Memorabilia:
1968
- Western Publishing Co. published "The Fantastic Four in The House of Horrors."
This was Big Little Book #19 written by William Johnston that had the FF
battle Dr. Weird.
(I'm not kidding!) Roughly every other page has a four color illustration that was done
by Herb Trimpe (although no credit is given and could be mistaken as Jack Kirby).
The writing is clearly aimed at a younger crowd.
- Whitman released a 99 piece jigsaw puzzle featuring a Jack Kirby FF.
The finished puzzle measures 10" x 13".
- Kenner produced a battery operated "Give-a-Show Projector" set. It came with
a hand-held projector and 112 color 35mm slides based on popular comic book and
cartoon characters. As you can see, each frame contained seven slides,
which told a simple story about the characters. The Fantastic Four piece (seen below)
was only produced and packaged with the projector itself. It measures 1" by 10".
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