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Mysterious cosmic rays bombard four courageous explorers testing an experimental spacecraft. They emerge with amazing abilities and herald a new era. Using their powers to protect mankind, they are the Fantastic Four, Marvel's First Family! This volume collects perhaps the greatest of the legendary Fantastic Four stories--including the first ever appearances of the Black Panther, the Inhumas, the Negative Zone and the Silver Surfer and Galactus! COLLECTING: FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 41-63; ANNUAL 3-4
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26 released booksFantastic Four (Chronological Order) is a 26-book series with 26 released primary works first released in 1963 with contributions by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Chris Claremont.
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6 primary books13 released booksFantastic Four (1961) is a 13-book series with 13 released primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by Stan Lee, Joe Simon, and Dennis O'Neil.
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4 released booksEssential Fantastic Four is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 1963 with contributions by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
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By way of analogy: Lee and Kirby's collaboration in 60s Marvel was the British invasion, and their work on FF was The Beatles, then this period was the White Album. There's a 10-issue run in here that introduces the Inhumans, the Silver Surfer, Galactus, and the Black Panther. Any one of those would have been enough to make this a classic, and it's baffling they were able to create all of them within a single year.