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Printed in USA. Manufactured between August 3 and August 14, 2018 by Quad Graphics, Sarasota Springs, New York, USA.
Cover date as shown on cover is "AUG." Date as shown on the cover of the original (1961) is "NOV."
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed); Jeph York (reprint layout); Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Inks
- George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (see notes); Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Colors
- Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- V-372
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With the sudden fury of a thunderbolt, a flare is shot into the sky over Central City!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]] (introduction, origin); the Mayor of Central City
- Synopsis
- Dr. Reed Richards takes his friends on a rocket trip that changes their lives forever.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- automobiles; cosmic rays; fighter jets; flare guns; missiles; parachutes; rockets; spacecraft
Timely-Atlas expert Michael Vassallo has examined hundreds of known Klein art and inking samples, as has Nick Caputo, and both agree that Klein is the primary inker, with alterations likely by Sol Brodsky.
In the letters page of issue #281 it states according to Roz and Jack Kirby, via Steve Leialoha, that it was Artie Simek who inked the first issue of FF and that Sol Brodsky started inking with issue #2 (Brodsky actually started inking with # 3). Previous indexer credited Chris Rule as possible inker.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Jeph York (reprint layout); Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Inks
- George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (see notes); Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Colors
- Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Job Number
- V-372
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And now, having met our four amazing characters, let us resume our tale...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Moleman] (introduction); Monsters of Monster Isle
- Synopsis
- Atomic plants disappear all around the world. Reed Richards pinpoints a place which is at the same distance from them all: Monster Isle.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- aircraft; diamonds; French army; monsters; nuclear power plants
Timely-Atlas expert Michael Vassallo has examined hundreds of known Klein art and inking samples, as has Nick Caputo, and both agree that Klein is the primary inker with Sol Brodsky likely providing corrections. Previous indexer credited Chris Rule.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Jeph York (reprint layout); Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Inks
- George Klein; Sol Brodsky ? (see notes); Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Colors
- Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before we witness the breath-taking conclusion of our amazing tale, let us gather together all the loose ends!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Moleman] (origin); Monsters of Monster Isle
- Synopsis
- Having captured the Fantastic Four, Moleman recounts how he discovered his underground kingdom.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- aircraft; blindness; Monster Isle; monsters
Timely-Atlas expert Michael Vassallo has examined hundreds of known Klein art and inking samples, as has Nick Caputo, and both agree that Klein is the inker, with alterations likely by Sol Brodsky. Previous indexer credited Chris Rule.
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Jeph York (layout)
- Inks
- George Klein; Sol Brodsky ?
- Colors
- Jeph York ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Entire page illustrated by a blow up of a panel and the bottom middle of page 13 of the first story. Includes credits for this issue.
- Script
- Dan Slott
- Colors
- Jeph York ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Colors
- Jeph York ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Colors
- Jeph York ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Script
- Tom DeFalco (signed)
- Colors
- Jeph York ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Script
- Walter Mosley
- Colors
- Jeph York ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Colors
- Jeph York ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Script
- ?; John Byrne ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema; John Byrne; Alex Ross (painting); Scot Eaton; Eric Powell; Clayton Crain (see notes); Marceto DiChiara; Ed McGinness; Mike Kaluta [as Michael Wm. Kaluta]; Leinit Francis Yu; Arthur Adams; Humberto Ramos; Jeph York (reprint layout); Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott; Terry Austin; John Byrne; Alex Ross (painting); Gregory Wright; Scot Eaton; Eric Powell; Clayton Crain (see notes); Marceto DiChiara; Dexter Vines; Mike Kaluta [as Michael Wm. Kaluta]; Leinit Francis Yu; Arthur Adams; Humberto Ramos; Michael Kelleher (restoration); Kellustration (restoration); Peter Dawes (restoration); Joe Frontirre (restoration)
- Colors
- Jeph York ?; ?; Alex Ross (painting); Greg Wright; Richard Isanove; Eric Powell; Clayton Crain (see notes); Mike Kaluta [as Michael Wm. Kaluta]; Leinil Francis Yu; Justin Ponsor; Edgar Delgado
- Letters
- typeset; John Costanza; ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Reprints
-
from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #126 [Regular Edition] (September 1972) -
from What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #36 [Direct] (December 1982) [Barcode blacked out in reprint. Reprints Newsstand version of cover.] -
from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #264 [Direct] (March 1984) [Barcode blacked out in reprint. Reprints Newsstand version of cover.] -
from Avengers West Coast (Marvel, 1989 series) #54 [Direct] (January 1990) [Barcode blacked out in reprint. Reprints Newsstand version of cover.] -
from X-Men The Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #20 [Direct Edition] (July 2001) [Reprints cover without the barcode.] -
from Fantastic Four: House of M (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 [Direct Edition] (September 2005) [Reprints cover without any of the trade dress.] -
from Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005) [Reprints cover without most of its trade dress.] -
from FF (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 [2nd Printing McGuinness] (May 2011) [Reprints cover without any of the trade dress.] -
from Fear Itself: Fearsome Four (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (September 2011) [Reprints cover without any of the trade dress.] -
from X-Men (Marvel, 2010 series) #19 [Direct Market Variant by Leinil Francis Yu] (December 2011) [Reprints cover without the barcode.] -
from FF (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Fantastic Faux (2013) which is reprinted-
from Nova (Marvel, 2016 series) #4 (April 2016) -
from Marvel Age (Marvel, 1983 series) #14 -
from Marvel Super Hero Squad (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 [Reprints cover without any of the trade dress.] - from Marvel Press Poster (Marvel, ? series) #178 (November 1994) [Alex Ross poster reprinted on top right of second page of reprints.]
Last four pages including inside back cover. All covers are 1/4 in size. Four covers per page.
One cover reprinted, The Fantastic Ham, is supposedly for Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Ham (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (March 2007) done by Clayton Crain. No indication this cover was ever printed.
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (original art, credited); Dean White (painting)
- Inks
- George Klein (original art, credited); Dean White (painting)
- Colors
- Dean White (painting)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Monster from Monster Isle
- Reprints
Back cover.
This cover is a painted version of the original cover of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 by Dean White.