Fantastic Four #28 [Regular Edition]

(July 1964)

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We Have to Fight the X-Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-686

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hope you think my statue does you justice, Ben!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Awesome Android; Mad Thinker; Alicia Masters; Puppet Master [Phillip Masters]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Puppet Master makes a model of Professor X and commands him to send the X-Men after the Fantastic Four. When Xavier regains control of his senses, the Mad Thinker sends in his Android to finish off both teams.

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four (Yaffa / Page, 1981 series) #2
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #2
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1985 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #85
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #20 (April 1969)
• in Estréia! (1ª Série) [Quarteto Fantástico] (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1970 series) #17 (Maio de 1971)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #22 (25 Gennaio 1972)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #57 (November 3, 1973) [pages 1-12; page 9 deleted; page 12, panels 5, 7, and 8 deleted and replaced with page 13 panels 1, 6, and 7], #58 (November 10, 1973) [pages 14-22]
• in Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (February 1975)
• in De Fantastiske Fire [Fantastiske Fire superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #31 - Face aux X-Men (3ème trimestre 1983)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 ([September] 1990)
• in The Very Best of the X-Men (Marvel, 1994 series) (August 1994)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (October 1999) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Giant-Size X-Men (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([August] 2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 (2010)
• in X-Men vs. Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2010 series) [premiere edition] (2010)
• in X-Men vs. Avengers / Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 - The Master Plan of Doctor Doom (2017)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2021 series) #3 - It Started on Yancy Street (2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #16 - Fantastic Four 6 (1964) ([März] 2024)

Indexer Notes

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, was it really so long ago that Marvel Comics weren't Marvel Comics...

Feature Logo

Fantastic 4 Fan Page

Characters

Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing

Reprints

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

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