| Issue | #1 |
| Published | 1963 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Characters | Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Spider-Man; Doctor Doom |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Fantastic Four Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (May 1984); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [black and white]; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Lady Dorma (introduction); Warlord Krang (introduction) |
| Synopsis | The Sub-Mariner locates the remnants of his undersea race and plans a new attack against the surface world. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Notes | Namor's undersea race is seen for the first time since his revival in FF 4. Origin recap of Sub-Mariner. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #8; in Fantastic Four Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (May 1984); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [black and white]; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #15 |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] |
| Synopsis | Spider-Man visits the Fantastic Four and fights them to prove he can become one of their members. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Ray Holloway |
| Notes | This is an expanded retelling of a part of the story from Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Spider-Man vs. the Chameleon, pgs 2-4). |
| Reprinted | in Amazing Spider-Man Annual, The (Marvel, 1964 series) #6; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #13; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [black and white]; in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Reprinted | from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 (November 1961) |
| Characters | Mole Man; Skrulls; Miracle Man; Sub-Mariner; Doctor Doom; Kurrgo, Master of Planet X; Puppet Master; Impossible Man; Hulk; Red Ghost; Mad Thinker |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Sol Brodsky; Dick Ayers |
| Notes | One character per page |
| Reprinted | in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks : Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (TPB) |
| Characters | Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm] |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Reprinted | in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks : Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (TPB) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Reprinted | in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks : Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (TPB) |