| Issue | #2 |
| Published | January 1962 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Note 1: Arrival date: 21 September 1961 (Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005). Note 2: This issue has promo tags at the bottom of a story page: "Like This Type of Story? Then Don't Miss "AMAZING ADULT FANTASY" Comics On Sale Now!" (Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005). |
| Characters | Fantastic Four [Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch]; Skrulls |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Note 1: Inker changed from Dick Ayers to George Klein by Bob Bailey (2 September 2005). Nick Caputo confirms (August 8, 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1; 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 |
| Characters | Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing) |
| Synopsis | Four shape-changing Skrulls pose as the Fantastic Four and act as criminals. Brief origin recap. Mr. Fantastic uses clippings from Strange Tales and Journey Into Mystery to trick the Skrulls. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Note 1: Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus. Note 2: Synopsis added by Per Sandell (2005-12-05) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1; 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) #1 |
| Characters | Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing) |
| Synopsis | The real FF is inprisoned by the government for their criminal acts. They escape and decide to flush out the imitating Skrulls. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus. Sequence added by Per Sandell (2005-12-05) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1; 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) #1 |
| Characters | Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing) |
| Synopsis | The FF infiltrate the Skrull mothership and pose as the Skrull spies. They tell the Skrulls that the Earth forces are to strong to attack. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus. Sequence added by Per Sandell (2005-12-05) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1; 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 |
| Characters | The Thing |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Letters | John Duffy |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Skrulls (intro); Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing) |
| Synopsis | The four Skrull spies are captured, forced to take on the form of cows and then hypnotized to forget all of their former lives. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Note 1: Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus. Note 2: Synopsis added by Per Sandell (5 December 2005). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1; 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 |