Issue Description

At a court, a gangster's bail is paid by a strange bald man in a suit. He then takes the gangster to two other men, and introduces the three men to each other: There is Bull Brogin, who is strong but not very smart, "Handsome Harry" Phillips, a con man, and Yogi Dakor, a circus performer who did fire breathing tricks, but was arrested for stealing the money that the circus made. The mysterious man is then revealed to be a robot, and the creator of the robot steps out: it is none other than Doctor Doom. He tells the three men that he will increase their natural powers, and does so. Bull Brogin now possesses super strength, Handsome Harry's hearing is now strong enough that he can hear a feather dropping, and Yogi Dakor is now completely fireproof. Doctor Doom then informs them that the three of them must take out the Fantastic Four, and bring them to a specific warehouse. The next day, Bull Brogin encounters the Thing. Since his strength is still nowhere near the Thing's, Bull shoots the Thing with a cosmic ray gun which turns him back to Ben Grimm. He then knocks him out. Meanwhile, Handsome Harry gives Sue Storm some flowers, claiming that he's a fan of hers. However, she realizes its a trap, and turns invisible. But handsome Harry can hear her heartbeat, and so manages to capture her. The Human Torch is told that he has a special car as a gift for him from a sultan, but it is actually Yogi Dakor in disguise. Yogi then manages to capture the Torch. Doctor Doom then captures Reed Richards with a fake robot of the Thing. With all the Fantastic Four in the warehouse, Doctor Doom gives Yogi, Bull and Handsome Harry suitcases, claiming they're full of money, but when they open them they turn out to be teleporters which teleport them to another dimension. Doom then battles the Fantastic Four, but they prove to be too strong for him to beat on his own, so he activates some cosmic dust which he sprayed the room with. This basically turns the floor which he had coated it with to a transporter to open space. He is about to leave, but then the Invisible Girl holds him in a forcefield and threatens that she will leave him there too if he doesn't free them. Doom then struggles to find the escape for the room, but in his haste he falls into space. The Fantastic Four then find the exit, and leave just before the room is destroyed.

Fantastic Four (1961)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

The Fantastic Four were created in response to DC's Justice League and soon became the Silver Age's premier superhero team. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby collaborated on the opening 102 issues of the magazine, and told the adventures of Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, Invisible Woman and the Human Torch. This first volume ran through issue #416, before it was rebooted as Fantastic Four (vol. 2) (13 issues) as part of the short lived Heroes Reborn arc. The series was restarted again with issue 1 in Fantastic Four (vol. 3) before it reverted back to the original numbering with issue #500.

Collected Editions

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four

Vol. 1 (Issues 1-10)Vol. 2 (#11-20, Annual #1)Vol. 3 (#21-30)Vol. 4 (#31-40, Annual #2)Vol. 5 (#41-50, Annual #3)Vol. 6 (#51-60, Annual #4)Vol. 7 (#61-71, Annual #5)Vol. 8 (#72-81, Annual #6)Vol. 9 (#82-93, Annual #7)Vol. 10 (#94-104)Vol. 11 (#105-116)Vol. 12 (#117-128)Vol. 13 (#129-141)Vol. 14 (#142-150, Giant-Size #2)

Essential Fantastic Four - Seven volumes printing #1-159

Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine (#1-18)S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection (#21)Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 1 (#1-30, Annual #1)S.H.I.E.L.D. by Lee & Kirby: The Complete Collection (#21)Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 2 (#31-60, Annuals #2-4)Silver Surfer Epic Collection: When Calls Galactus (#49, #55, #57-60, #72 and #74-77)Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 3 (#61-93)Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Perez Vol. 1 (#164-167, #170, #176-178, #184-186) Vol. 2 (#187-188, #191-192)Fantastic Four: Crusaders & Titans (#164-176)Fantastic Four: Reunited They Stand (#201-203)In Search of Galactus (#204-214)Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 0 (#215-218, #220-221) Vol. 1 (#232-240) Vol. 2 (#241-250) Vol. 3 (#251-257, Annual #17) Vol. 4 (#258-267) Vol. 5 (#268-275, Annual #18)Vol. 6 (#276-284) Vol. 7 (#285-286, Annual #19) Vol. 8 (#287-295)Fantastic Four Epic Collection: All In the Family (#296-307)Fantastic Four Epic Collection: Into the Time Stream (#334-346)Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 1 (#334-341) Vol. 2 (#342-346) Vol. 3 (#347-350, #352-354)Fantastic Four/Inhumans: Atlantis Rising (#401-402)Fantastic Four Epic Collection: Strange Days (#403-416)

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