Fantastic Four (1961)

Volume 1.

Name:

Fantastic Four

Start year:

1961

Publisher:

Marvel

Aliases:

First issue:

Fantastic Four #1 The Fantastic Four!

Last issue:

Fantastic Four #416 Onslaught Phase 2: Unfinished Business

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The Fantastic Four were created in response to DC's Justice League and soon became the Silver Age's premier superhero team. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby collaborated on the opening 102 issues of the magazine, and told the adventures of Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, Invisible Woman and the Human Torch. This first volume ran through issue #416, before it was rebooted as Fantastic Four (vol. 2) (13 issues) as part of the short lived Heroes Reborn arc. The series was restarted again with issue 1 in Fantastic Four (vol. 3) before it reverted back to the original numbering with issue #500.

Writers

Stan Lee #1-115, 120-125, 154, 180, 189, 296
Archie Goodwin #115-118, 182
Roy Thomas #119, 126-133, 136, 137, 157-171, 173-179, 181, 303
Gerry Conway #133-152, 179
Tony Isabellla #153
Len Wein #154-157, 182-188, 191-194
Bill Mantlo #172, 182-183, 193, 194, 216-218
Mike Friedrich #177
James Shooter #182, 183, 296
Roger Stern #183, 294, 295, 297-302
Ralph Macchio #183 w// Roger Silfer
Marv Wolfman #190, 195-217
Keith Pollard #193, 194
Doug Moench #219, 222-231
John Byrne #220, 221, 232-294
Steve Englehart #304-333
Walt Simonson #334-341, 343-350, 352-354
Tom Defalco #301, 302, 356-393, 395-416
Danny Fingeroth #342, 355
Len Kaminski #351
Mike Lackey #388, 390, 394

Collected Editions

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four

Vol. 1 (#1-10)
Vol. 2 (#11-20)
Vol. 3 (#21-30)
Vol. 4 (#31-40)
Vol. 5 (#41-50)
Vol. 6 (#51-60)
Vol. 7 (#61-71)
Vol. 8 (#72-81)
Vol. 9 (#82-93)
Vol. 10 (#94-104)
Vol. 11 (#105-116)
Vol. 12 (#117-128)
Vol. 13 (#129-141)
Vol. 14 (#142-150)
Vol. 15 (#151-163)
Vol. 16 (#164-175)
Vol. 17 (#176-191)
Vol. 18 (#192-203)
Vol. 19 (#204-218)
Vol. 20 (#219-231)
Vol. 21 (#232-240)
Vol. 22 (#241-250)
Vol. 23 (#251-257)

Epic Collection:

Vol. 1: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (#1-18)
Vol. 2: The Master Plan of Doctor Doom(#19-32)
Vol. 3: The Coming of Galactus (#33-51)
Vol. 4: The Mystery of the Black Panther (#52-67)
Vol. 5: The Name Is Doom (#68-87)
Vol. 6: At War With Atlantis (#88-104)
Vol. 7: Battle of the Behemoths (#105-125)
Vol. 9: Annihilus Revealed (#126-146)
Vol. 17: All In the Family (#296-307)
Vol. 18: The More Things Change... (#308-320)
Vol. 20: Into the Time Stream (#334-346)
Vol. 21: The New Fantastic Four (#347-361)
Vol. 22: This Flame, This Fury (#362-376)
Vol. 23: Nobody Gets Out Alive (#377-392)
Vol. 25: Strange Days (#403-416)

Essential Fantastic Four - 9 volumes

King-Size Kirby (#1, #48-51 & #57-60)
Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 1 (#1-30, Annual #1)
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Volume 1 (#1-10)
Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (#1)
Secret Invasion: Rise of the Skrulls (#2 & 18)
Kirby Is... Fantastic! (#4, 12, 25-26, 52-53, 66-67 & 84-87)
Namor, The Sub-Mariner Epic Collection: Enter The Sub-Mariner (#4, 6, 9, 14, 27 & 33)
Fantastic Four: Mr. And Mrs. Grimm (#8)
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Man or Monster? (#12 & 25-26)
X-Men: The Rise of Apocalypse (#19)
S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection (#21)
S.H.I.E.L.D. by Lee & Kirby: The Complete Collection (#21)
Avengers vs. Fantastic Four (#25-26, 150 & 255-256)
Incredible Hulk: Hulk vs the Marvel Universe (#25-26)
Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 2 (#31-60, Annuals #2-4)
Fantastic Four: Behold... Galactus! (#48-50, 74-77, 120-123 & 242-244)
Fantastic Four: Behold... Galactus! Marvel Select (#48-50, 120-123 & 242-244)
Silver Surfer Epic Collection: When Calls Galactus (#49, #55, #57-60, #72 and #74-77)
Black Panther Epic Collection: Panther's Rage (#52-53)
Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? Marvel Select (#52-53)
Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 3 (#61-93)
Spider-Man: Saga of the Sandman (#61)
Captain Marvel: Starforce (#65)
Daredevil Omnibus Volume 1 (#73)
Daredevil Epic Collection: Mike Murdock Must Die! (#73)
Decades: Marvel In the '60s: Spider-Man Meets the Marvel Universe (#73)
Fantastic Four Omnibus Volume Four (#94-125)
Inhumans: Beware the Inhumans (#95 & 101)
Avengers Epic Collection: The Avengers/Defenders War (#150)
Marvel Weddings (#150)
Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Perez Vol. 1 (#164-167, #170, #176-178, #184-186) Vol. 2 (#187-188, #191-192)
Fantastic Four: Crusaders & Titans (#164-176)
Atlas: Marvel Boy (#164-165)
Fantastic Four: Reunited They Stand (#201-203)
In Search of Galactus (#204-214)
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 0 (#215-218, #220-221) Vol. 1 (#232-240) Vol. 2 (#241-250) Vol. 3 (#251-257, Annual #17) Vol. 4 (#258-267) Vol. 5 (#268-275, Annual #18)
Fantastic Four/Spider-Man Classic (#218)
Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 3 (#218)
Marvel Horror Omnibus (#222-223)
Decades: Marvel In The '80s: Awesome Evolutions (#265)
Vol. 6 (#276-284)
Mephisto: Speak of the Devil (#276)
Vol. 7 (#285-286, Annual #19)
X-Factor Epic Collection: Genesis & Apocalypse (#286)
Vol. 8 (#287-295)
Incredible Hulk By Peter David Omnibus Vol. 1 (#320)
X-Men: Inferno Crossovers (#322-324)
X-Men: Inferno Omnibus (#322-324)
Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 1 (#334-341) Vol. 2 (#342-346) Vol. 3 (#347-350, #352-354)
Acts of Vengeance: Marvel Universe (#334-336)
Death's Head: Freelance Peacekeeping Agent (#338)
The Infinity War Omnibus (#366-370)
Fantastic Four/Inhumans: Atlantis Rising (#401-402)
X-Men Milestones: Onslaught (#415)
X-Men/Avengers: Onslaught Volume 1 (#415)

Non-U.S. Collected Editions

King-Size Kirby (#1, #48-51 & #57-60) (Spanish)
Visionarios Marvel: Stan Lee (#11) (Spanish)
80 Jahre Marvel - Die 1960er: Aufbruch in eine neue Zeit (#73) (German)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Los 4 Fantásticos: En busca de Galactus (#204-214) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 4 (#220-221 & #287-303) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Fantásticos: Vuelta a los orígenes (#232-239) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 1 (#232-250) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (#251-268) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 3 (#269-286) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - La Cosa: Secret Wars (#274 & #277) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Secret Wars II: ¿Quién es el Todopoderoso? (#285) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Secret Wars II: Círculo cerrado (#288 & #316-319) (Spanish)
Coleccionable Marvel Héroes - Los 4 Fantásticos de Walter Simonson (#334-341, #343-350 & #352-354) (Spanish)

Issues #166-167 has been translated into Spanish.

Issues

#1 The Fantastic Four! November 30th, 1961

#2 Skrulls from Outer Space! January 1st, 1962

#3 The Menace of the Miracle Man! March 1st, 1962

#4 The Coming of the Sub-Mariner! May 1st, 1962

#5 Prisoners of Doctor Doom! July 1st, 1962

#6 Captives of the Deadly Duo! September 1st, 1962

#7 Prisoners of Kuurgo, Master of Planet X! October 31st, 1962

#8 Prisoners of the Puppet-Master! November 1st, 1962

#9 The End of the Fantastic Four! December 1st, 1962

#10 The Return of Doctor Doom! January 1st, 1963

#11 A Visit With The Fantastic Four; The Impossib… February 1st, 1963

#12 The Incredible Hulk March 1st, 1963

#13 The Red Ghost and his Indescribable Super-Ape… April 1st, 1963

#14 The Merciless Puppet-Master! May 1st, 1963

#15 The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android! June 1st, 1963

#16 The Micro-World of Doctor Doom! July 1st, 1963

#17 Defeated By Doctor Doom! August 1st, 1963

#18 A Skrull Walks Among Us! September 1st, 1963

#19 Prisoners of the Pharoah! October 1st, 1963

#20 The Mysterious Molecule Man! November 1st, 1963

#21 The Hate Monger December 10th, 1963

#22 The Return of the Mole Man January 1st, 1964

#23 The Master Plan Of Doctor Doom! February 1st, 1964

#24 The Infant Terrible March 1st, 1964

#25 The Hulk Vs Thing! April 1st, 1964

#26 The Avengers Take Over! May 1st, 1964

#27 The Search for the Sub Mariner! June 1st, 1964

#28 We Have To Fight The X-Men! July 1st, 1964

#29 It Started On Yancy Street August 1st, 1964

#30 The Dreaded Diablo! September 1st, 1964

Characters in volume

Human Torch Appeared in 409 issue(s)

Thing Appeared in 388 issue(s)

Invisible Woman Appeared in 377 issue(s)

Mr. Fantastic Appeared in 367 issue(s)

Alicia Masters Appeared in 161 issue(s)

Franklin Richards Appeared in 152 issue(s)

Crystal Appeared in 89 issue(s)

Doctor Doom Appeared in 87 issue(s)

Lyja Appeared in 78 issue(s)

Medusa Appeared in 71 issue(s)

Sharon Ventura Appeared in 61 issue(s)

She-Hulk Appeared in 49 issue(s)

Namor Appeared in 47 issue(s)

Wyatt Wingfoot Appeared in 45 issue(s)

Galactus Appeared in 41 issue(s)

Watcher Appeared in 41 issue(s)

Agatha Harkness Appeared in 40 issue(s)

Black Bolt Appeared in 37 issue(s)

Gorgon Appeared in 37 issue(s)

Silver Surfer Appeared in 37 issue(s)

Karnak Appeared in 34 issue(s)

Wizard Appeared in 34 issue(s)

Hulk Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Thor Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Ant-Man (Lang) Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Kristoff Vernard Appeared in 30 issue(s)

Triton Appeared in 30 issue(s)

Nathaniel Richards Appeared in 29 issue(s)

Iron Man Appeared in 28 issue(s)

Sandman Appeared in 28 issue(s)

Died in volume

Air-Walker

Aron the Rogue Watcher

Basilisk

Black Celestial

Cassandra Richards

Darkoth

Doctor Doom

Doctor Sun

Dorrek VII

Elspeth Cromwell

Exitar the Exterminator

Franklin Storm

Gert Hauptmann

Giganto

Gimlet

Gustav Hauptmann

Hate-Monger

Jerome Hamilton

Julius Akerman

Lippy Louie

Morrat

Napoleon G. Robberson

Silent Fox

Thelius

The Monocle

Thomas Hanson

War-Head

Zorba Fortunov

Concepts in volume

Bronze Age of Comics Appeared in 157 issue(s)

Silver Age of Comics Appeared in 92 issue(s)

Hostess Superhero Advertisements Appeared in 73 issue(s)

Superpowers Appeared in 49 issue(s)

Superhero Costumes Appeared in 46 issue(s)

Comics Code Authority Appeared in 36 issue(s)

Heroes vs. Heroes Appeared in 36 issue(s)

Elemental Forces Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Aliens Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Power Cosmic Appeared in 26 issue(s)

Robots Appeared in 25 issue(s)

Clandestine Races Appeared in 24 issue(s)

Romance Appeared in 22 issue(s)

Homage Covers Appeared in 17 issue(s)

Origin Story Appeared in 16 issue(s)

Magic Appeared in 15 issue(s)

Cliffhanger Ending Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Flashback Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Bondage Cover Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Editorial Note Appeared in 11 issue(s)

X-Gene Mutant Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Marvel Multiverse Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Time Travel Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Witches Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Between the Legs Shot Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Swimming Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Earth-A Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Ghost Rider Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Secret Identity Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Locations in volume

Baxter Building Appeared in 192 issue(s)

New York City Appeared in 187 issue(s)

Manhattan Appeared in 99 issue(s)

New York State Appeared in 87 issue(s)

Space Appeared in 50 issue(s)

Four Freedoms Plaza Appeared in 43 issue(s)

Latveria Appeared in 38 issue(s)

The Negative Zone Appeared in 27 issue(s)

Attilan Appeared in 22 issue(s)

Castle Doom Appeared in 16 issue(s)

Alicia Masters' Apartment Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Avengers Mansion Appeared in 13 issue(s)

Himalayas Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Atlantis Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Blue Area of the Moon Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Subterranea Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Yancy Street Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Whisper Hill Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Agatha Harkness's house Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Long Island Appeared in 8 issue(s)

The Moon Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Wakanda Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Central Park Appeared in 7 issue(s)

New Jersey Appeared in 7 issue(s)

California Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Connecticut Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Daily Bugle Building Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Latverian Embassy Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Monster Island Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Pennsylvania Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Objects in volume

Fantasti-Car MK II Appeared in 48 issue(s)

Doctor Doom's Armor Appeared in 44 issue(s)

Pogo Plane Appeared in 37 issue(s)

Unstable Molecules Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Fantasti-Car MK I Appeared in 18 issue(s)

Galactus' Ship Appeared in 18 issue(s)

Fantastic Four Signal Device Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Trapster's Paste-Gun Appeared in 13 issue(s)

Captain America's Shield Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Jet Cycle Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Mjolnir Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Klaw's Blaster Appeared in 9 issue(s)

The Thing's Helmet Appeared in 7 issue(s)

The Wizard's Wonder Gloves Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Fantastic Four’s Passenger I.C.B.M. Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Iron Man Armor Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Terrax's Cosmic Axe Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Cyclops' Visor Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Mole Man's Staff Appeared in 5 issue(s)

The Daily Bugle Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Time Bubble Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Wizard's Anti-Grav Discs Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Negative Zone Portal Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Nova Corps Helmet Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Professor X's Hover Chair Appeared in 4 issue(s)

The Galactus Engine Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Cloak of Levitation Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Cosmic Control Rod Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Doctor Doom's Time Platform Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Fantastic Four Rocket Ship Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Authors in volume

Joe Sinnott Appeared in 205 issue(s)

Jack Kirby Appeared in 110 issue(s)

Tom DeFalco Appeared in 102 issue(s)

Jim Shooter Appeared in 100 issue(s)

Glynis Oliver Wein Appeared in 88 issue(s)

Artie Simek Appeared in 86 issue(s)

Ralph Macchio Appeared in 84 issue(s)

John Byrne Appeared in 77 issue(s)

Jim Novak Appeared in 62 issue(s)

Roy Thomas Appeared in 58 issue(s)

George Roussos Appeared in 57 issue(s)

Paul Ryan Appeared in 56 issue(s)

John Buscema Appeared in 53 issue(s)

Danny Bulanadi Appeared in 52 issue(s)

Sam Rosen Appeared in 47 issue(s)

John Costanza Appeared in 40 issue(s)

John Workman Appeared in 40 issue(s)

Joe Rosen Appeared in 34 issue(s)

Bob Budiansky Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Rich Buckler Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Steve Englehart Appeared in 30 issue(s)

Keith Pollard Appeared in 29 issue(s)

Jim Salicrup Appeared in 28 issue(s)

Bill Oakley Appeared in 27 issue(s)

Mark Gruenwald Appeared in 26 issue(s)

Marv Wolfman Appeared in 26 issue(s)

Mike Carlin Appeared in 24 issue(s)

John Kalisz Appeared in 22 issue(s)

Gerry Conway Appeared in 21 issue(s)

Gina Going-Raney Appeared in 21 issue(s)

Story arcs in volume

Acts of Vengeance

Atlantis Rising

"Daredevil" The Living Prison

Dire Wraiths War

Fall of the Mutants

"Fantastic Four" Annihilation Gambit

"Fantastic Four" Battle of the Century

"Fantastic Four" Doomsday

"Fantastic Four" I.T. Plot

"Fantastic Four" Trial of Galactus

"Fantastic Four" Xandarian-Skrull War

Inferno

Infinity War

Onslaught

Phoenix Rising

Secret Wars II

Starblast

The Wedding of Crystal and Pietro

Year of the Scourge

Teams in volume

Fantastic Four Appeared in 416 issue(s)

Inhumans Appeared in 42 issue(s)

Avengers Appeared in 34 issue(s)

New York Police Department Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Skrulls Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Frightful Four Appeared in 27 issue(s)

Atlanteans Appeared in 13 issue(s)

Doombots Appeared in 13 issue(s)

United States Army Appeared in 13 issue(s)

Subterraneans Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Doom's Robot Army Appeared in 9 issue(s)

S.H.I.E.L.D. Appeared in 9 issue(s)

X-Men Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Yancy Street Gang Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Avengers West Coast Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Communists Appeared in 6 issue(s)

The Watchers Appeared in 6 issue(s)

New Fantastic Four Appeared in 5 issue(s)

New Men Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Sentinels Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Super-Apes Appeared in 5 issue(s)

X-Factor Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Alpha Flight Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Alpha Primitives Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Femizons Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Infinity War Doppelgangers Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Marvel Bullpen Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Monsters of Monster Island Appeared in 4 issue(s)

New Warriors Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Beyonders Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Characters first appearance

Adam Warlock In issue #66

Adhesive Mass In issue #359

Admiral Marts In issue #403

Adora In issue #204

Aeristron In issue #195

Agatha Harkness In issue #94

Air-Walker In issue #120

Albert DeVoor In issue #160

Alden Maas In issue #263

Alice Winchell In issue #268

Alicia Masters In issue #8

Alien Arachnid In issue #359

Alma Chalmers In issue #268

Android Man In issue #79

Andrones In issue #161

Anelle In issue #37

Archie Goodwin In issue #176

Asmodeus In issue #117

Attuma In issue #33

Avius In issue #129

Awesome Andy In issue #15

Barbara Walker In issue #245

Baron Hugo In issue #30

Black Bolt In issue #45

Black Celestial In issue #339

Black Panther In issue #52

Blastaar In issue #62

Bob Landers In issue #134

Boss Barker In issue #91

Brain Parasites In issue #227

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