Fantastic Four #13

(April 1963)

The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes! [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-138

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fantastic Four [the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; the Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff] (origin); the Red Ghost's super-apes (origin)

Synopsis:

While Reed prapares a journey to the Blue Area of the Moon, Ivan Kragoff trains three apes to pilot a spaceship and take possession of the Moon "for the communist empire".

Reprints:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967)
• in Demonen (Se-Bladene, 1969 series) #3/1969 ([oktober] 1969)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #9 (27 Luglio 1971)
• in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 ([October] 1988)
• 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

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Part 2 Menace on the Moon! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; the Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; the Red Ghost super-apes; the Watcher [Uatu] (introduction)

Synopsis:

In space, the Fantastic Four's ship crosses that of Ivan Kragoff and they learn of the powers the apes have acquired before landing on the moon

Reprints:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #9 (27 Luglio 1971)
• in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 ([October] 1988)
• 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

Part 3 The Watcher Appears! (Table of Contents)

Fantasric Four / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-138

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Watcher [Uatu]; the Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; the Red Ghost's super-apes

Synopsis:

The Watcher appears and explains where he comes from and why he cannot take sides in the battle between the Fantastic Four and the Red Ghost.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #9 (27 Luglio 1971)
• in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 ([October] 1988)
• 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

Part 4 Duel in the Dead City! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-138

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; the Red Ghost's super-apes; the Watcher [Uatu]

Synopsis:

The Fantastic Four battles the Red Ghost and his super-apes on the Moon.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #9 (27 Luglio 1971)
• in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 ([October] 1988)
• 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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)

Indexer Notes

Letters page replies by Stan Lee. Thing illo taken from an earlier issue.