Fantastic Four Annual #1

([September] 1963)

Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 37 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Art Simek

Job Number:

X-324

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor] (origin recap); Dorma (introduction); Krang (introduction); Adlai Stevenson; Nikita Krushchev; Leonard McKenzie; Fen; Dr. Falton

Synopsis:

The Sub-Mariner locates the remnants of his undersea race and plans a new attack against the surface world.

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #15 (19 Ottobre 1971)
• in Fantastic Four Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (May 1984)
• in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #3 (February 1986), #8 (July 1986), #10 (September 1986) [excerpt]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2

Indexer Notes

Namor's undersea race is seen for the first time since his revival in FF #4. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Mole Man (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mole Man [Harvey Elder]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970) [1 page]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2

The Skrulls From Outer Space! (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

The Miracle Man (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Miracle Man [Joshua Ayers]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

Prince Namor, the Sensational Sub-Mariner (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

Questions and Answers about the Fantastic Four (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-343

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Mister Fantastic]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #6 (October 1975)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2

Inside the Baxter Bldg. [sic] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky ?

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

Doctor Doom (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

Kurrgo Master of Planet X (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Kurrgo

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

The Puppet Master (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Puppet Master [Phillip Masters]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Ray Holloway

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]

Synopsis:

Spider-Man visits the Fantastic Four and fights them to prove he can become one of their members.

Reprints:

• in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #6 (November 1969)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #193 (November 1986)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1965 (mars 2006)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2

Indexer Notes

This is an expanded retelling of a part of the story from Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Spider-Man vs. the Chameleon, pgs 2-4).

The Impossible Man From the Planet Poppup (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Impossible Man

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

The Incredible Hulk (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Master Lock Presents: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (August 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super Apes (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super Apes [Igor; Mikhlo; Peotr]

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android (Table of Contents)

A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes! / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Thinker; Android

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (December 1970)
• in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #9 (August 1986)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

Origin of the Fantastic Four (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby; Sol Brodsky (alterations)

Inks:

George Klein; Sol Brodsky (alterations)

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]

Reprints:

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 (November 1961)

Indexer Notes

The look of the Human Torch, the Thing and Reed Richards have been updated by Sol Brodsky to reflect their contemporary (Summer 1963) appearances.