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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published March 1962
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes An alternate Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers cover for this issue was published in Fantastic Four #224 (November 1980). Character: Added by Per Sandell (2005-12-05)

Cover Details - "In this great collectors'-item issue, you will see, for the first time..."

Characters Fantastic Four [Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Sol Brodsky
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3

5 page Fantastic Four story "Chapter 1 The Menace of the Miracle Man"

Characters Fantastic Four [Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Miracle Man (villain, introduction)
Synopsis The Miracle Man performs his supervillain debut at his magic show by humiliating the Thing.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Characters, synopsis: Added by Per Sandell (2006-01-22)
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2

5 page Fantastic Four story Chapter II "The Monster Lives!"

Characters Fantastic Four: {Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]}; Miracle Man; Monster from Mars-statue
Synopsis Miracle Man declares war on humanity and animates a movie monster statue.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell (2006-01-22)
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2

3 page Fantastic Four story Chapter III "The Flame that Died!"

Characters Fantastic Four: {Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]}; Miracle Man; Monster from Mars-statue
Synopsis Human Torch torches the animated Monster from Mars-statue and Invisible Girl stowes away on the atomic tank that Miracle Man has stolen.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell (2006-01-22)
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2

5 page Fantastic Four story Chapter IV "In the Shadow of Defeat!"

Characters Fantastic Four: {Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]}; Miracle Man
Synopsis Origin of the Fantastic Four and Invisible Girl is taken prisoner by Miracle Man.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell (2006-01-22)
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2

5 page Fantastic Four story Chapter V "The Final Challenge!"

Characters Fantastic Four: {Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]}; Miracle Man
Synopsis Miracle Man is defeated, but at the cost of the Human Torch leaving the Fantastic Four.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Sequence added by Per Sandell (2006-01-22)
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2