Fantastic Four Vol. 1 # 1 - The Fantastic Four!
is a comic book published by Marvel Publishing & released on 11 / / 1961User Rating - 8 votes, 4.3 avg.
Plot Summary
A bang from a flare is seen from a window, and up in the sky reads announcing "The Fantastic Four!" Susan Storm sees the signal and dissapears from a tea party she is having with a friend. She gets into a taxi, handing the driver the bill while she is invisible. Ben Grimm is trying to find a coat that fits him in a mens clothing store by crashing thought the walls and then hides in the sewer when the cops fire at him in a state of fear. He follows the sewers until he thinks he has reached his destination. Johnny Storm is working on his latest hot rod in a car repair shop with a friend, He takes off in the air when he sees the signal and is pursued by fighter jets that think he is a "UFO". They fire a heat-seeking missile at the him but a long pair of arms grabs the missile and throws it out into the sea. Johnny's savior was non other then Reed Richards, which was the one who shot the flare in the first place. When all four members gathered together, Reed fills them in on a new fearful task that awaits them. but before that they reminisce on their origin.
So how did they become so fantastic? Well the story goes like this: "To beat the Communists into space, scientist Reed Richards, sister and brother Sue and Johnny Storm, and pilot Ben Grimm sneaked off into space in a rocket. In space, the four were bombarded by cosmic rays. The auto-pilot landed the ship back on Earth, where they found themselves physically transformed and possessing remarkable new abilities. Sue could turn invisible. Ben transformed into an orange, muscular "thing."
They decided to use their abilities to become the super team known as the Fantastic Four. They each gave themselves the individual names Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, and the Thing.
later on, Reed shows the team black and white pictures of atomic plants in the Soviet Union, Australia and South America that have been attacked by cave-ins. They travel on there private jet to Monster Isle which is the same distance from each of the attacks. they are attacked by a giant three-headed monster but Reed throws it into the ocean. A cave-in takes Reed and Johnny by surprise, and they drop below into a Valley of Diamonds, which blinds them temporarilly. Sue is attacked by a blue rock monster but the thing quickly throws it into the ocean and they go back to find the others.
Reed and Johnny discover the Mole Man, revealing that he is the one responsible for all of the attacks. Mole Man tells them that he was a misfit that was too ugly and abused by his fellow man so he was forced to leave his civilization on the surface. He fell into a cave, which left him blind, but it introduced him to a whole new world where he would later be the ruler off. Meanwhile, Ben and Sue later find both of their teammates listening to the Mole Man's plan to invade the surface world. He sends his monster army against the Fantastic Four. While Johnny distracts the biggest one, the team is forced to retreat through a tunnel, which Johnny then seals shut behind them. After the Fantastic Four escape in their jet, The Mole Man unleashes a nuclear blast that destroys the island so that the surface would not trouble with there civilization once again.
So how did they become so fantastic? Well the story goes like this: "To beat the Communists into space, scientist Reed Richards, sister and brother Sue and Johnny Storm, and pilot Ben Grimm sneaked off into space in a rocket. In space, the four were bombarded by cosmic rays. The auto-pilot landed the ship back on Earth, where they found themselves physically transformed and possessing remarkable new abilities. Sue could turn invisible. Ben transformed into an orange, muscular "thing."
They decided to use their abilities to become the super team known as the Fantastic Four. They each gave themselves the individual names Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, and the Thing.
later on, Reed shows the team black and white pictures of atomic plants in the Soviet Union, Australia and South America that have been attacked by cave-ins. They travel on there private jet to Monster Isle which is the same distance from each of the attacks. they are attacked by a giant three-headed monster but Reed throws it into the ocean. A cave-in takes Reed and Johnny by surprise, and they drop below into a Valley of Diamonds, which blinds them temporarilly. Sue is attacked by a blue rock monster but the thing quickly throws it into the ocean and they go back to find the others.
Reed and Johnny discover the Mole Man, revealing that he is the one responsible for all of the attacks. Mole Man tells them that he was a misfit that was too ugly and abused by his fellow man so he was forced to leave his civilization on the surface. He fell into a cave, which left him blind, but it introduced him to a whole new world where he would later be the ruler off. Meanwhile, Ben and Sue later find both of their teammates listening to the Mole Man's plan to invade the surface world. He sends his monster army against the Fantastic Four. While Johnny distracts the biggest one, the team is forced to retreat through a tunnel, which Johnny then seals shut behind them. After the Fantastic Four escape in their jet, The Mole Man unleashes a nuclear blast that destroys the island so that the surface would not trouble with there civilization once again.
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