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Only a genius such as I, Ivan Kragoff, could have trained a gorilla to operate a space-ship!

—Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff)

Appearing in "The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #13

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  • Watcher (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

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Synopsis for "The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #13
Fantastic Four Vol 1 13 Title

After an experiment on a strange meteor fragment, Reed Richards wants to take a rocket to the Blue Area of the Moon where it came from. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union, a Russian scientist named Ivan Kragoff completes his training of three apes who will pilot his own rocket mission to the moon. As the Fantastic Four are blasting off so is Kragoff and his apes. Seeking to duplicate the accident that gave the Fantastic Four their powers, Kragoff had designed his ship to be transparent so that he and his apes would be exposed to an even greater dose of cosmic rays.

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 13 Part 2 Title
Fantastic Four (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 13 0001

Although they are spotted by the passing Fantastic Four, Kragoff's attempt worked. Gifted with the power of intangibility, Kragoff rechristened himself the Red Ghost. While his now "Super-Apes" gained powers as well, Igor the baboon became a shape-shifter, Piotr the orangutan gained control of magnetism, while Miklho the gorilla gained enhanced strength. When the Fantastic Four finally land on the moon they discover the ruins of an ancient civilization in its mysterious "Blue Area" as well as a strange citadel off in the distance. The group then splits up to explore. While out searching, the Thing is attacked by the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes.

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 13 Part 3 Title
Uatu (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 13 0001

However, the fight is abruptly stopped by an alien calling himself the Watcher, who incapacitates the Super-Apes with his vast cosmic powers. The Watcher explains that his race of people has been charged with watching other alien races but have a vow to never interfere. Having come to consider the human race to be nothing more than savages fighting over their petty territorial disputes, the Watcher orders them not to bring their war to his home and dispatches the Fantastic Four, Red Ghost and his Super-Apes back to the ruined city where they could fight to the finish so that the Watcher could determine which of them came from a superior country.

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 13 Part 4 Title
There the Red Ghost and his apes attack the Fantastic Four and take the Invisible Girl prisoner. Reed and the others then begin searching the ruins for her. Meanwhile, Sue realizes that the Red Ghost has control over the apes by withholding food from them. While the Red Ghost was out fighting her teammates, Sue freed herself by offering to give the Super-Apes food. Overpowered the Red Ghost sought to seek refuge in the Watcher's citadel, only to be buffeted through time and dimensions before being ejected. The Red Ghost was then incapacitated by Mr. Fantastic who was able to fashion a paralyzation ray. With the Red Ghost defeated, the Watcher reappears before the Fantastic Four and congratulates them on their victory and tells them that their country is the superior one and so long as it strives for peace it will have a place in the limitless universe. As the Fantastic Four prepare to leave for Earth, the Red Ghost is freed by his Super-Apes, who have come to get revenge against their former master. In the end Reed decides they should leave the Red Ghost to his fate and they leave the moon in their rocket.

Appearing in "The Merciless Puppet Master"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #14

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  • Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff) (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
  • NASA
    • Four unnamed employees
  • Charlie (First appearance)
  • United States Armed Forces
    • Numerous unnamed military personnel
  • Mister Fantastic Fan Club Clayville Chapter
    • Numerous unnamed members
  • Mister Fantastic Fan Club Unidentified Chapter
    • Numerous unnamed members
  • Golden Angel (First appearance) (Wrestler)
  • Golden Angel's Promoter
  • Two unnamed talent agents
  • Unnamed Bank Robber (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed Doctor
  • NYPD
    • Unnamed Police Officer
    • Unnamed Police Commissioner (Mentioned)
  • Mole Man (Vision or hallucination)
  • Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Vision or hallucination)
  • Mento-Fish (First appearance)
  • Hypno-Fish (First appearance)
  • Unnamed Parking Lot Attendant (First appearance)
  • Jesse James (Mentioned)
  • Admiral Sawyer (Mentioned)
  • Giant Scavenger Clam (First appearance)
  • "Mightiest Octopus of the Seven Seas" (First appearance)
  • Flame-Eater (First appearance)
  • Deep-Sea Fungus (First appearance)
  • Hamlet (Mentioned)

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Synopsis for "The Merciless Puppet Master"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #14
Fantastic Four Vol 1 14 Title

The Fantastic Four are returning from their adventure on the moon, landing their rocket at the airport greeted by a crowd of their fans. Exiting the ship they are swamped by fans, as well as fame seekers such as the wrestler known as the Golden Angel who challenges the Thing to a fight, with disastrous results. After Sue is harassed by Hollywood agents the Human Torch helps his teammates flee back to the Baxter Building by creating a hot air funnel to carry them back home. After settling in, Reed is disturbed to find Sue monitoring the world's oceans to try and find the Sub-Mariner, damaging his self-esteem and leaving him to question the future of their relationship.

Phillip Masters (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 14 0001

Meanwhile, at a local sanitarium, the Puppet Master -- having survived his last encounter with the Fantastic Four[Continuity 1] -- has been released to start his life over. However, the Puppet Master is far from cured and seeks to get revenge against the Fantastic Four.[Continuity 2] After some consideration, the Puppet Master decides to use his special clay to make the Sub-Mariner his slave and pit him against their mutual foes. Enslaved, the Sub-Mariner returns to his empty kingdom of Atlantis and uses his Mento-Fish to send out a communication asking Sue to come to him. When she meets up with Namor at the docks, he kidnaps her and takes her back to his undersea realm. The Puppet Master then forces Namor to contact the Fantastic Four, telling them that he has the Invisible Girl prisoner and taunt them into coming to rescue her. The Puppet Master then boards a sub to watch the battle from close by.

Hypno-Fish from Fantastic Four Vol 1 14 0002

After the Thing picks up his girlfriend Alicia Masters, the Fantastic Four take a sub of their own to the Sub-Mariner's domain. After fighting through the various undersea defenses,[Continuity 3] Reed, Johnny and Ben confront Namor in his throne room. With Sue trapped in a glass sphere ensnared by an octopus the Fantastic Four square off against the Sub-Mariner. At first the group is kept at bay thanks to the various undersea creatures that Namor has at his disposal, however the Thing manages to get past Namor and free Sue, knocking the octopus out into the ocean. When the Puppet Master tries to order the Sub-Mariner to slay his foes, Namor cannot bring himself to harm Sue and fights off the Puppet Master's control, causing the clay puppet to explode.

When the Fantastic Four try to attack Namor again, Sue stands in their way and convinces them to stand down. Meanwhile, the octopus ejected from the Sub-Mariner's palace reaches the Puppet Master's sub and crushes the submersible before the villain can put the octopus under his control.[Continuity 4] Meanwhile, the Sub-Mariner -- still not over his animosity towards the surface world -- allows his foes to leave his kingdom.

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