And in the first FF Annual, Stan takes a scene from Amazing Spider-Man #1 and expands on it, so Peter Parker gets a bigger spotlight on the Fantastic Four’s stage.īut these ten issues have their own contributions to make the expanding universe. So the FF, Marvel’s flagship title (nee, the World's Greatest Comic!,) had to recognize that fact and quickly! Both Ant-Man and Hulk (struggling in their own series at this point) made guest appearances, with issue #12 showcasing the first of many fisticuffs between legendary Marvel strongmen the Thing and the Hulk.
But by 1963, most of the major titles in the Marvel Universe had been launched, and many of them set just a few miles from the Baxter Building. In the first volume, the Fantastic Four lived in a vacuum, as the rest of Marvel’s output consisted of westerns, soap operas and monsters. That’s because by this point, Stan and Jack weren’t just creating a comic book, they were creating a universe. But still, a lot would change, inside the book and out. In essence, this book looks a lot more like the FF we’d know for the next forty years. And Stan Lee had found the direction for the plots of the book, steering them towards ‘new science’ ideas over big monsters, and good natured ribbing over bitter dysfunction. Jack Kirby had settled on his character designs, making the Thing more rocky and Johnny’s "flame on" state more human. Dick Ayers had settled in for a long inking run so the character of the book's art looks more uniform. Where the first volume ran all over the map in art style and story tone, here the bugs have been worked out. Comics fans weren't ready to draw any stark conclusions about this new comic magazine they looked forward to at newstands, but they seemed to have a sense that something a momentum was growing.
They wore no masks, had no secret lair or identities and- at times- didn’t particularly like one another. The first volume of the Fantastic Four Masterworks reprinted the comics that introduced readers not only to Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm, but to a new kind of super hero series. It was unlike anything you could have seen before. Stan Lee's 2 page typewritten pitch for FFĬurrent In Print Edition: Second Edition, First Print.Reprints: Fantastic Four #11-20 and Annual #1 Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Volume 2 Lots of great comics reviews about the original Marvel foursome! 61 to today! Every issue is noted at the ultimate FF checklist website! Click panels for larger images _įrom Nov.
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