Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	1963
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Editing	Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Undersea Legions of Sub-Mariner!"

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

37 page Fantastic Four story "Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race"

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

6 page Fantastic Four story "The Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man"

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

13 page Fantastic Four story "Origin of the Fantastic Four"

Genre	superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Reprinted	from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 (November 1961)

11 page Fantastic Four illustration "A Gallery of the Fantastic Four's Most Famous Foes"

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)

2 page Fantastic Four character profile "Questions and Answers about the Fantastic Four"

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)

1 page Fantastic Four illustration "Inside the Baxter Bldg."

Genre	Superhero
Reprinted	in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks : Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (TPB)