([September] 1963)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1963-07-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. As stated in the Catalog of Copyright Entries 1963 Books, Pamphlets, Serials, Contributions to Periodicals July-Dec 3D Ser Vol 17 Pt 1, Sec. 2, page 1497: The Fantastic Four Annual, Vol.1, no.1, 1963 issue. Written by Stan Lee. Drawn by Jack Kirby. Inking: Dick Ayers. Lettering: Art Simek. New York, Canam Publisher Sales Corp. (Annual Marvel comics group) © Canam Publisher Sales Corp.; 2Jul63; A645698.
Awards
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Undersea Legions of Sub-Mariner! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Reprints

He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-324
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 Khrushchev; 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

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: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mole Man [Harvey Elder]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous inker credited Sol Brodsky.

The Skrulls from Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous inker credited Sol Brodsky.

The Miracle Man (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Miracle Man [Joshua Ayers]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

Prince Namor, the Sensational Sub-Mariner (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

Questions and Answers about the Fantastic Four (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Sol Brodsky
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
X-343
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Mister Fantastic]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Reprints

Inside the Baxter Bldg. [sic] (Table of Contents: 8)

Fantastic Four / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Sol Brodsky ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Human Torch; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Doctor Doom (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced); Jack Kirby ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

Kurrgo Master of Planet X (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Kurrgo
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo, 2014. Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

The Puppet Master (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Puppet Master [Phillip Masters]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo, June 2014. Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway (credited)

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

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).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Impossible Man from the Planet Poppup (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Impossible Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

The Incredible Hulk (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced); Jack Kirby ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super Apes (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (sourced); Jack Kirby ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Ray Holloway

Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Super Apes [Igor; Mikhlo; Peotr]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby inks per Nick Caputo as examined on his blog: https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html

Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.

The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Thinker; Android
Reprints

Origin of the Fantastic Four (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY); Sol Brodsky (alterations)
Inks
George Klein; Sol Brodsky (alterations)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

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

Indexer Notes

Reprints the first thirteen pages of Fantastic Four # 1. The first page is altered to add the word Origin and the look of the Human Torch, the Thing and Reed Richards have been updated by Sol Brodsky to reflect their contemporary (Summer 1963) appearances.

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Guide to Hypnotism / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Undersea Legions of Sub-Mariner!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw
    Famous Artists Schools
  3. 2. Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. The Mole Man
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  5. 4. The Skrulls from Outer Space!
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  6. 5. The Miracle Man
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  7. 6. Prince Namor, the Sensational Sub-Mariner
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  8. 7. Questions and Answers about the Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
  9. 8. Inside the Baxter Bldg. [sic]
    Fantastic Four
  10. 9. ["On sale now!"]
    Human Torch; Spider-Man
  11. 10. Doctor Doom
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  12. 11. Kurrgo Master of Planet X
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  13. 12. The Puppet Master
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  14. 13. The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man!
    Fantastic Four
  15. 14. ["Now on sale monthly don’t miss him!"]
    Spider-Man
  16. 15. ["Look for the newest winner from the Marvel Comics Group"]
    The Avengers
  17. 16. The Impossible Man from the Planet Poppup
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  18. 17. The Incredible Hulk
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  19. 18. The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super Apes
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  20. 19. The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android
    A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes!
  21. 20. Origin of the Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
  22. 21. 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
  23. 22. ["Give me just one evening and I’ll teach you to hypnotise easily!"]
    Guide to Hypnotism
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Bill Devine
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Frank Lovece
  • R. S. Martin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore