- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as )
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as )
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Job Number
- V-457
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is happening here??
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Four shape-changing Skrulls pose as the Fantastic Four and act as criminals while the true ones are in the country and recall their origin.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Fantastic Four (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #3
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #33
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3, #4
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1
- in Pocket De Ases (Editorial Bruguera, 1981 series) #27
- in Spider-Man (Editorial Bruguera, 1980 series) #33
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([December] 1965)
- in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #2/1968 ([februar] 1968)
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #1 (Septiembre 1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #133
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1 (06 Aprile 1971)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #3 (October 21, 1972) [Black & white with green two-tone spot color.]
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1977 series) #1 (Marzo 1977)
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februari] 1978)
- in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februar] 1978)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985; 2 ([januari] 1985)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1985 series) #2/1985 - Fantastiske Fire møter Galactus (1985) [3. translation]
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985)
which is reprinted- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)
which is reprinted- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 1]
which is reprinted- in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #1 (Septiembre 1991)
- in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #1 (Marzo 1993)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black and white]
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #01 (Octubre 1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Target Fantastic Four Classic: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006 [February 2007])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2007 series) #1 (Junio 2007)
- in Secret Invasion: The Infiltration (Marvel, 2008 series) (2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (2014)
- in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
- in Secret Invasion: Rise of the Skrulls (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in True Believers: Fantastic Four - Skrulls (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (February 2019)
- in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #2 - Quarteto Fantástico 1 (março 2021)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2021)
- in Secret Invasion: Meet the Skrulls (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
- in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #1 - Los 4 Fantásticos 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)
- in Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
- Keywords
- Daily Bugle; Daily Globe; diamonds; extraterrestrials; off-shore oil drilling platform; rowboats; spacecraft; swimming
Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Even as the Fantastic Four ponder their next move, grim, silent figures stealthily creep toward their cabin -- like a horde of avenging wraiths!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls
- Synopsis
- The real Fantastic Four is imprisoned by the government for their criminal acts. They escape and decide to flush out the imitating Skrulls.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Fantastic Four (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #4
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3, #4
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1
- in Pocket De Ases (Editorial Bruguera, 1981 series) #27
- in Spider-Man (Editorial Bruguera, 1980 series) #34
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([December] 1965)
- in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #2/1968 ([februar] 1968)
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #1 (Septiembre 1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #133
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1 (06 Aprile 1971)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #3 (October 21, 1972) [Black & white with green two-tone spot color on panels from pages 1-3 & 6-8.
Page 1 title-panel (story page 7) omitted.] - in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1977 series) #1 (Marzo 1977)
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februari] 1978)
- in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februar] 1978)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985; 2 ([januari] 1985)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1985 series) #2/1985 - Fantastiske Fire møter Galactus (1985) [3. translation]
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)
which is reprinted- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 2]
which is reprinted- in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #1 (Septiembre 1991)
- in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #1 (Marzo 1993)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black & white]
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #01 (Octubre 1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Target Fantastic Four Classic: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006 [February 2007])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2007 series) #1 (Junio 2007)
- in Secret Invasion: The Infiltration (Marvel, 2008 series) (2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (2014)
- in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
- in Secret Invasion: Rise of the Skrulls (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in True Believers: Fantastic Four - Skrulls (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (February 2019)
- in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #2 - Quarteto Fantástico 1 (março 2021)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2021)
- in Secret Invasion: Meet the Skrulls (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
- in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #1 - Los 4 Fantásticos 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)
- in Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
- Keywords
- cells; extraterrestrials; flareguns; megaphones; newspapers; rayguns; rockets; United States Army
Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let go of that weapon!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls
- Synopsis
- The Fantastic Four infiltrate the Skrull mothership and pose as the Skrull spies. Mr. Fantastic uses clippings from Strange Tales and Journey Into Mystery to trick the Skrulls into thinking that the Earth forces are too strong to attack.
- Reprints
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1977 series) #2
- in The Complete Fantastic Four (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #5
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1
- in Pocket De Ases (Editorial Bruguera, 1981 series) #27
- in Spider-Man (Editorial Bruguera, 1980 series) #34
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([December] 1965)
- in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #2/1968 ([februar] 1968)
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #1 (Septiembre 1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #133
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #4 (October 28, 1972)
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februari] 1978)
- in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februar] 1978)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985; 2 ([januari] 1985)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1985 series) #2/1985 - Fantastiske Fire møter Galactus (1985) [3. translation]
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)
which is reprinted- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 3]
which is reprinted- in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #1 (Septiembre 1991)
- in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #1 (Marzo 1993)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black & white]
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #01 (Octubre 1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Target Fantastic Four Classic: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006 [February 2007])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2007 series) #1 (Junio 2007)
- in Secret Invasion: The Infiltration (Marvel, 2008 series) (2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (2014)
- in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
- in Secret Invasion: Rise of the Skrulls (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in True Believers: Fantastic Four - Skrulls (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (February 2019)
- in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #2 - Quarteto Fantástico 1 (março 2021)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2021)
- in Secret Invasion: Meet the Skrulls (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
- in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #1 - Los 4 Fantásticos 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)
- in Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
- Keywords
- extraterrestrials; rayguns
Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stepping out of the now-motionless ship, four pairs of eyes are blinded by the glare of giant floodlights!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Skrulls
- Synopsis
- The four Skrull spies are captured, forced to take on the form of cows and then hypnotized to forget all of their former lives.
- Reprints
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1977 series) #2
- in The Complete Fantastic Four (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #5
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1
- in Pocket De Ases (Editorial Bruguera, 1981 series) #27
- in Spider-Man (Editorial Bruguera, 1980 series) #34
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([December] 1965)
- in Fantastiske Fire (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #2/1968 ([februar] 1968)
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Ediciones Vértice, 1969 series) #1 (Septiembre 1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #133
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (20 Aprile 1971)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #4 (October 28, 1972)
- in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977)
- in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februari] 1978)
- in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februar] 1978)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985; 2 ([januari] 1985)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1985 series) #2/1985 - Fantastiske Fire møter Galactus (1985) [3. translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 ([November] 1987) [part 4]
which is reprinted- in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #1 (Septiembre 1991)
- in Fantastic Four Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #1 (Marzo 1993)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[1] (November 1997)
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 (October 1998) [black & white]
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #01 (Octubre 1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Target Fantastic Four Classic: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006 [February 2007])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2007 series) #1 (Junio 2007)
- in Secret Invasion: The Infiltration (Marvel, 2008 series) (2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (2014)
- in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Génesis (Junio 2016)
- in Secret Invasion: Rise of the Skrulls (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
- in True Believers: Fantastic Four - Skrulls (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (February 2019)
- in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #2 - Quarteto Fantástico 1 (março 2021)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2021)
- in Secret Invasion: Meet the Skrulls (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
- in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #1 - Los 4 Fantásticos 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)
- in Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
- Keywords
- cattle; extraterrestrials; monsters; policemen; snakes; spotlights
Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.
Only three of the Skrulls are depicted at the story’s end. The mystery of the missing Skrull was hastily explained by Reed’s suggestion that he was on his way to another galaxy, along with the rest of his invasion fleet (page 23, panel 5.)