The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 (cover dated Nov. 1961), which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium. The Fantastic Four was the first superhero team created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics with this title that they would use from then on.
The four individuals traditionally associated with the Fantastic Four, who gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space, are Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), a scientific genius and the leader of the group, who can stretch his body into incredible lengths and shapes; the Invisible Woman (Susan “Sue” Storm), who eventually married Reed, who can render herself invisible and later project powerful force fields; the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Sue’s younger brother, who can generate flames, surround himself with them and fly; and the monstrous Thing (Ben Grimm), their grumpy but benevolent friend, a former college football star and Reed’s college roommate as well as a good pilot, who possesses tremendous superhuman strength, durability, and endurance due to the nature of his stone-like flesh.
Publisher: Marvel UK
Publication Dates: 1977 – 1978
Number of Issues Published: 37 (#1 – #37)
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Magazine size
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
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1977 1977 1977 1977 1977
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Complete Fantastic Four 1977-09-28
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-10-05
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-10-12
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-10-19
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-10-26
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-11-02
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-11-09
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-11-16
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-11-23
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-11-30
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-12-07
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-12-14
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-12-21
Complete Fantastic Four 1977-12-28
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1978 1978 1978 1978 1978
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Complete Fantastic Four 1978-01-04
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-01-11
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-01-18
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-01-25
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-02-01
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-02-08
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-02-15
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-02-22
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-03-01
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-03-08
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-03-15
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-03-22
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-03-29
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-04-05
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-04-12
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-04-19
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-04-26
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-05-03
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-05-10
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-05-17
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-05-24
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-05-31
Complete Fantastic Four 1978-06-07
Publisher: Marvel UK
Publication Dates: 1982 – 1983
Number of Issues Published: 29 (#1 – #29)
Color: Color
Dimensions: Tabloid
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
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1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
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Fantastic Four 1982-10-06
Fantastic Four 1982-10-13
Fantastic Four 1982-10-20
Fantastic Four 1982-10-27
Fantastic Four 1982-11-03
Fantastic Four 1982-11-10
Fantastic Four 1982-11-17
Fantastic Four 1982-11-24
Fantastic Four 1982-12-01
Fantastic Four 1982-12-08
Fantastic Four 1982-12-15
Fantastic Four 1982-12-22
Fantastic Four 1982-12-29
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1983 1983 1983 1983 1983
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Fantastic Four 1983-01-05
Fantastic Four 1983-01-12
Fantastic Four 1983-01-19
Fantastic Four 1983-01-26
Fantastic Four 1983-02-02
Fantastic Four 1983-02-09
Fantastic Four 1983-02-16
Fantastic Four 1983-02-23
Fantastic Four 1983-03-02
Fantastic Four 1983-03-09
Fantastic Four 1983-03-16
Fantastic Four 1983-03-23
Fantastic Four 1983-03-30
Fantastic Four 1983-04-06
Fantastic Four 1983-04-13
Fantastic Four 1983-04-20
Publisher: Marvel UK
Publication Dates: April 1980 – 1982
Number of Issues Published: 28 (#1 – #28)
Color: Colour Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: Digest
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Publication Type: magazine
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
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1980 1980 1980 1980 1980
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Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-04
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-05
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-06
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-07
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-08
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-09
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-10
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-11
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1980-12
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1981 1981 1981 1981 1981
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Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-01
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-02
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-03
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-04
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-05
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-07
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-08
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-09
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-10
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-11
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1981-12
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1982 1982 1982 1982 1982
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Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1982-01
Fantastic Four Pocketbook 1982-04
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VARIOUS VARIOUS VARIOUS
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Fantastic Four Annual 1979
Fantastic four Annual 1980
Fantastic Four Annual 1981
Comic Album 1970
Comic Annual 1969
Television Picture Story Book 1969
Fantastic Four Winter Special 1981
Fantastic Four Summer Special 1982
