Comic Book: Fantastic Four (1961 series)

Description:
The comic book that started the Marvel era of comics. The first family of super heroes. The unmasked group of brave and powerful quartet, who received their fantastic abilities from cosmic rays. Reed Richards as Mr Fantastic, Sue Storm as the Invisible Girl, Johnny Storm as the Human Torch, and Ben Grimm as the Thing!

Data Sheet:

Nov 1961 to Sep 1996

1961

N/A

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Fantastic Four

Thing
(Ben Grimm)

Human Torch
(Johnny Storm)

Invisible Girl
(Sue Storm)

Fantastic Four #1
(Nov 1961)

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Fantastic Four #26

May 1964
"The Avengers Take Over!"
Script: Stan Lee
The Thing continues his battle against the Hulk, laying waste a condemned neighborhood. The Human Torch leaves the hospital against doctor's orders to go to the aid of his blue-eyed buddy. But the two of them are no match for the Hulk's might and he knocks them unconscious with a thunderclap. [...]

Fantastic Four #27

June 1964
"The Search for Sub-Mariner!"
Script: Stan Lee
In the Baxter Building Reed Richards tries out his new thought-projector helmet, and the others see he's thinking of Sue Storm in a swimsuit. He lets Ben Grimm try it but he mentions Dr Doom which causes Thing to see Doom throwing a fancy grenade at him and he falls over nearly breaking the gadget. [...]

Fantastic Four #28

July 1964
"We Have to Fight the X-Men!"
Script: Stan Lee
Thing has just got a new statue of himself from his blind sculptress girlfriend Alicia. The other 3 of the Fantastic Four are reading about the X-Men in a newspaper (the Daily ???, possibly Bugle from Amazing Spider-Man). [...]

Fantastic Four #29

August 1964
"It Started on Yancy Street!"
Script: Stan Lee
The Fantastic Four have gone to Yancy Street to investigate reports of an increase in crimes. As usual when Thing gets involved with the YS Gang they harass him but now they turn on his partners too. [...]

Fantastic Four #30

September 1964
"The Dreaded Diablo!"
Script: Stan Lee
The Fantastic Four are on vacation in the mountains of Transylvania, and they've got lost in a forest that villagers specifically warned them to avoid because it's the lair of Diablo. It's almost as if the vegetation is trying to trap them. Then they find an abandoned stone castle in a clearing. [...]

Fantastic Four #31

October 1964
"The Mad Menace of the Macabre Mole Man!"
Script: Stan Lee
The Fantastic Four's Baxter Building HQ in New York is shaken by what seems like an earthquake. It passes but the crowds outside are agitated. [...]

Fantastic Four #32

November 1964
"Death of a Hero!"
Script: Stan Lee
Last issue Johnny and Sue's long-missing father turned up (and saved Sue's life).But now the Fantastic Four are implementing another of Reed Richards' attempts to turn the Thing back to human Ben Grimm. As usual it seems to work but will it be permanent and have no side-effects? [...]

Fantastic Four #33

December 1964
"Side-by-Side with Sub-Mariner"
Script: Stan Lee
This story opens in the Fantastic Four's Baxter Building HQ with Reed Richards examining a strange large sea creature which has washed ashore. It's an unknown species but he deduces that it has come from the very depths of the ocean, and something unusual must have driven it to the surface. [...]

Fantastic Four #34

January 1965
"A House Divided"
Script: Stan Lee
The story begins in the Baxter Building where Thing receives another 'present' from the Yancy Street Gang. Sue Storm dares to open it and finds a Beatles wig inside. [...]

Fantastic Four #35

February 1965
"Calamity on the campus"
Script: Stan Lee
The Fantastic Four in the Fantasti-Car are visiting State U, alma mater of Ben Grimm and Reed Richards, where Reed is going to give a lecture. Students flock to see them and Dean Menckin welcomes Reed. [...]

Fantastic Four #36

March 1965
"The Frightful Four!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #37

April 1965
"Behold! A Distant Star!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #38

May 1965
"Defeated by the Frightful Four!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #39

June 1965
"A Blind Man Shall Lead Them!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #40

July 1965
"The Battle of the Baxter Building"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #41

August 1965
"The Brutal Betrayal of Ben Grimm!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #42

September 1965
"To Save You, Why Must I Kill You"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #43

October 1965
"Lo! There Shall Be an Ending!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #44

November 1965
"The Gentleman's Name Is Gorgon! or What a Way to Spend a Honeymoon!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #45

December 1965
"Among Us Hide...the Inhumans"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #46

January 1966
"Those Who Would Destroy Us!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #47

February 1966
"Beware the Hidden Land!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #48

March 1966
"The Coming of Galactus!"
Script: Stan Lee
The skies over Manhattan turn crimson. Gravity distorts. Panic spreads. As The Fantastic Four return from their encounter with the Inhumans, they find the world trembling under an unseen force. [...]

Fantastic Four #49

April 1966
"If This Be Doomsday!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

Fantastic Four #50

May 1966
"The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!"
Script: Stan Lee
[...]

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