Category: Fantastic Four Vol. 1 (1961)

  • Fantastic Four #20:The Mysterious Molecule Man!

    Fantastic Four #20:The Mysterious Molecule Man!

    Cover Date: Nov 1963 | Review: 3.75 Stars

    For a story that has it all, from Yancy Street and a member of its gang to The Watcher Uato you need to look no farther than Fantastic Four #20. The story “The Mysterious Molecule Man!” is one that has begun to raise the bar of what we expect in epic future of the Fantastic…

  • Fantastic Four #19:Prisoners Of the Pharoah!

    Fantastic Four #19:Prisoners Of the Pharoah!

    Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 4 Stars

    For today’s comic book review I read “Prisoners Of the Pharoah!” the story contained within Fantastic Four #19. It is a breath taken tale of heroics in their raw form, going to great lengths to help a friend. The story is centered around trying to help Alicia Masters see again,  Reed believing that he has found a hint…

  • Fantastic Four #18:A Skrull Walks Among Us!

    Fantastic Four #18:A Skrull Walks Among Us!

    Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3.75 Stars

    For today’s comic book review i am proud to bring the story titled “A Skrull Walks Among Us!” from Fantastic Four #18; this is the second appearance of the alien race the Skrull in marvel, and the first appearance of Super-Skrull. To provide a short Summery of Fantastic Four #18, we have the story begin with our hero’s relaxing,…

  • Fantastic Four #17:Defeated By Doctor Doom!

    Fantastic Four #17:Defeated By Doctor Doom!

    Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.75 Stars

    I am sure by now you have read my comic book review of Fantastic Four #16 published just yesterday, and not only read the issue, but read Fantastic Four #17 as well, then came back eager to see what I thought of the classic comic book story? I thought it was a more than fitting part two,…

  • Fantastic Four #16:The Micro-World Of Doctor Doom!

    Fantastic Four #16:The Micro-World Of Doctor Doom!

    Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 5 Stars

    In my time so far reviewing classic marvel comics i have seem comics good and bad come from these classic creators. Some stories have even been downright horrifying, fortunately this one is not!  In fact Fantastic Four #16 is perhaps the best Doctor Doom story I have reviewed so far,  and it’s not even fully over yet!…

  • Fantastic Four Annual #1:Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race

    Fantastic Four Annual #1:Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race

    Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 4.75 Stars

    Today for Thanksgiving, and for my last comic book review this holiday week, I present a great classic comic book.  Here we have Fantastic Four annual #1, To my research this 75 page issue came out in  July of 1963, with the feature story taking place between Fantastic Four #15 & #16. While being a…

  • Fantastic Four #15:The Fantastic Four Battle the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android

    Fantastic Four #15:The Fantastic Four Battle the Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android

    Cover Date: Jun 1963 | Review: 3 Stars

    What a long story title for the story we will review from Fantastic Four #15. Forget the idea of it being “A Book-Length Saga!” it is almost a book length title.  but this leaves us to wonder, is the story that falls under it any good? and worth of such awesome words?  Or does it…

  • Fantastic Four #14:The Merciless Puppet Master

    Fantastic Four #14:The Merciless Puppet Master

    Cover Date: May 1963 | Review: 3.75 Stars

    What can possibly be better than a story hinted at on the cover,  the fantastic Four coming face to face under the sea with the Sub-Mariner while he is holding the invisible girl prisoner. I won’t leave you waiting to wonder on that one, as adding the Puppet Master to the mix is one thing that can indeed make what appears to…

  • Fantastic Four #13:The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes

    Fantastic Four #13:The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes

    Cover Date: Apr 1963 | Review: 4.75 Stars

    in doing a comic book review of Fantastic Four #13, one has to ask themselves a few questions. First and foremost  would be its long-term significance. Given that this issue introduces to us the Watcher, The Red Ghost, and the Blue area of the moon.  But in doing this, we can not lose sight of the issue, in…

  • Fantastic Four #12:The Incredible Hulk

    Fantastic Four #12:The Incredible Hulk

    Cover Date: Mar 1963 | Review: 4.25 Stars

    While some may say the shared universe for marvel comic book’s began long before this, in the golden age; or even say that the silver age shared universe began with Namor. but I believe this is when it began March 1963, With the Fantastic Four Vs. The Hulk. Fantastic Four #12 is just one of the series crossovers that occurred this month. In this issue,…

  • Fantastic Four #11:The Impossible Man

    Fantastic Four #11:The Impossible Man

    Cover Date: Feb 1963 | Review: 4.5 Stars

    Much like the last couple issues of Incredible Hulk, This issue of Fantastic Four, featured 2 stories. The Second one, Titled The Impossible Man I will Review now. For A Visit With The Fantastic Four. Check out my last review. Assuming you have read my review of A Visit with The Fantastic Four, you know this tale followed by…

  • Fantastic Four #11:A Visit With The Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four #11:A Visit With The Fantastic Four

    Cover Date: Feb 1963 | Review: 5.25 Stars

    Much like the last couple issues of Incredible Hulk, This issue of Fantastic Four, featured 2 stories. The first one, Titled A Visit With The Fantastic Four I will Review first. For The Impossible Man. Check out the 2nd review. The issue starts, right away the top of page one  with the most important bit of information, and information…

  • Fantastic Four #10:The Return of Doctor Doom

    Fantastic Four #10:The Return of Doctor Doom

    Cover Date: Jan 1963 | Review: 4.25 Stars

    In Fantastic Four #10 we have everything, a great villain Dr. Doom, We have Jack Kirby and Stan Lee making guest appearances as themselves. if nothing else, Seeing Jack & Stan in print makes this a must read. But does a guest appearance of the writers and creators of our stars make it good? or is it good…

  • Fantastic Four #9:The End Of The Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four #9:The End Of The Fantastic Four

    Cover Date: Dec 1962 | Review: 4.75 Stars

    In Fantastic Four #9 the Fantastic Four are broke and bankrupt, unable to pay their bill’s they find themselves selling off their assets and braking up as a team.  Is this story the end of the Fantastic Four, or just another chapter in the beginning? I am sure 40 years of history tell us that. It is though…

  • Fantastic Four #8:Prisoners of the Puppet Master

    Fantastic Four #8:Prisoners of the Puppet Master

    Cover Date: Nov 1962 | Review: 4.25 Stars

    Including Fantastic Four #8 we are up to 4 out of 8 issues that the Fantastic Four are described as being Prisoner’s.  if anything I am seeing this as a theme for what the early Fantastic Four stories where about, them being captured, in part or as a whole and finding their way free. This issue of Fantastic…

  • Fantastic Four #7:Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X

    Fantastic Four #7:Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X

    Cover Date: Oct 1962 | Review: 3.5 Stars

    In this issue, the Fantastic Four find themselves prisoner’s… again! Yes, really, First to the US government, then to Dr. Doom, and now to an alien leader on his distant planet.  3 times in 7 issues, that’s a lot to be captured! You may think from my first paragraph that I did not like the story, In fact…

  • Fantastic Four #6:Captives of the Deadly Duo

    Fantastic Four #6:Captives of the Deadly Duo

    Cover Date: Sep 1962 | Review: 3.75 Stars

    At long last, I return to the Fantastic Four with Fantastic Four #6. While it may see like it was a long wait, it was nowhere near as long as the 2 months that people in 1962 would have waited for this September issue. Two issues ago, they reintroduced the Sub-Mariner.  Last issue they introduced Dr.Doom.  Now, in just…

  • Fantastic Four #5:Prisoners of Doctor Doom!

    Fantastic Four #5:Prisoners of Doctor Doom!

    Cover Date: Jul 1962 | Review: 2.5 Stars

    After the last issue of Fantastic Four knocked my socks off, I went into reading this one filled with high hopes. Would the tale that introduced Dr.Doom be as compelling and as good as the tale that reintroduced Namor? The cover and the opening pages offered such promise, starting off with the view of our new antagonist.…

  • Fantastic Four #4:The Coming of the Sub-Mariner

    Fantastic Four #4:The Coming of the Sub-Mariner

    Cover Date: May 1962 | Review: 4 Stars

    With Fantastic Four #4, we have truly the signs that the series is in its early stages of greatness.  this volume is in effect the first time in Fantastic Four that the ending events of the last issue directly effect the next.  leaving no feeling of a great loss of time,  in #1 to #3,…

  • Fantastic Four #3:The Menace of the Miracle Man

    Fantastic Four #3:The Menace of the Miracle Man

    Cover Date: Mar 1962 | Review: 4.25 Stars

    In this, the Third issue of the Fantastic Four.  Having faced threats from both below and above, its time they face a threat that is truly powerful. Miracle man, with his seeming omnipotent power.    He first stops the Fantastic Four, or most directly The Thing, during a show of his.  But when the situation…

  • Fantastic Four #2:Skrulls From Outer Space

    Fantastic Four #2:Skrulls From Outer Space

    Cover Date: Jan 1962 | Review: 3.5 Stars

    For the Fantastic Four, what comes after stopping an invasion from below? Stopping one from above of course.  Last Issue, the Fantastic Four Come onto the scene out of nowhere to save the Earth from the Mole Man, This time, it’s the Skrulls that is the threat. Also in the time between the last issue and this, while not directly mentioned.…

  • Fantastic Four #1:The Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four #1:The Fantastic Four

    Cover Date: Nov 1961 | Review: 3.75 Stars

    The Fantastic Four Blaze into their first appearance, and their First Feature comic at the same time, in Fantastic Four #1. Bringing about the dawn of what I see as a new age for Marvel at that time. I find the cover of this first book, does not do it justice on its own, while…