- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
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- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Genre
- superhero
Title page. The illustration is reprinted from the "Questions and Answers about the Fantastic Four" feature from Fantastic Four Annual #1.
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Genre
- superhero
This illustration appears in the book's front matter, on the page facing the first page of the table of contents. It is a detail from the cover of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #3.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
The artwork for Fantastic Four #1 has been newly restored for its reprinting in the Fantastic Four Omnibus. This reprint of the cover shows details in the artwork that have not appeared in previous reprintings.
The Fantastic Four Omnibus does not have credits for the reprinted covers. Inking credits for the cover reprints are from the GCD's index of Fantastic Four (1961 series).
- Script
- Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- v-372
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mole Man (1st app. and origin)
- Reprints
1st appearance and origin of Mr. Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards), the Thing (Ben Grimm), Invisible Girl (Susan Storm) and the Human Torch (Johnny Storm): the Fantastic Four. The Omnibus' credits page does not identify this story's inker.
Inking credit from the GCD's index of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #1.
- Script
- Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Job Number
- v-457
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Skrulls (1st app.)
- Reprints
The Omnibus' credits page does not identify this story's inker. Inking credit from the GCD's index of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #2.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Has the caption,"The Greatest Comic Magazine in the World!!"
- Script
- Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- v-563
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miracle Man (1st app.)
- Reprints
The Fantastic Four begin wearing costumes in this story. 1st appearances of the Fantasticar and the Fantastic Four's headquarters (Baxter Building; unnamed in this story; cut-away diagram appears on pg. 5).
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Human Torch (spot illustration; see note)
- Reprints
Replies to fan letters (and in the early issues, even some of the letters themselves!) written by Stan Lee. Many lettercolumns include spot illustrations by Jack Kirby.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner
- Reprints
Beginning this issue, the words, "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!" appear at the top of every cover.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- v-643
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner (1st Silver Age app.)
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Thing; Invisible Girl
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- v-735
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Doom (intro; origin); Hulk (cameo; on pg. 2, Johnny Storm is shown reading The Incredible Hulk #1)
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Letter from Roy Thomas.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Doom; Sub-Mariner
- Reprints
1st Dr. Doom/Sub-Mariner team-up. Baxter Building 1st named. 1st mention of the dreaded Yancy Street Gang.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- v-895
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kurrgo (1st app.)
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- v-950
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Puppet Master (Intro); Alicia (Intro)
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- v-995
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; Alicia
- Reprints
1st appearance of full story credits in each issue.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Letter from Paul Gambaccini (who contributes a 1-page article to the Fantastic Four Omnibus).
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-38
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Doom; Alicia; Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Stan asks readers to address letters, "Dear Stan and Jack" instead of "Dear Editor". (He changes the salutations in the letters printed in this column.)
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Marvel Masterwork Vol. 6, the 1st edition of the 2nd Fantastic Four Masterworks volume, reprinted Fantastic Four #11-20, and the 2nd, or so-called "Re-Masterworked" edition, entitled Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Vol. 2, reprinted FF #11-20 and Annual #1. Therefore, Stan Lee's introduction had to be revised for the 2nd edition to include his remarks about the Annual. The Omnibus reprints the revised introduction.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-72
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Willie Lumpkin (the FF's mailman; first name not given in this this story -- called Mr. Lumpkin); Alicia; Skrulls (cameo in flashback); Dr. Doom (cameo in flashback)
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- x-74
- Characters
- Invisible Girl; Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch
- Reprints
2-page lettercolumns begin.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-101
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk; the Wrecker (intro); Rick Jones; General "Thunderbolt" Ross; Alicia
- Reprints
Published the same month as The Incredible Hulk #6. The first of many Hulk/Thing battles.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Thing; Human Torch; Invisible Girl
- Reprints
"IMPORTANT NOTE: The FANTASTIC FOUR make a guest appearance in the new AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Comics, #1, on sale December 10th. DON'T MISS IT!"
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-138
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Ghost (Intro); Watcher (Intro; origin)
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Thing
- Reprints
Another letter from Paul Gambaccini.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-144
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; Puppet Master; Alicia
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Another letter from Roy Thomas.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man; Wasp; Dr. Doom; Alicia
- Reprints
This story ties with Tales to Astonish #45 as the Wasp's 2nd appearance (July 1963).
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Thing
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-315
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Doom; Ant-Man; Alicia; John F. Kennedy; Nikita Khrushchev
- Reprints
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Another letter from Paul Gambaccini.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [The Thing; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Super-Skrull
- Reprints
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 November 2006); the original indexer credited George Roussos.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-361
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super-Skrull (Intro); Skrulls
- Reprints
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Thing
- Reprints
Letter from Steve Gerber.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-419
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Molecule Man (Intro); Watcher; Alicia; members of the Yancy Street Gang (Intro)
- Reprints
According to legend, the third panel on page 17 was redrawn by Steve Ditko. Ditko info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing
- Reprints
Letter from Mark Gruenwald.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; Lady Dorma (Intro); Warlord Krang (Intro); Atlanteans (1st Silver Age app.); Alicia; Nikita Khrushchev
- Reprints
Sub-Mariner reunited with his fellow Atlanteans. Origin of Atlantis told in flashback.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Marvel Masterworks Vol. 13, the 1st edition of the 3rd Fantastic Four Masterworks volume, reprinted Fantastic Four #21-30 and Annual #1, and the 2nd, or so-called "Re-Masterworked" edition, entitled Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Vol. 3, reprinted FF #21-30 without the Annual. (The Annual was reprinted in the 2nd edition of Vol. 2.) Therefore, Stan Lee's introduction had to be revised for the 2nd edition to exclude his remarks about the Annual. The Omnibus reprints the revised introduction.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing; Nick Fury; Hate Monger
- Reprints
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 November 2006); the original indexer credited George Roussous.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- x-488
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hate-Monger (possibly Adolf Hitler; see note; 1st app. as Hate Monger); Nick Fury; Alicia Masters
- Reprints
When the Hate-Monger, having been killed by his own men, is unmasked at the end of the story, he appears to be Adolf Hitler. But as Reed Richards notes, he may actually have been one of the many doubles Hitler was reported to have. Features Nick Fury in his post-WWII persona as a colonel in the CIA. Note his trademark eye-patch is not in this story. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mole Man
- Reprints
The Invisible Girl gains the power to project invisible force fields.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
A contest "[w]ith no prizes, because we're cheapskates!" announced, to determine which reader has the most comics. (Origin of the No-Prize?) Also, letters from Dave Cockrum and Roy Thomas.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Letters from Paul Gambaccini and Don Glut.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk; the Avengers [Captain America; Thor; Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp]; Alicia Masters; Rick Jones
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Iron Man; Thing; Sgt. Fury
- Reprints
Results of "no-prize contest" to determine who has the most comics announced. 1st use of the term "no-prize"? (Winner is Bill Dubay, with 11,221 comics.)
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk; Avengers [Captain America; Iron Man; Thor; Giant-Man; Wasp]
- Reprints
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (11 December 2007); the original indexer credited George Roussos.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk; the Avengers [Captain America; Iron Man; Thor; Giant-Man; Wasp]; Rick Jones
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- x-674
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; Dr. Strange; Atlanteans
- Reprints
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Thing
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; Beast; Angel]
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-686
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Henry McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]]; The Mad Thinker; The Awesome Android; The Puppet Master
- Synopsis
- Puppet Master makes a model of Professor X and commands him to send the X-Men after the FF. When Xavier regains control of his senses, the Mad Thinker sends in his Android to finish off both teams.
- Reprints
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Thing
- Reprints
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- X-713
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Ghost; Watcher; Yancy Street Gang; Alicia
- Reprints
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (plot, dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- X-730
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Diablo (Intro)
- Reprints
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Stan Lee's plot synopsis for Fantastic Four #1.
- Script
- Paul Gambaccini (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
A fan's reminiscences. Some of Gambaccini's letters appeared in the "Fantastic 4 Fan Page" letter columns reprinted in this volume.
- Script
- Tom DeFalco
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
1987 text feature about Fantastic Four #1.
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (illustration)
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Reminiscences of a fan turned pro. The illustration is a detail from page 1, panel 1 of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #17.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sub-Mariner; Spider-Man
- Reprints
Unused cover for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #1.
- Script
- Jack Kirby (plot)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Unused page from either Fantastic Four #17 or 23.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Original art for an early FF house ad.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
Design for a Fantastic Four T-shirt.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers; Sol Brodsky; Joe Sinnott; George Roussos; Steve Ditko; Chic Stone
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon; Jamison Services
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
Thumbnails of the covers of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #2-30 and Fantastic Four Annual (1963 series) #1. Back Cover.