Fantastic Four No. 1

By David Allen on August 7, 2011 7:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (3) |

Here's the cover of the first issue of The Fantastic Four, published Aug. 8, 1961, and the subject of Sunday's column.

And here's a link to the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom, mentioned in that column.

* Marvel has posted the entirety of FF 1 on its website as a free digital comic.

3 Comments

Will Plunkett said:

I have been a comics reader since I was about 4 or 5 years old; first liked Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Hulk, Super Friends, etc. I became more of a Marvel reader and collector (Punisher, Spiderman, Silver Surfer, Capt. America, Iron Man, Wolverine, X-titles, Star Wars, etc.) over the years. I stopped collecting about 15 years ago, but I occasionally pick up a book now and then. Happy 50th birthday, Silver Age Marvel Comics!

August 7, 2011 4:17 PM

Bob House said:

Marvel comics were big on the (allegedly too intellectual for comics) Stanford campus in the mid-to-late 60s. I always preferred Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos to the super-hero titles. At some point in the early 70s I lost a suticase full of what-would-now-be-classic comics in a storage space/divorce/ relocation.

Steve Ditko's son is a fairly well-known graphic artist here in Phoenix.

[Sorry to hear about that suitcase. -- DA]

August 8, 2011 10:48 AM

Sparky said:

Arggh. I bought that while on a cross-country trip with my mom to go to the 1964 World's Fair. I bought pretty much every Marvel and DC Comic . . . if only I'd hung on to them.

[If you bought a 1961 comic while on the road to the 1964 World's Fair, your mom must have taken the scenic route. -- DA]

August 14, 2011 10:55 PM