Sunday, July 31, 2011

Fantastic Four 107

FF #107 from Feb. 1971.  "And Now....The Thing."  by Stan Lee and John Buscema.
The Thing becomes Ben Grimm again...for the 13th time.
And then, he turns into Ben Grimm again (off panel) for the 14th time.
And again, off panel, for the 15th time.

And now....for the 16th time.
And, he turns into Ben Grimm again. For the 17th time.

Fantastic Four 106

FF #106 from January 1971.  "The Monster's Secret" by Stan Lee and John Romita.
Dr. Philip Rambow or is it Dr. Zolten Rambow.  Either way, he's gonna get his ass kicked.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Fantastic Four 105

FF #105 from Dec. 1970.  "The Monster in the Streets" by Stan Lee and John Romita.
Oh no...here we go again...

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Fantastic Four 104

FF #104 from Nov. 1970.  "Our World Enslaved" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
He's talking about the War with Atlantis...not Vietnam.

Fantastic Four 103

FF #103 from Oct. 1970.  "At War With Atlantis" by Stan Lee and John Romita.
Special Guest star:  Richard Nixon

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Ranking the Lee/Kirby FF issues

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And here's my ranking of all 109 Fantastic Four comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby from my least favorite to my favorite.

Number 109: FF 3 “The Menace of the Miracle Man”
Number 108: FF 7 "Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X!”
Number 107: FF 20 “The Mysterious Molecule Man”
Number 106: FF 99 “The Torch Goes Wild”
Number 105: FF 96 “The Mad Thinker and his Android of Death”
Number 104: FF 101 “Bedlam in the Baxter Building”
Number 103: FF 95 “Tomorrow..World War Three.”
Number 102: FF 97 “The monster from the Lost Lagoon.”
Number 101: FF: The Lost Adventure “The Menace of the Mega-Men.”
Number 100: FF 19 “Prisoners of the Pharoah”
Number 99: FF 70 “When Fall the Mighty”
Number 98: FF 71 “And so it ends.”
Number 97: FF 73 “The Flames of Battle.”
Number 96: FF 64 “The Sentry Sinister”
Number 95: FF 65 ”From Beyond this Planet Earth”
Number 94: FF 8 “Prisoners of the Puppet Master.”
Number 93: FF 89 “The Madness of the Mole Man”
Number 92: FF 90 “The Skrull Takes A Slave”.
Number 91: FF 82 “The Mark of the Madman.”
Number 90: FF 83 “Shall Man Survive”
Number 89: FF 31 “The Mad Menace of the Macabre Mole Man”
Number 88: FF 98 “Mystery on the Moon”
Number 87: FF Anuual 4 “The Torch that Was”
Number 86: FF 100 “The Long Journey Home”
Number 85: FF 81 “Enter—Exquisite Elemental”
Number 84: FF 55 “When Strikes the Silver Surfer.”
Number 83: FF 11 “The Impossible Man” and “A Visit with the Fantastic Four.”
Number 82: FF 30 “The Dreaded Diablo”
Number 81 FF 24 “The Infant Terrible”
Number 80: FF 54 “Whosever Finds the Evil Eye”
Number 79: FF 5 “The Prisoners of Dr. Doom”
Number 78: FF 56 “Klaw, the Murderous Master of Sound.”
Number 77: FF 69 “By Ben Betrayed.”
Number 76: FF 15 “The Fantastic Four battle the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Androids”
Number 75: FF 23 “The Master Plan of Doctor Doom.”
Number 74: FF 59 “Doomsday”
Number 73: FF 28 “We have to Fight the X-Men”
Number 72: FF 22 “The Return of the Mole Man.”
Number 71: FF 35 “Calamity on the Campus”
Number 70: FF Annual 5 “Divide and Conquer”
Number 69: FF 61 “Where Stalks the Sandman”
Number 68: FF 72 “Where Soars the Silver Surfer.”
Number 67: FF 79 “A Monster Forever”
Number 66: FF 29 “It Started on Yancy Street.”
Number 65: FF 18 “A Skrull Walks Among Us.”
Number 64: FF 85. “Within this Tortured Land.”
Number 63: FF 80 “Where Treads the Living Totem.”
Number 62: FF 14 “The Merciless Puppet Master.”
Number 61: FF 78 “The Thing No More”
Number 60: FF 63 “Blastar the Living Bomburst”
Number 59: FF 94 “The Return of the Frightful Four.”
Number 58: FF 91 “The Thing Enslaved”
Number 57: FF 37 “Behold a Distant Star”
Number 56: FF 9 “The End of the Fantastic Four”
Number 55: FF 12 “The Incredible Hulk.”
Number 54: FF 88 “A House There Was”
Number 53: FF 17 “Defeated by Dr. Doom”
Number 52: FF 34 “A House Divided”
Number 51: FF 26 “The Avengers Take Over”
Number 50: FF 53 “The Way It Began”
Number 49: FF 10 “The Return of Dr. Doom”.
Number 48: FF 93 “At the Mercy of Torgo”
Number 47: FF 38. “Defeated by the Frightful Four”
Number 46: FF 92: “Ben Grimm, Killer”
Number 45: FF 41 “The Brutal Betrayal of Ben Grimm”
Number 44: FF 33 “Side by Side with the Sub-Mariner”
Number 43: FF 42 “To Save you, Why Must I Kill you”
Number 42: FF 16 “The Micro World of Dr. Doom”
Number 41: FF 43 “Lo there Shall Be an Ending.”
Number 40: FF 13 “The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!"
Number 39: FF 102 “The Strength of the Sub-Mariner”
Number 38: FF 32 “Death of a Hero”
Number 37: FF 74 “When Calls Galactus”
Number 36: FF 27 “The Search for Sub-Mariner”
Number 35: FF 68 “His Mission: Destroy the Fantastic Four”
Number 34:.. FF 2 “The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space”
Number 33: FF 25 “The Hulk vs. the Thing”
Number 32: FF 75 “Worlds within Worlds”
Number 31: FF 66 “What Lurks Behind the Beehive”
Number 30: FF 67 “When Opens the Coccoon”
Number 29: FF 58 “The Dismal Dregs of Defeat!"
Number 28: FF60 “The Peril and the Power”
Number 27: FF 62 “And One Shall Save Him.”
Number 26: FF 40. “The Battle of the Baxter Building”
Number 25: FF 85 “Within This Tortured Land"
Number 24: FF 39 “A Blind Man Shall Lead Them!”
Number 23: FF 77 “Shall Earth Endure”
Number 22: FF 76 “Stranded in Sub-Atomica!”
Number 21. FF 36 “The Frightful Four!”
Number 20: FF 44 “The Gentleman's Name is Gorgon!”
Number 19: FF Annual 6 “Let There Be... Life”.
Number 18: FF 52 “The Black Panther”
Number 17: FF 57 “Enter... Dr. Doom”
Number 16: FF 46 “Those Who Would Destroy Us”
Number 15: FF 45 “Among Us Hide... The Inhumans”
Number 14: FF 21 “The Hate-Monger!”
Number 13: FF Annual #2 “Origin of Doctor Doom!” and “The Final Victory of Doctor Doom”
Number 12: FF 6 “Captives of the Deadly Duo!”
Number 11: FF 1 “The Fantastic Four”
Number 10: FF 47 “Beware the Hidden Land!”
Number 9: FF 84 “The Name is Doom!”
Number 8: FF 87 “The Power and the Pride!"
Number 7: FF Annual 1 “Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race!”
Number 6: FF Annual 3 “Bedlam at the Baxter Building!"
Number 5: FF 4 “The Coming of... Sub-Mariner”
Number 4: FF 51 “It's This Man, This Monster”
Number 3 FF 50 “The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!"
Number 2 FF 49 “If this be Doomsday!”
Number 1 FF 48 “The Coming of Galactus!”

Fantastic Four: The Lost Adventure

From April 2008. "The Menace of the Mega-Men" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
It would be hard to confuse the two Janus brothers....

Fantastic Four 102

FF 102 from Sept. 1970.  "The Strength of the Sub-Mariner" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Look out!  Ben is about to sneeze!

Fantastic Four 101

Fantastic Four 101 from Aug. 1970. "Bedlam in the Baxter Building" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.




And here he is.... the Top Man!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Fantastic Four 100

FF #100 from July 1970.  "The Long Journey Home" by Lee and Kirby.
The FF ride camels.

Fantastic Four 99

FF #99 from June 1970. "The Torch Goes Wild" by Lee and Kirby.
The Thing prepares for a ski trip... with Alicia.  I bet she'll love skiing.

Fantastic Four 98

FF #98 from May 1970. "Mystery on the Moon"
the boys leave in a missile.. and don't even tell Alicia and Sue where they're going.

Fantastic Four 97

FF #97 from April 1970.  "The Monster from the Lost Lagoon" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
All the ladies wanna get with Mr. Storm.

Fantastic Four 96

FF #96 from March 1970.  "The Mad Thinker and His Androids of Death" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Oh that Reed.  He's such a romantic.

Fantastic Four 95

FF #95 from Feb. 1970. "Tomorrow...World War Three"
Reed and Sue dry off with a couple of bed sheets.

Fantastic Four 94

FF #94 from January 1970.  "The Return of the Frightful Four" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
The baby finally gets a name.