The Fantastic Four

In the beginning there were the Fantastic Four, the cagey quartet that ushered in the Magnificent Age of Marvel Comics. Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and our own shy retiring Thing were the first of Marvel's superhero successes and without them there might be no Hulk, no Spider-Man, no Howard the Duck. In this high voltage full color never before seen volume, you will see for yourself the reasons for their stupendous success and the immense influence they've had on the rest of comicdom. From the day they took off, as mere mortals, for the unknown terrors of outer space (and returned changed by the cosmic rays into superhero superstars) they've been battling the likes of Dr. Doom, Apex, the Inhumans and Galactus. That's right. Galactus, the godlike devourer of whole worlds and the only being strong enough to stop him, the Silver Surfer took their first bows in an episode of Fantastic Four. And it was the fearsome foursome who reintroduced Prince Namor, otherwise known as the sensational Sub-Mariner, to the world of comics after a long, long absence. And it's all right here, in this volume filled with the Fantastic Four's most fabulous fables and Marvel's most memorable milestones.