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{{Marvel Database:Comic Template
  
{{Marvel Database:Comic Template
 
| Image = Fantastic Four Vol 1 38.jpg
  
| Image = Fantastic Four Vol 1 38.jpg
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| Month = 5
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| Month = May
 
| Year = 1965
  
| Year = 1965
 
| Image = Fantastic Four Vol 1 38.jpg
  
| Image = Fantastic Four Vol 1 38.jpg
 
| Editor-in-Chief = Stan Lee
  
| Editor-in-Chief = Stan Lee
 
| CoverArtist1 = Jack Kirby
  
| CoverArtist1 = Jack Kirby
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| CoverArtist2 = Chic Stone
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| CoverArtist3 = Stan Goldberg
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| CoverArtist4 = Sam Rosen
   
 
| Quotation = It's hard to believe we really defeated them! And yet... once the blast occurs... they're finished!
  
| Quotation = It's hard to believe we really defeated them! And yet... once the blast occurs... they're finished!
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| Editor1_1 = Stan Lee
  
| Editor1_1 = Stan Lee
   
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| Synopsis1 = Reed, Ben and Johnny are busy looking over enlarged photographs of the Skrull galaxy for research when suddenly they are interrupted by Sue who playfully reminds them that there are wedding plans to go over. Although she is invisible to the eye, they manage to grab her and make her give up with her pranking. With the merriment over, Johnny decides to head off to go on a date with his girlfriend Doris Evans. As he flies away from the Baxter Building he just misses the Wizard who is passing by. Their foe then goes to land at the secluded cabin where the Frightful Four are hiding out. There he is attacked by the Sandman, but is repelled by the Wizard's anti-gravity devices. Paste-Pot Pete -- having now renamed himself the Trapster -- lunges in to test out his new paste-based traps. After they succeed in subduing the Wizard, he shows his supremacy by throwing the Frightful Four around with his anti-gravity weapons.
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Soon their launch their next plot against the Fantastic Four, it begins with Medusa confronting the Invisible Girl while she is out picking dress designs for her wedding. Caught off guard, Sue is easily captured and the news of her kidnapping quickly spreads. When the Thing learns what happened he rushes back to the Baxter Building to tell Reed and Johnny what he has learned only to find that Reed is already busy trying to track the Frightful Four down.
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As the FF test a new device that takes pictures of distant galaxies, the Frightful Four reunite. After a brief scuffle over who should lead the group, the Wizard begins their next plot. Brilliantly sending Madam Medusa to easily capture the lovely Invisible Girl, the Frightful Four issue a challenge to the FF to have them meet on island in the ocean.
  
   
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Meanwhile, the Frightful Four have landed their ship on a former nuclear testing site on an atoll in the South Pacific. There the Wizard shows his comrades and prisoner his greatest invention yet, the Q-Bomb, which he intends to use against the Fantastic Four. Back at the Baxter Building the FF are desperately trying to locate Sue when suddenly their radars pick up a ship flying their way. They attack it, but only succeed in getting Johnny captured by the Frightful Four as well. As their foes flee, Reed and Ben follow after them in the Pogo Plane.
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Going after the Frightful Four, the FF are not aware that the Wizard has hidden a nuclear bomb on the island and intends to destroy them in a nuclear explosion. While the FF battle the Frightful Four, the Wizard sets the bomb to go off, with an unconscious Sue Storm lying underground next to the deadly Q-bomb........ And while the heroes manage to free Sue from her bonds, the Frightful Four manage to escape, stranding the FF on the island. When the bomb is about to go off, Sue erects an invisible force field that protects them from the blast, however the exposure to radiation causes their unconscious bodies to revert into normal humans once more.
  
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The Fantastic Four are caught off guard when they land on the atoll and their enemies attack. Although they soon start getting the upper hand, the Frightful Four flee leaving the heroes to go and rescue Sue. However with the Pogo Plane having been destroyed in the fight, they have no way off the island. As the Frightful Four speed away, the Wizard sets the bomb to explode. Unknown to him the Fantastic Four are thrown clear from the atomic blast thanks to a force field put around them by Sue. Knocked unconscious by the blast the Four are lost at sea as the Thing slowly begins to revert back to human form.
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This story is continued next issue....
   
 
| Appearing1 =
 
| Appearing1 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
  
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
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:* {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Johnny Storm)]]}}
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** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}} {{Chronology}}
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:* {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Susan Storm)]]}}
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** {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Susan Storm)]]}} {{Chronology}}
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:* {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
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** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Johnny Storm)]]}} {{Chronology}}
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:* {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}}
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** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}} {{Chronology}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
  
'''Supporting Characters:'''
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'''Villains:'''
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'''Antagonists:'''
 
* {{a|[[Frightful Four (Earth-616)|Frightful Four]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Frightful Four (Earth-616)|Frightful Four]]}}
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:* {{a|[[The Wizard (Earth-616)|Wizard]]}}
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:* {{apn|[[Bentley Wittman (Earth-616)|Wizard]]|Fantastic Four #400|Journey into Mystery #116}}
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:* {{a|[[Peter Petruski (Earth-616)|Trapster (Peter Petruski)]]}}
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:* {{apn|[[Peter Petruski (Earth-616)|Trapster (Peter Petruski)]]|Fantastic Four #400|Journey into Mystery #116}}
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:* {{a|[[William Baker (Earth-616)|Sandman]]}}
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:* {{apn|[[William Baker (Earth-616)|Sandman]]|Fantastic Four #400|Journey into Mystery #116}}
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:* {{a|[[Medusalith Amaquelin (Earth-616)|Medusa]]}}
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:* {{apn|[[Medusalith Amaquelin (Earth-616)|Medusa]]|Fantastic Four #400|Journey into Mystery #116}}
 
'''Other Characters:'''
  
'''Other Characters:'''
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* {{mentioned|[[Alicia Masters (Earth-616)|Alicia Masters]]}}
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'''Locations:'''
  
'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[United States of America|United States Of America]]}}
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** {{a|[[New York State]]}}
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*** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
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**** {{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
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***** {{a|[[Baxter Building]]}}
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* {{a|[[Pacific Ocean]]}}
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** Asiatic Nuclear Test Site
 
'''Items:'''
  
'''Items:'''
 
* Q-Bomb
  
* Q-Bomb
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* {{a|[[Paste-Gun]]}}
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'''Vehicles:'''
  
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* {{a|[[Fantasti-Car MK II]]}}
  
* {{a|[[Fantasti-Car MK II]]}}
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* {{a|[[Pogo Plane]]}}
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* {{a|[[Pogo Plane MK I|Pogo Plane]]}}
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| Notes = ===Continuity Notes===
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* Prior to this story, the Frightful Four were pulled forward in time by [[Aron (Earth-616)|Aron the Rogue Watcher]] to battle the Fantastic Four in {{C|Fantastic Four #400}}.
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* As revealed in {{c|Fantastic Four #18}} the [[Skrulls]] homeworld is located in the [[Andromeda Galaxy]].
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* Reed and Sue are preparing to get married after Reed proposed to her in {{c|Fantastic Four #35}}, the wedding happens in {{c|Fantastic Four Annual #3}}.
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* Johnny has been dating [[Doris Evans (Earth-616)|Doris Evans]] since {{c|Strange Tales #113}}.
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* Paste-Pot Pete renames himself the Trapster in this issue, but he never lives down his old name and is repeatedly mocked for it hereafter.
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* As revealed in {{c|Fantastic Four #44}} Medusa is a member of the [[Inhumans (Inhomo supremis)|Inhumans]]. She was stricken with amnesia during a battle against the Trikon a few years earlier as depicted in {{c|Inhumans Special #1}}. It was later revealed in {{c|X-Men First Class Vol 2 #15}} that the Wizard kept Medusa complaint and her memories jumbled with a device that he planted on the base of her neck.
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* The Frightful Four make a stop at the Baxter Building in {{c|Journey into Mystery #116}} to make sure the Fantastic Four were killed in the blast, but are frightened off by the arrival of [[Balder Odinson (Earth-616)|Balder the Brave]] on the rooftop of the building.
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===Chronology Notes===
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Events occur behind the scenes in this story that affect the continuity of the following characters:
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'''Mister Fantastic:'''
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* {{apn|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Page 1-19]]|Strange Tales #134|}} - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
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* {{apn|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Page 20]]|Fantastic Four #39}} - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.
   
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'''Invisible Girl:'''
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* {{apn|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Page 1-19]]|Strange Tales #134|}} - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
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* {{apn|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Page 20]]|Fantastic Four #39}} - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.
   
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'''Human Torch:'''
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* {{apn|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Page 1-19]]|Strange Tales #134|}} - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
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* {{apn|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Page 20]]|Fantastic Four #39}} - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.
   
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'''Thing:'''
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* {{apn|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Page 1-19]]|Strange Tales #134|}} - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
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* {{apn|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Page 20]]|Fantastic Four #39}} - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.
   
   
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| Notes = * Sandman will repeatedly appear in this series until issue 55.
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| Trivia = This story represents the first time that the Fantastic Four are defeated at the end of an issue.
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| Trivia =
 
 
| Recommended =
 
| Recommended =
 
| Links =
 
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Revision as of 00:05, 18 June 2017

Quote1 It's hard to believe we really defeated them! And yet... once the blast occurs... they're finished! Quote2
—Medusa

Appearing in "Defeated by the Frightful Four!"

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Synopsis for "Defeated by the Frightful Four!"

Reed, Ben and Johnny are busy looking over enlarged photographs of the Skrull galaxy for research when suddenly they are interrupted by Sue who playfully reminds them that there are wedding plans to go over. Although she is invisible to the eye, they manage to grab her and make her give up with her pranking. With the merriment over, Johnny decides to head off to go on a date with his girlfriend Doris Evans. As he flies away from the Baxter Building he just misses the Wizard who is passing by. Their foe then goes to land at the secluded cabin where the Frightful Four are hiding out. There he is attacked by the Sandman, but is repelled by the Wizard's anti-gravity devices. Paste-Pot Pete -- having now renamed himself the Trapster -- lunges in to test out his new paste-based traps. After they succeed in subduing the Wizard, he shows his supremacy by throwing the Frightful Four around with his anti-gravity weapons.

Soon their launch their next plot against the Fantastic Four, it begins with Medusa confronting the Invisible Girl while she is out picking dress designs for her wedding. Caught off guard, Sue is easily captured and the news of her kidnapping quickly spreads. When the Thing learns what happened he rushes back to the Baxter Building to tell Reed and Johnny what he has learned only to find that Reed is already busy trying to track the Frightful Four down.

Meanwhile, the Frightful Four have landed their ship on a former nuclear testing site on an atoll in the South Pacific. There the Wizard shows his comrades and prisoner his greatest invention yet, the Q-Bomb, which he intends to use against the Fantastic Four. Back at the Baxter Building the FF are desperately trying to locate Sue when suddenly their radars pick up a ship flying their way. They attack it, but only succeed in getting Johnny captured by the Frightful Four as well. As their foes flee, Reed and Ben follow after them in the Pogo Plane.

The Fantastic Four are caught off guard when they land on the atoll and their enemies attack. Although they soon start getting the upper hand, the Frightful Four flee leaving the heroes to go and rescue Sue. However with the Pogo Plane having been destroyed in the fight, they have no way off the island. As the Frightful Four speed away, the Wizard sets the bomb to explode. Unknown to him the Fantastic Four are thrown clear from the atomic blast thanks to a force field put around them by Sue. Knocked unconscious by the blast the Four are lost at sea as the Thing slowly begins to revert back to human form.

This story is continued next issue....

Notes

Continuity Notes

  • Paste-Pot Pete renames himself the Trapster in this issue, but he never lives down his old name and is repeatedly mocked for it hereafter.
  • The Frightful Four make a stop at the Baxter Building in Journey into Mystery #116 to make sure the Fantastic Four were killed in the blast, but are frightened off by the arrival of Balder the Brave on the rooftop of the building.

Chronology Notes

Events occur behind the scenes in this story that affect the continuity of the following characters:

Mister Fantastic:

  • ⏴ Page 1-19 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
  • ⏴ Page 20 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.

Invisible Girl:

  • ⏴ Page 1-19 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
  • ⏴ Page 20 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.

Human Torch:

  • ⏴ Page 1-19 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
  • ⏴ Page 20 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.

Thing:

  • ⏴ Page 1-19 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four battle the Frightful Four again.
  • ⏴ Page 20 ⏵ - The Fantastic Four were caught in the Q-Bomb Blast.

Trivia

This story represents the first time that the Fantastic Four are defeated at the end of an issue.

See Also

Links and References

References

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