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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published May 1962
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Coming of the Sub-Mariner!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Sub-Mariner
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Characters added by Per Sandell (2006-01-22)
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Fantastic Four, The (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Grandson of Origins (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn; 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 "The Coming of... Sub-Mariner! Chapter 1 On the Trail of the Torch!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Thing [Benjamin Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
Synopsis Flashback to previous issue. The Fantastic Four is searching for the runaway Human Torch.
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.
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3; in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 [edited]; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Fantastic Four, The (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Grandson of Origins (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn; 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 2 Enter the Sub-Mariner!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Thing [Benjamin Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
Synopsis The runaway Human Torch finds the amnesiac Sub-Mariner. Revival of the Sub-Mariner as a noble anti-hero.
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) #3; in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 [edited]; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Fantastic Four, The (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Grandson of Origins (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn; 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

3 page Fantastic Four story "Chapter 3 Let the World Beware!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
Synopsis Human Torch drops the Sub-Mariner into the sea and Namor the Sub-Mariner regains his memory.
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) #3; in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 [edited]; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Fantastic Four, The (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Grandson of Origins (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn; 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 4 Sub-Mariner's Revenge!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Thing [Benjamin Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Giganto
Synopsis The Sub-Mariner sends Giganto to smash New York.
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) #3; in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 [edited]; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Fantastic Four, The (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Grandson of Origins (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn; 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 5 Return to the Deep!"

Characters Fantastic Four [Thing [Benjamin Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Giganto
Synopsis The Thing walks into Giganto with a bomb and blows him up. The Human Torch sweeps the Sub-Mariner and Giganto away into the sea. The Sub-Mariner says "I'll be back!"
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) #3; in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #11 [edited]; in Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #81445 (November 1977); in Fantastic Four, The (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #2; in Grandson of Origins (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn; 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