#1

Synopsis

Body-building ad.

Reprinted from

• Fantastic Four #1

Reprinted in

• Fantastic Four Annual #1
• Fantastic Four Annual #7
• L'Incredibile Devil #4
• I Fantastici Quattro #1
• Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn]
• I Fantastici Quattro #100
• Marvel Masterworks #2— part 1
• Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four #81445
• Atlanticserien #1/1978— original title: The Mole Man's Secret!
• The Fantastic Four: The Secret Story of Marvel's Cosmic Quartet #[nn]
• Essential Fantastic Four #1— black & white
• The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #1
• Fantastic Four Omnibus #1
• The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #9
• Fantastic Four Legends: Unstable Molecules #1— pages 9-13 only
• Creepy Worlds #32
• Fantastiske Fire #1/1968
• Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn]
• Fantastic Four Classic #1
• The Fantastic Four #72-111— 4 pp.; pages 10-13
• Orígenes Marvel #1
• Die Fantastischen Vier #36
• Une Aventure des Fantastiques #2— Pages 9 to 13 only
• Klassiker der Comic-Literatur #4
• Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #1
• Target Fantastic Four Classic: Fantastic Firsts #[nn]
• Maximum Fantastic Four #[nn]
• Fantastic Four Winter Special #[1981]
• Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn]
• Οι 4 Φανταστικοί #1— second page deleted

Credits

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

George Klein

Colours

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Cover lettering and logo design

Artie Simek

Executive editor

Tom Brevoort, Nick Lowe

Logo design, see notes

Sol Brodsky

Original editor

Stan Lee

See notes

George Klein, Stan Goldberg, Sol Brodsky

Characters

• Human Torch
• Mister Fantastic
• Ben Grimm
• Reed Richards
• Johnny Storm
• The Thing
• Invisible Girl
• Susan Storm Richards
• Giganto
• Harvey Elder
• Mole Man
• Tricephalous
• Ugu

Other printings & variants

• 
• British
• Facsimile Edition
• Facsimile Edition (March 2025 Printing)
• Facsimile Edition (Salvador Larroca (1 in 25))
• Facsimile Edition (Foil Cover)
• Facsimile Edition (Cover L - Jack Kirby Hidden Gem Variant)
• Facsimile Edition (Cover K - Alex Ross Variant)
• Facsimile Edition (Cover I - Salvador Larroca Variant)