muscle Beach, California!"

Story Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for the "007" Twister from Joe Weider.