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Note 1: Inker changed from Dick Ayers to George Klein by Bob Bailey (2 September 2005). Nick Caputo confirms (August 8, 2006).
Note 2: Arrival date: 21 September 1961 (Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005).
Note 3: This issue has promo tags at the bottom of a story page:
"Like This Type of Story? Then Don't Miss "AMAZING ADULT FANTASY" ComicsOn Sale Now!" (Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005).
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Fantastic Four [Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch]; Skrulls
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
[Cover story notes are the same as the issue notes
(see Issue Notes above). This may mean that
one or both set of notes need editing as a result of our recent
migration to having separate issue and cover notes.]
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-457
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing)
- Synopsis:
- Four shape-changing Skrulls pose as the Fantastic Four and act as criminals. Brief origin recap. Mr. Fantastic uses clippings from Strange Tales and Journey Into Mystery to trick the Skrulls.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1
Note 1: Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.
Note 2: Synopsis added by Per Sandell (2005-12-05)
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing)
- Synopsis:
- The real FF is inprisoned by the government for their criminal acts. They escape and decide to flush out the imitating Skrulls.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1
Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus. Sequence added by Per Sandell (2005-12-05)
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing)
- Synopsis:
- The FF infiltrate the Skrull mothership and pose as the Skrull spies. They tell the Skrulls that the Earth forces are to strong to attack.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2
Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus. Sequence added by Per Sandell (2005-12-05)
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy
- Job Number:
- V-457
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Thing
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing)
- Synopsis:
- The four Skrull spies are captured, forced to take on the form of cows and then hypnotized to forget all of their former lives.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2
Note 1: Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.
Note 2: Synopsis added by Per Sandell (5 December 2005).
