Changes: Pocket Book Series: Fantastic Four Vol 1 1

Mole Man (First appearance) (Origin revealed)
- Giganto (First appearance)
- Tricephalous (First appearance)
- Rock Monster Guardian (Ugu) (First appearance)
Overseer (Behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

Citizens of Central City
- Pete (First appearance)
Roscoe (First appearance) (Unnamed)
Taxi driver (First appearance)
James Kreig (First appearance) (Unnamed)
National Guard
French Soldiers
- Pierre (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Humans
Subterraneans (First appearance)
- Inhabitants of Monster Isle (First appearance)

Locations:

Sol
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - California
        Central City
      - New York
        Ithaca
      - Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
  - Africa
    - Atomic Power Plant in French Africa
  - Australia (Mentioned)
    - Australia (Mentioned)
  - South America (Mentioned)
  - Monster Isle (First appearance)
  - Subterranea (First appearance)
    - Valley of Diamonds (First appearance)
- Earth Orbit (First appearance)

Items:

Fantasti-Flare (First appearance)
Hunter Missile (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Marvel-1 (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Destroyed)

Synopsis for "The Fantastic Four"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #1

Chapter 1

A shadowy figure fires a flare out of a window. The flare forms the words "The Fantastic Four!"^{[Continuity 1]}

Susan Storm is having tea with a friend. When she sees the flare, she turns invisible, gets into a cab,^{[Continuity 2]} and offers the surprised driver a banknote when she reaches her destination.

Ben Grimm is trying to find a coat that fits him. A clerk in the haberdashery sees the flare. Grimm bursts out of the too-small door, rips a manhole out of the street, follows the sewers, and bursts out when he thinks he has reached his destination. He is struck by a taxi which is wrecked.

Johnny Storm is working on his latest hot rod in a service station. The mechanic sees the flare, which turns into the number 4. Johnny bursts into flame and flies away, destroying his car. The authorities treat him as an enemy attack, so he reluctantly melts the jets that come after him. A nuclear heat-seeking missile locks onto him, and, just as Johnny's flame starts to fade, an impossibly long pair of arms grab the missile and throw it out to sea.

Johnny's savior is the same man who fired the flare. He greets Susan, Ben, and Johnny with the words, "There is a task that awaits us ... a fearful task!" But how did these four people become so fantastic?

To beat the Communists in the Space Race,^{[Continuity 3]} scientist Reed Richards, sister and brother Sue and Johnny Storm, and pilot Ben Grimm sneak aboard a rocket;^{[Continuity 4]} Ben had warned the others about needing sufficient shielding for cosmic rays, but Sue challenging his courage persuaded him to fly.^{[Continuity 5]} In space, the four are bombarded by cosmic rays.^{[Continuity 6]} The auto-pilot lands the ship back on Earth,^{[Continuity 7]} where they find themselves physically transformed and possessing remarkable new abilities. Sue can turn invisible. Ben has transformed into an orange, muscular "thing" with super-strength.^{[Continuity 8]} Reed's body became highly malleable, allowing him to stretch into any shape. Johnny's body bursts into flame, and he can fly. They decide to use their abilities to become the super-team known as the Fantastic Four. They give themselves the individual names Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, and the Thing.^{[Continuity 9]}^{[Continuity 10]}^{[Continuity 11]}

(Chapter 2) The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man!

Monster Isle from Fantastic Four Vol 1 1 001 — Monster Isle

Atomic plants in the Soviet Union, Australia, and South America have been mysteriously attacked by cave-ins. Another attack occurs in Africa, where a huge monster burrows out of the ground but is recalled by a human figure. The Fantastic Four travel aboard their private jet to Monster Isle, which Reed has deduced is the same distance from each attack. There, they are attacked by a giant three-headed monster. Reed stops the monster, but a cave-in separates Reed and Johnny from Ben and Sue. Beneath the island Reed and Johnny land in the Valley of Diamonds, which temporarily blinds them. The Mole Man appears, revealing he is responsible for the attacks.

(Chapter 3) The Mole Man's Secret!

The Mole Man explains his origin. Having been ridiculed by humanity, he went off alone in search of the legendary land at the center of the earth. Eventually, he washed ashore on Monster Isle. Making his way through a cavern, he was caught in an avalanche and rendered almost blind.^{[Continuity 12]} However, due to his other heightened senses taking over, he mastered the subterranean creatures^{[Continuity 13]} and built himself an underground empire.

Meanwhile, on the surface, Ben wrestles a rock monster. Ben and Sue find their teammates listening to the Mole Man's plan to invade the surface world. He sends his monster army against the Fantastic Four. Whilst Johnny distracts the biggest one, the team flees through a tunnel, which Johnny seals shut behind them. After the Fantastic Four escape in their jet, Mole Man destroys the island so the surface world cannot trouble him again.^{[Continuity 14]}

Appearing in "The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #2

Featured Characters:

Fantastic Four (Main story and recap)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Main story and recap)
- Invisible Girl (Susan Storm) (Main story and recap)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (Main story and recap)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

Central City Police Chief
United States Army

Antagonists:

Skrull Empire (First appearance)
- Fantastic Four Impostors (First appearance)
  - Thing Impostor (First appearance) (changed into Cow)
  - Invisible Girl Impostor (First appearance) (escaped)
  - Mister Fantastic Impostor (First appearance) (changed into Cow)
  - Human Torch Impostor (First appearance) (changed into Cow)
- Skrull mother ship captain

Other Characters:

Unnamed Central City citizens
- Unnamed Oil-rig workers
- Unnamed Jewelry store employees
- Unnamed Power Plant Worker
Santa Claus (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Skrulls (First appearance)
Humans (Main story and recap)
Fish
Cows (Cameo)

Locations:

Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Solar System (Main story and recap)
  - Earth (Main story and recap)
    - North America
      - United States of America
        Texas
        Gulf of Mexico
        Offshore oil rig (Destruction)
        
        California
        Central City
        Jewelry Store
        
        Power Plant
        
        New York
        King's Crossing
        
        The Midwest
        
        Hunting Lodge
        
        Specially-constructed private Cells in a federal prison
        
        FF's secret apartment hideout
        
        An experimental rocket test site
    - Earth Orbit
  - Mars (Mentioned)
Andromeda Galaxy (Mentioned) (Unnamed)

Items:

Vehicles:

Skrull ship (First appearance)
Skrull Mothership

Synopsis for "The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #2

Part 1

The Thing attacks an oil platform off the Texas shore. The Invisible Girl steals a valuable gem from a jewelry store. The Human Torch melts a statue when a town unveils it. Mister Fantastic shuts down a power plant. These impostors meet afterward and reveal how they used their shape-shifting abilities and alien technology to perpetrate their misdeeds. They are Skrulls, and they plan on invading Earth. Fearing the Fantastic Four will stand in their way, these four agents want to ruin their reputation. The real Fantastic Four, in "an isolated hunting lodge," hear the news with dismay.^{[Continuity 15]}

Part 2

Jonathan Storm (Earth-616) and Skrull Cows (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 2 001 — Johnny infiltrates the Skrulls

The United States Army surrounds the lodge. Wanted for the Skrulls' crimes, the Fantastic Four surrender. They escape from cells specifically designed to hold them and hole up in one of their "many secret apartment hideouts", in order to clear their names. They set a trap for the Skrulls by sending Johnny to sabotage a rocket launch, hoping it will draw them out. He melts through an unused gantry,^{[Continuity 16]} avoids the army's artillery and flames off behind a hangar. "Reed" and "Susan" pick him up and take him back to their hideout. A Fantasti-Flare out the window brings the rest of the team.

Part 3

Skrull-Ship (Water Tower) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 2 0002 — The water-tower ship

A fight ensues and the Skrulls are taken, prisoner. The Fantastic Four steal the Skrulls' rocket ship and find their mother-ship in Earth orbit.^{[Continuity 17]} Posing as the Skrull agents, they trick the captain into believing that Earth is too dangerous to invade by passing off images from Journey Into Mystery and Strange Tales as real. Reed volunteers to stay behind and remove any trace of the Skrulls' presence on Earth. Convinced his army would be slaughtered, the captain calls off the invasion and awards Reed a medal for bravery.^{[Continuity 18]} On the way home the Fantastic Four passes through the cosmic rays again, causing the Thing to briefly return to human form.

Part 4

Once back on Earth the Fantastic Four clear their names by proving the existence of Skrulls to the military. The remaining three Skrulls transform into cows at Reed's instructions, and Reed hypnotizes them into believing they are real cows. They are left in a field where they can live out their lives.^{[Continuity 19]}^{[Continuity 20]}^{[Continuity 21]}^{[Continuity 22]}

Appearing in "The Menace of the Miracle Man"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #3

Featured Characters:

Fantastic Four

Antagonists:

Miracle Man (Joshua Ayers) (First appearance)
The Monster from Mars (First appearance) (Destroyed)

Other Characters:

United States Army
- Lt. General Fredricks (First appearance) (Unnamed)
NYPD
- Unnamed police commissioner
- Joe (First appearance)
Several New Yorkers

Races and Species:

Humans

Locations:

Sol
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Midtown
        42nd Street and Madison Avenue (First appearance)
        Baxter Building (First appearance)
        
        A corner soda fountain
        
        Bijou Movie Theater
        
        A junkyard at the edge of town

Items:

Fantastic Four Uniform (First appearance)
Fantasti-Flare
The Thing's helmet (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Fantasti-Car (First appearance)
Fantasti-Copter (First appearance)
Pogo Plane MK I (First appearance) (Seen in hangar)
Intercontinental Passenger Missile (First appearance) (Seen in hangar)
An atomic tank
An antique racing car

Synopsis for "The Menace of the Miracle Man"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #3

Chapter 1

The Miracle Man is performing at a theater. He points out the Fantastic Four and mocks them. He claims his powers are far greater than theirs and demonstrates by growing into a giant, turning into a cloud, and controlling thunder and lightning. He even upstages the Thing in a test of strength. While they head home in the Fantasti-Car, Reed wonders whether they could defeat the Miracle Man if he were a criminal. Meanwhile, the Miracle Man plots to bring a monster statue at the Bijou movie theater^{[Continuity 23]} next door to life and use it to terrorize the public.

Chapter II:

At the team's new headquarters, the Baxter Building,^{[Continuity 24]} Johnny is watching live coverage of the premiere of "The Monsters from Mars" at the Bijou on television. Sue Storm comes in with new costumes for the entire team, including a helmet for the Thing.

Baxter Building from Fantastic Four Vol 1 3 0001 — Click to Enlarge

Johnny spots the Miracle Man, who gestures and brings the monster to life. It attacks the crowd and then vanishes. The Fantastic Four call the commissioner, who has received a note from the Miracle Man declaring his intention to conquer the world. The team is authorized to stop the Miracle Man.^{[Continuity 25]}^{[Continuity 26]}

Mister Fantastic finds the Miracle Man and his monster robbing a jewelry store, but the Miracle Man hits him with a brick. The Human Torch finds them stealing the army's new atomic tank and confronts them.

Chapter III:

The Invisible Girl and Thing see the fight and join in. The Thing removes his helmet and rips off his costume before joining the fight.^{[Continuity 27]} The Human Torch burns the monster down;^{[Continuity 28]} it was made of wood and plastic. The Thing and the Human Torch are defeated, and the Miracle Man escapes in a truck with the tank in tow, although the Invisible Girl hides aboard unseen.

Chapter IV:

Back at their headquarters, the remaining members of the Fantastic Four wait for Sue's signal. Johnny pokes fun at Ben, who loses his temper. A fight breaks out between the two, and Johnny storms off. Meanwhile, the Miracle Man is hiding the atomic tank at a junkyard, when he discovers Sue and uses his powers to put her under his command. He has Sue signal the rest of the team with the Fantasti-Flare. Ben and Reed take off in the Fantasti-Copter. Johnny sees the signal from a corner soda fountain and flies toward it.

Chapter V:

At the junkyard, the Miracle Man fights Ben and Reed, and escapes with Sue and the tank again. Johnny appears, and the three follow the Miracle Man in an antique racing car. Johnny flies ahead and uses his flames to create a flash that temporarily blinds the Miracle Man, who loses his powers. In fact, he never had powers at all; he was merely a clever hypnotist. Reed brings Sue out of her trance, and the Miracle Man is apprehended.

Fantastic Four (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 3 0002

The Thing is annoyed when he perceives that Johnny is getting all the credit for stopping the Miracle Man. Johnny, having had enough of the Thing, quits the team and flies away. Reed wonders what would happen if he were to become their enemy.

Appearing in "The Coming of... Sub-Mariner!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #4

Featured Characters:

Fantastic Four

Antagonists:

Namor the Sub-Mariner (First Silver Age appearance) (See chronology)
Giganto (First appearance) (Death)

Other Characters:

United States Army
NYPD
Giganto's stomach monster
Miracle Man (Joshua Ayers) (Only in recap)
The Monster from Mars (Only in recap)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Sol
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Midtown
        42nd Street and Madison Avenue
        Baxter Building
        
        Lower East Side
        Bowery hotel
        
        Swanson's Garage
  - Atlantic Ocean
    - Atlantis

Items:

Fantasti-Flare
Horn of Proteus - (First appearance) (Unidentified)
A nuclear bomb

Vehicles:

Fantasticar
Atomic tank (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "The Coming of... Sub-Mariner!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #4

Chapter 1:

The Human Torch has quit the team. Reed, Sue, and Ben use the Fantasti-Car to search the city for him. Johnny, though, has gone to Swanson's Garage to work on cars. Ben, on a hunch, goes to the garage.

Chapter 2:

Unable to use his flame because of the gasoline around him, Johnny faces an angry Ben without his power. Ben backs him into a corner, but, before the Thing can hit Johnny, he changes back to his old, human form. Johnny uses the distraction to leave the garage, flame on, and fly away. Ben immediately changes back to the Thing.

Johnny goes to the Bowery to find accommodations. Once in his bunk, he reads a 1940s comic about the Sub-Mariner. Another guest of the establishment notices what he's reading and says, "We got a stumble-bum right here who's as strong as that joker was supposed to be!" He hands the bearded "stumble-bum" a phone book and tells him to tear it in half. The man refuses. The others attack him but get swatted away. The man complains that he can't remember anything: "Why have I spent the long years here, in a fog, with my mind a blank??" Johnny says, "Flame on!" ignites one finger, and burns off the man's beard. He looks just like the Sub-Mariner, pointy ears and all.

Chapter 3:

Johnny carries the man out to sea and drops him into the water. Back in his native element, the Sub-Mariner remembers who he is.^{[Continuity 29]} He goes to his home, Atlantis.

Atlantean Outpost (Grand Banks) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 4 001

It lies in radioactive ruins, a casualty of atomic testing. The Sub-Mariner returns to New York and tells Johnny that he will retaliate by destroying the human race.^{[Continuity 30]}

Chapter 4:

The rest of the FF, back at the Baxter Building, see Johnny's flare rise from the waterfront. They take the Fantasti-Car to meet him and learn about the Sub-Mariner's revival.

Giganto (Atlantean Beast) (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 4 0001 — The original Giganto

Out at sea, the Sub-Mariner finds Giganto, "the largest living thing in all the world," and the Horn of Proteus that can rouse him. He leads the creature towards New York, which begins an evacuation. The army bombards Giganto without effect. The Thing comes up with a daring plan: strap a nuclear bomb to his back, get inside the monster, and leave it there to destroy it. While Giganto takes a nap, Ben carries the bomb down its gullet.

Chapter 5:

With seconds to spare, Ben makes it out of the monster's maw.^{[Continuity 31]} The Sub-Mariner threatens to use the horn to summon more creatures. An invisible Sue grabs the horn and runs away with it.^{[Continuity 32]} The Sub-Mariner tackles her. She becomes visible. "If you will be my bride," says the Sub-Mariner, "I might show mercy to the rest of your pitiful race!" She responds, "How can I make such a choice?" He threatens again to use the horn. Sue says, "I—I'll do anything—I'll become your bride!" Johnny, though, forms a tornado that pulls the Sub-Mariner into the air and drops him in the ocean. The horn falls to the bottom. The Sub-Mariner swears, "I'll be back!"^{[Continuity 33]}

Appearing in "Prisoners of Doctor Doom!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #5

Featured Characters:

Fantastic Four
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (See chronology)
- Invisible Girl (Sue Storm) (See chronology)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (See chronology) (Poses as Blackbeard)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (See chronology)

Antagonists:

Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (First appearance) (See chronology)
Gunther the tiger (First appearance)
Doom's pet vulture
Doombot (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Blackbeard (Edward Teach) (Mentioned)
Errol Flynn (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Several pirates
- Mr. Spliny (First appearance)
Merlin (Mentioned)
Sub-Mariner (Mentioned)
Hulk (Photo)
Unnamed New Yorkers

Races and Species:

Humans

Locations:

Sol
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Midtown
        42nd Street and Madison Avenue
        Baxter Building
        
        Adirondack Mountains (First appearance)
        Doctor Doom's Castle (First appearance)
        
        Hegeman (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
        State University (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  - Asia (Only in flashback)
    - China (Only in flashback)
      - Tibet (Only in flashback)
  - Atlantic Ocean

Items:

Doctor Doom's Armor (First appearance)
Fantasti-Flare
Doctor Doom's Time Platform (First appearance)
Stones of Merlin (First appearance)
Doctor Doom's Net
Doctor Doom's Machine To Suck Oxygen From the Area

Vehicles:

Doctor Doom's Flying Harness
Doctor Doom's Helicopter (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Prisoners of Doctor Doom!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #5

Part 1:

Victor von Doom (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 5 0001

Johnny, while reading an issue of The Incredible Hulk, compares Ben to the monster.^{[Continuity 34]} Ben grabs the comic, but Johnny sets it afire. Reed and Sue stop them before they come to blows. The lights go out, despite their emergency generator. Doctor Doom, in a helicopter, drops a net over the Baxter Building. When Doom calls out to them, Reed recognizes the voice: Victor von Doom, an old college classmate. After an experiment at university, during which Doom tried to communicate with the dead but instead caused an explosion, he was expelled.^{[Continuity 35]} Doom demands Sue as a hostage, and she agrees, going to the roof.

Part 2

Doom takes the Invisible Girl aboard his ship, binding and gagging her. He then demands the rest of the FF must enter his ship and pledge not to attack him. The Thing agrees to this by sending off a flare. Doom lowers a cage over Reed, Ben, and Johnny and takes them to his castle. Once there, he tells them that he has invented a time machine and that they must retrieve Blackbeard's treasure chest from the past. With Sue as Doom's hostage, they must agree. Doom presses a button, activating the time platform they were unwittingly standing on. They appear in a port, where they come across two brigands arguing over a stolen bundle of clothes. Ben scares them off. With the clothes, they disguise themselves, including a heavy black beard for Ben. Looking for someone in Blackbeard's crew,^{[Continuity 36]} they go to a tavern. Two pirates tell the barmaid to serve the strangers drugged grog.^{[Continuity 37]}

Part 3

Reed, Ben, and Johnny wake up in the hold of a pirate ship. Ben bursts through the deck and subdues the entire crew with the help of Johnny and Reed. When another ship appears, Ben takes command and orders his crew to attack!^{[Continuity 38]}

Part 4

Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 4 0001

Johnny flames on, harasses the other ship, and raises a cloud of steam. Reed stretches to the other ship like a gangplank, over which their crew passes. A quick fight ensues. While Reed and Johnny haul a treasure chest out of the hold, the crew hails Ben as Blackbeard. Reed empties the chest, reminding Johnny that they only promised to bring back Blackbeard's chest, not the treasure itself, and he replaces the treasure with chains.^{[Continuity 39]} On deck, they realize that Ben is the Blackbeard of legend. He refuses to return with them, ordering the crew to douse Johnny, wrap Reed in a sail, and set them adrift in a lifeboat. Before they can launch the boat, though, a huge waterspout strikes the ship and destroys it. Reed and Johnny make it to shore, where they find Ben and the chest.

Part 5

The time platform appears above them and returns them to the present. Doom says that the treasure includes gems enchanted by Merlin and that they will make him "invincible." He opens the chest and discovers that he's been cheated, which gives Ben the opportunity to attack. A single punch shatters the armor—and the machinery inside. It's a robot! The real Doom, in another part of the castle, activates a screen and tells them he will draw the air from their chamber. Sue, still his hostage, sees her chance. She turns invisible and short-circuits his control panel, which explodes. Doom is caught in the blast. She runs to the chamber and opens the door. Rather than confront Doom, who Reed assumes has traps everywhere, they decide to escape. Reed stretches through a window across the moat, Ben pushes that section of wall open while Reed pulls, and Johnny uses "atomic heat" to make a path across the crocodile-infested moat. Johnny then sets fire to the castle, and Doom escapes with his Rocket-Powered Flying Harness. Before he can catch Doom, Johnny's flame runs out.^{[Continuity 40]}

Appearing in "Captives of the Deadly Duo!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #6

Featured Characters:

Fantastic Four

Antagonists:

Diabolical Duo
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor)

Other Characters:

Harry
Pete (First appearance)
Matilda and Hiram (First appearance)
Tommy (First appearance)
Yancy Street Gang (Behind the scenes) (First appearance)
NYPD

Races and Species:

Locations:

Earth-616
- Sol
  - Earth
    - North America
      - United States of America
        New York State
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Midtown
        42nd Street and Madison Avenue
        Baxter Building
        
        Harmon General Hospital (First appearance)
        
        Lower East Side (Mentioned)
        Yancy Street (Mentioned)
        
        Ashby Street (Mentioned) and Main Street (Mentioned)
    - Atlantic Ocean
      - Ruins of Atlantis
      - Sub-Mariner's Domed Undersea Villa (First appearance)
  - Earth Orbit
  - Sun (Mentioned)

Items:

Doctor Doom's Armor
Fantasti-Flare
Magnetic Grabber (First appearance)
Unstable Molecules (Mentioned) (First Mention)
Fantastic Four Belt Buckle (First appearance)
Fantastic Four's Space Helmets
A hydrogen bomb
Polaris Missiles (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

Fantasticar
Pogo Plane MK I
Fantasti-Copter
Intercontinental Passenger Missile
Doctor Doom's Aerosub (First appearance) (Destroyed)

Synopsis for "Captives of the Deadly Duo!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #6

After scouting for Dr. Doom, the Human Torch returns to the Fantastic Four's Baxter Building headquarters to report on his lack of success in finding Doom. He arrives just as his teammates are reading fan mail.^{[Continuity 41]} When Reed gets a letter from a fan who is presently staying at a nearby hospital, Reed stretches out his body to pay the boy a personal visit.^{[Continuity 42]} Meanwhile, Ben gets a mocking letter from the Yancy Street Gang, challenging him to a fight. Ben responds by rolling up a titanium steel tile and telling Johnny to mail it out for him. Ben laments over not being able to face a worthy foe like Dr. Doom or the Sub-Mariner.

These words turn out to be prophetic as, at that very moment, Dr. Doom is seeking out the Sub-Mariner and tracks him down in his aerosub, confronting Namor over the ocean.^{[Continuity 43]} Doom manages to convince Namor that they should work together to destroy the Fantastic Four and take over the world.

Part 2:

Victor von Doom (Earth-616) and Namor McKenzie (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 6 0001

Namor invites Doom back to Atlantis, where Doom notes his infatuation with Sue Storm. Doom, however, stirs the Sub-Mariner's anger by reminding him how his kingdom was annihilated by atomic weapons tests^[1]. Namor agrees to destroy the Fantastic Four but refuses to harm Sue Storm. Doom agrees to let Sue live and then shows off his latest invention which he wishes to use against the Fantastic Four: a magnetically powered "grabber" device that can pull any object no matter how heavy. Namor then goes to the surface world to confront the Fantastic Four as part of their plan.

Meanwhile, at the Baxter Building, Johnny finds a picture of Namor hidden behind a bookshelf and confronts his sister Sue about it. When she tells Johnny that he has no right to go snooping on her property, Johnny alerts the others about Sue's little secret before burning the picture with his flame powers. When Reed asks for an explanation from Sue, she is at a loss for words to explain her infatuation with the Sub-Mariner. Suddenly, Namor makes his presence known to them.

Part 3:

While the male members of the team try to attack Namor, Sue comes to his aid. The others find that Namor is prepared for their attacks, and Reed suddenly realizes that Namor must have planted some kind of trap. Reed and Johnny go to search for it. When they fail to find it, Namor gloats when, suddenly, the Baxter Building is pulled out of its foundation and is drawn into space.^{[Continuity 44]}

Part 4:

The Fantastic Four and Namor quickly put on breathing helmets. When Johnny fails to escape in the vacuum of space, Reed tries to grab Doom's ship that is pulling them closer to the sun, but Doom has prepared a defensive rocket that burns Reed's hands. With the void of space being close to that of Earth's oceans, Namor -- realizing he had been betrayed by Doom -- agrees to stop him. He then exits the Baxter Building and "swims" toward Doom's ship.

Part 5:

There, he breaks through the hull into the ship but finds a locked and electrified door blocking his way into the control room. The Sub-Mariner then uses his ability to mimic the electricity generating abilities of electric eels to begin shocking Doom through the door, forcing him to retreat.^{[Continuity 45]} Namor breaks in and hurls Dr. Doom into space. In the void of space, Doom is suddenly struck by a passing meteor and is carried away. Namor then takes control of the ship and reverses its course, returning the Baxter Building to its original foundation. The Fantastic Four then find Doom's grabber device stashed away in the basement, but they cannot remove it. Suddenly, it flies away to rendezvous with Namor over the ocean. The Sub-Mariner then crashes the ship and the grabber device into the waters below so they cannot be used again and returns to the ocean himself.

Notes

Prologue and epilogue by Stan Lee.

Cover art taken from Fantastic Four # 143.

Continuity

Links and References

References

↑ Fantastic Four #4

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 | Image               = Fantastic Four (Pocket).jpg
-| Volume              = 1
-| Issue               = Fantastic Four 1
 | Month               =
 | Year                = 1977
 | Editor-in-Chief     = Archie Goodwin
+| Reprint_CoverArtists = Fantastic Four Vol 1 143
-| CoverArtist1        = Gil Kane
-| CoverArtist2        = Joe Sinnott
 | PreviousIssue       = &mdash;
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 | Quotation           =
 | Speaker             =
-| StoryTitle1         = The Fantastic Four!
-| StoryTitle2         = The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man!
-| StoryTitle3         = The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!
-| StoryTitle4         = The Menace of the Miracle Man!
-| StoryTitle5         = The Coming of... Sub-Mariner!
-| StoryTitle6         = Prisoners of Doctor Doom!
-| StoryTitle7         = Captives of the Deadly Duo!
 | ReprintOf1          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 1
-| ReprintOf2          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 1
+| ReprintOfStory1     = 1
-| ReprintOf3          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 2
-| ReprintOf4          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 3
-| ReprintOf5          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 4
-| ReprintOf6          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 5
-| ReprintOf7          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 6
-| Writer1_1           = Stan Lee
+| ReprintOf2          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 2
-| Penciler1_1         = Jack Kirby
+| ReprintOfStory2     = 1
-| Inker1_1            = George Klein
-| Inker1_2            = Christopher Rule
-| Colourist1_1        = Stan Goldberg
-| Letterer1_1         = Artie Simek
-| Editor1_1           = Stan Lee
-| Synopsis1           =
-| Writer2_1           = Stan Lee
+| ReprintOf3          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 3
-| Penciler2_1         = Jack Kirby
+| ReprintOfStory3     = 1
-| Inker2_1            = George Klein
-| Inker2_2            = Christopher Rule
-| Colourist2_1        = Stan Goldberg
-| Letterer2_1         = Artie Simek
-| Editor2_1           = Stan Lee
-| Synopsis2           =
-| Appearing1          =
+| ReprintOf4         = Fantastic Four Vol 1 4
+| ReprintOfStory4     = 1
-'''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
-** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Johnny Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Sue Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|The Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}}
+| ReprintOf5          = Fantastic Four Vol 1 5
-'''Other Characters:'''
+| ReprintOfStory5     = 1
-* Citizens of [[Central City]]
-** {{a|[[Central City#Pete (Earth-616)|Pete]]}}
-* Cab driver
-* {{a|[[United States Air Force (Earth-616)|National Guard]]}}
+| ReprintOf6         = Fantastic Four Vol 1 6
-'''Locations:'''
+| ReprintOfStory6     = 1
-* {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
-** {{a|[[California]]}}
-*** {{a|[[Central City]]}}
-** {{a|[[New York State|New York]]}}
-*** {{a|[[Ithaca (New York)|Ithaca]]}}
+| Notes               = *Prologue and epilogue by [[Stan Lee]].
-'''Items:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Flare]]}}
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* {{a|[[Reed Richard's Rocketship]]}} {{destroyed}}
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
-| Synopsis1           =
+Fantastic Four Vol 1 1.jpg|{{cis|Fantastic Four #1}}
+Fantastic Four Vol 1 2.jpg|{{cis|Fantastic Four #2}}
+Fantastic Four Vol 1 3.jpg|{{cis|Fantastic Four #3}}
+Fantastic Four Vol 1 4.jpg|{{cis|Fantastic Four #4}}
+Fantastic Four Vol 1 5.jpg|{{cis|Fantastic Four #5}}
+Fantastic Four Vol 1 6.jpg|{{cis|Fantastic Four #6}}
+</gallery>
+*Cover art taken from [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 143|Fantastic Four # 143]].
+===Continuity===
-|Appearing2           =
+<references group="Continuity"/>
-'''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
-** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Johnny Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Sue Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|The Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}}
-'''Antagonists:'''
-* {{a|[[Subterraneans]]}}
-** {{a|[[Harvey Elder (Earth-616)|Mole Man (Harvey Elder)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Giganto (Deviant Mutate) (Earth-616)|Giganto]]|}}
-** {{a|[[Tricephalous (Earth-616)|Tricephalous]]}}
-** {{only|[[Ugu (Earth-616)|Rock Monster Guardian]]}}
-** various {{a|[[Deviants Mutates (Monstruous Deviants)|inhabitants]]}} of [[Monster Isle]]
-'''Other Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[United States Air Force (Earth-616)|National Guard]]}}
-* [[France|French]] Soldiers
-** {{a|[[French Africa#Pierre (French Africa) (Earth-616)|Pierre]]}}
-'''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
-** {{a|[[California]]}}
-*** {{a|[[Central City]]}}
-* {{a|[[French Africa|Atomic Powerplant In French Africa]]}}
-* {{a|[[Monster Isle]]}}
-* {{a|[[Subterranea]]}}
-** {{a|[[Valley of Diamonds]]}}
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* Fantastic Four's private jet
-| Appearing3          =
-'''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
-** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Jonathan Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Susan Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|The Thing (Ben Grim)]]}}
-'''Supporting Characters:'''
-* Central City Police Chief
-* {{a|[[United States Army (Earth-616)|United States Army]]}}
-'''Antagonists:'''
-*{{a|[[Skrulls]]}}
-** {{a|[[Skrull Cows (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}} ([[Skrulls]])
-*** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Skrull, Cow) (Earth-616)|Human Torch]]}} {{g|changed into Cow}}
-*** {{a|[[H. Warren Craddock (Skrull) (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl]]}} {{g|escaped}}
-*** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Skrull, Cow) (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic]]}} {{g|changed into Cow}}
-*** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Skrull, Cow) (Earth-616)|The Thing]]}} {{g|changed into Cow}}
-** Skrull mother ship captain
-'''Other Characters:'''
-* [[Central City]] citizens
-** Oil-rig workers
-** Jewellery store employees
-** Power Plant Worker
-'''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
-** {{a|[[Texas (State)|Texas]]}}
-*** Offshore Oil-rig
-** {{a|[[California]]}}
-***{{a|[[Central City]]}},
-**** A Jewellery Store
-**** Power Plant in the Heart of the City
-** {{a|[[New York State|New York]]}}
-***{{a|[[King's Crossing]]}},
-** a Hunting Lodge
-** Specially-constructed private Cells in a federal prison
-** FF's secret apartment hideout
-** An experimental rocket test site
-'''Items:'''
-* Priceless marble statue {{g|Melted}}
-* Skrullian concealed electronic detonator
-* Skrullian anti-gravity gear and low velocity thermal bomb
-* Johnny's rifle
-* Mounted, stuffed bear head
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Flare]]}}
-* {{a|[[Daily Bugle (The DB!) (Earth-616)|Daily Bugle]]}}
-* {{a|[[Daily Globe (Earth-616)|The Daily Globe]]}}
-* Skrullian weapons
-* Skrullian medal, "Highest Award of Bravery"
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* Oil rig life-boats
-* {{a|[[Skrull-Ship (Water Tower)|Skrull ship]]}}
-* Skrull Mother Ship
-* Army helicopter {{g|Stolen}}
-* Experimental rocket
-* Police cars
-| Appearing4          =
-* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
-** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Susan Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Johnny Storm)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|The Thing (Ben Grimm)]]}}
-'''Antagonists:'''
-* {{a|[[Joshua Ayers (Earth-616)|Miracle Man]]}}
-* The Monster from Mars {{Destroyed}}
-'''Other Characters:'''
-* {{g|[[Lieutenant General Fredricks (Earth-616)|Lt. General Fredricks]]|Not named}}
-* Unnamed police commissioner
-* Several New Yorkers
-'''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[New York State|New York]]}}
-** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
-*** {{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
-**** {{a|[[Baxter Building]]}}
-'''Items:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Flare]]}}
-* The Thing's helmet
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Car MK I (Flying Bathtub)|Fantasticar]]}}
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Copter]]}}
-* {{a|[[Pogo Plane MK I]]}}
-* {{a|[[Intercontinental Passenger Missile]]}}
-* an atomic tank
-| Appearing5          =
-'''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}} - {{flash}}
-** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic (Reed)]]}} - {{flash}}
-** {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Sue Storm)]]}} - {{flash}}
-** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Johnny Storm)]]}} - {{flash}}
-** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|The Thing]]}}  - {{flash}}
-'''Antagonists:'''
-* {{a|[[Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)|The Sub-Mariner (Namor)]]}}
-* {{a|[[Giganto (Atlantean Beast) (Earth-616)|Giganto]]}}
-* The Monster from Mars - {{flashonly}}
-'''Other Characters:'''
-* Unnamed New Yorkers
-* U.S. Army
-* Giganto's stomach monster
-* {{a|[[Joshua Ayers (Earth-616)|Miracle Man]]}} - {{flashonly}}
-'''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[New York State|New York]]}}
-** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
-*** {{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
-**** {{a|[[Baxter Building]]}}
-**** a Bowery hotel
-** Swanson's Garage
-* {{a|[[Atlantic Ocean]]}}
-** The ruins of [[Atlantis]]
-'''Items:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Flare]]}}
-* {{a|[[Horn of Proteus]]}}
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Car MK I (Flying Bathtub)|Fantasticar]]}}
-| Appearing6          =
-'''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
-:* {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic (Reed)]]}}
-:* {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Susan Storm)]]}}
-:* [[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|The Thing / Blackbeard]]
-:* {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch (Johnny Storm)]]}}
-'''Antagonists:'''
-* {{flash|[[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)]]}}
-'''Other Characters:'''
-* Unnamed New Yorkers
-* Doom's pet tiger
-* {{a|[[Doombot]]}}
-* Several pirates
-* {{a|[[Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk]]}} - {{photo}}
-'''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[New York State|New York]]}}
-** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
-*** {{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
-**** {{a|[[Baxter Building]]}}
-** {{a|[[Doctor Doom's Castle (Upstate New York)|Doctor Doom's Castle]]}}
-'''Items:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Flare]]}}
-* {{a|[[Time Platform|Doctor Doom's Time Platform]]}}
-* {{a|[[Merlin Stones]]}}
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* {{a|[[Doctor Doom's Helicopter]]}}
-| Appearing7          =
-'''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|The Fantastic Four]]}}
-** {{a|[[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|Human Torch]]}}
-** {{a|[[Susan Storm (Earth-616)|Invisible Girl (Sue)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Reed Richards (Earth-616)|Mister Fantastic (Reed)]]}}
-** {{a|[[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|The Thing]]}}
-'''Antagonists:'''
-* The Diabolical Duo
-** {{a|[[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Doctor Doom]]}}
-** {{a|[[Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)|Sub-Mariner (Prince Namor)]]}}
-'''Other Characters:'''
-* Unnamed New Yorkers
-* Tommy, a hospitalized boy
-* {{g|[[Yancy Street Gang (Earth-616)|Yancy Street Gang]]|Mentioned only}}
-'''Locations:'''
-* {{a|[[New York State|New York]]}}
-** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
-*** {{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
-**** {{a|[[Baxter Building]]}}
-**** Harmon General Hospital
-* {{a|[[Atlantic Ocean]]}}
-** The ruins of [[Atlantis]]
-** {{a|[[Sub-Mariner's Domed Undersea Villa]]}}
-'''Items:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Flare]]}}
-* {{a|[[Magnetic Grabber]]}}
-* Fantastic Four's Space Helmets
-'''Vehicles:'''
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Car MK I (Flying Bathtub)|Fantasticar]]}}
-* {{a|[[Pogo Plane MK I]]}}
-* {{a|[[Fantasti-Copter]]}}
-* {{a|[[Intercontinental Passenger Missile|Intercontinental Passenger Missile]]}}
-* {{destroyed|[[Aerosub (Doctor Doom)|Doctor Doom's Aerosub]]}}
-| Notes               = *Prologue and epilogue by [[Stan Lee]].
-*Includes reprints from [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 1|Fantastic Four # 1]], [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 2|Fantastic Four # 2]], [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 3|Fantastic Four # 3]], [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 4|Fantastic Four # 4]], [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 5|Fantastic Four # 5]], [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 6|Fantastic Four # 6]].
-*Cover art taken from [[Fantastic Four Vol 1 143|Fantastic Four # 143]].
 | Trivia              =
 | Recommended         =
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 [[Category:Trade Paperbacks]]
+[[Category:Fantastic Four Trade Paperbacks]]

Changes: Pocket Book Series: Fantastic Four Vol 1 1

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Appearing in "The Fantastic Four"

Synopsis for "The Fantastic Four"

Chapter 1

(Chapter 2) The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man!

(Chapter 3) The Mole Man's Secret!

Appearing in "The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!"

Synopsis for "The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!"

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Appearing in "The Menace of the Miracle Man"

Synopsis for "The Menace of the Miracle Man"

Chapter 1

Appearing in "The Coming of... Sub-Mariner!"

Synopsis for "The Coming of... Sub-Mariner!"

Appearing in "Prisoners of Doctor Doom!"

Synopsis for "Prisoners of Doctor Doom!"

Appearing in "Captives of the Deadly Duo!"

Synopsis for "Captives of the Deadly Duo!"

Notes

Continuity

See Also

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