Selected and introduced by Jonathan Lethem

Marvel: Fantastic Four

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Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in printed and blocked paper with a design by Marcos Martín
Printed in 4-colour throughout – 296 pages
Printed endpapers
Printed slipcase
Dimensions10½ inches x 7 inches
FontPrelims set in Miller with Benton Sans as display
Publication Date01/07/2025
PrintingFirst Printing
Editor's Notes
 
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Having launched the Silver Age of Comics with the publication of Fantastic Four #1, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s creations have proved more influential than even they dared imagine. Honouring that legacy, novelist Jonathan Lethem here provides a unique selection from the first decade of Earth’s First Family!
Synopsis
 
Selected and introduced by award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem, this anthology volume presents the best of 1960s-era Fantastic Four from the original creators, Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.

Stories selected include:

'The Fantastic Four!' – Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961)
'Those Who Would Destroy Us!' – Fantastic Four #46 (January 1966)
'If This Be Doomsday!' – Fantastic Four #49 (April 1966)
'The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!' – Fantastic Four #50 (May 1966)
'This Man . . . This Monster!' – Fantastic Four #51 (June 1966)
'The Black Panther!' – Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966)
'Enter . . . Dr. Doom!' – Fantastic Four #57 (December 1966)
'The Peril and the Power!' – Fantastic Four #60 (March 1967)
'. . . And One Shall Save Him!' – Fantastic Four #62 (May 1967)
'Let There Be . . . Life!' – Fantastic Four Annual #6 (November 1968)

About the Introducer

Earth's First Family!

Jonathan Lethem is a celebrated novelist, short story writer and essayist, and is recognised as one of America's foremost contemporary writers. His works include thirteen novels, five short-story collections, six non-fiction books and an array of essays published in such publications as Rolling Stone, Harper's and The New Yorker. His novel Motherless Brooklyn was named Novel of the Year by Esquire magazine and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award, and the Macallan Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005 and teaches creative writing at Pomona College.

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About the Introducer

Earth's First Family!

Jonathan Lethem is a celebrated novelist, short story writer and essayist, and is recognised as one of America's foremost contemporary writers. His works include thirteen novels, five short-story collections, six non-fiction books and an array of essays published in such publications as Rolling Stone, Harper's and The New Yorker. His novel Motherless Brooklyn was named Novel of the Year by Esquire magazine and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award, and the Macallan Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005 and teaches creative writing at Pomona College.

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About the Introducer

Earth's First Family!

Jonathan Lethem is a celebrated novelist, short story writer and essayist, and is recognised as one of America's foremost contemporary writers. His works include thirteen novels, five short-story collections, six non-fiction books and an array of essays published in such publications as Rolling Stone, Harper's and The New Yorker. His novel Motherless Brooklyn was named Novel of the Year by Esquire magazine and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award, and the Macallan Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005 and teaches creative writing at Pomona College.

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About the Introducer

Earth's First Family!

Jonathan Lethem is a celebrated novelist, short story writer and essayist, and is recognised as one of America's foremost contemporary writers. His works include thirteen novels, five short-story collections, six non-fiction books and an array of essays published in such publications as Rolling Stone, Harper's and The New Yorker. His novel Motherless Brooklyn was named Novel of the Year by Esquire magazine and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award, and the Macallan Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005 and teaches creative writing at Pomona College.

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About the Introducer

Earth's First Family!

Jonathan Lethem is a celebrated novelist, short story writer and essayist, and is recognised as one of America's foremost contemporary writers. His works include thirteen novels, five short-story collections, six non-fiction books and an array of essays published in such publications as Rolling Stone, Harper's and The New Yorker. His novel Motherless Brooklyn was named Novel of the Year by Esquire magazine and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award, and the Macallan Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005 and teaches creative writing at Pomona College.

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About the Illustrators

Launching the Silver Age of Comics

Stan Lee (1922–2018), born Stanley Martin Lieber to Romanian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan, began as an assistant at Timely Comics and became editor by 19. In 1961, he co-created The Fantastic Four with Jack Kirby, revitalising the Super Hero genre and launching the Silver Age of comics. Lee went on to co-create icons like Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor and Iron Man, served as Marvel’s editor-in-chief until 1972, and made numerous cameos in Marvel films, earning recognition as a key architect of the Marvel Universe.

Jack Kirby (1917–94), born Jacob Kurtzberg to Austrian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was a self-taught artist who started in animation and co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1940. After World War II service, he returned to Marvel and co-created The Fantastic Four in 1961 with Stan Lee, followed by Thor, the Hulk, and Iron Man. A central figure of the Silver Age, Kirby’s dynamic, explosive style continues to shape comic book art today, earning him the fitting nickname ‘The King’.

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About the Illustrators

Launching the Silver Age of Comics

Stan Lee (1922–2018), born Stanley Martin Lieber to Romanian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan, began as an assistant at Timely Comics and became editor by 19. In 1961, he co-created The Fantastic Four with Jack Kirby, revitalising the Super Hero genre and launching the Silver Age of comics. Lee went on to co-create icons like Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor and Iron Man, served as Marvel’s editor-in-chief until 1972, and made numerous cameos in Marvel films, earning recognition as a key architect of the Marvel Universe.

Jack Kirby (1917–94), born Jacob Kurtzberg to Austrian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was a self-taught artist who started in animation and co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1940. After World War II service, he returned to Marvel and co-created The Fantastic Four in 1961 with Stan Lee, followed by Thor, the Hulk, and Iron Man. A central figure of the Silver Age, Kirby’s dynamic, explosive style continues to shape comic book art today, earning him the fitting nickname ‘The King’.

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About the Illustrators

Launching the Silver Age of Comics

Stan Lee (1922–2018), born Stanley Martin Lieber to Romanian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan, began as an assistant at Timely Comics and became editor by 19. In 1961, he co-created The Fantastic Four with Jack Kirby, revitalising the Super Hero genre and launching the Silver Age of comics. Lee went on to co-create icons like Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor and Iron Man, served as Marvel’s editor-in-chief until 1972, and made numerous cameos in Marvel films, earning recognition as a key architect of the Marvel Universe.

Jack Kirby (1917–94), born Jacob Kurtzberg to Austrian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was a self-taught artist who started in animation and co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1940. After World War II service, he returned to Marvel and co-created The Fantastic Four in 1961 with Stan Lee, followed by Thor, the Hulk, and Iron Man. A central figure of the Silver Age, Kirby’s dynamic, explosive style continues to shape comic book art today, earning him the fitting nickname ‘The King’.

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About the Illustrators

Launching the Silver Age of Comics

Stan Lee (1922–2018), born Stanley Martin Lieber to Romanian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan, began as an assistant at Timely Comics and became editor by 19. In 1961, he co-created The Fantastic Four with Jack Kirby, revitalising the Super Hero genre and launching the Silver Age of comics. Lee went on to co-create icons like Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor and Iron Man, served as Marvel’s editor-in-chief until 1972, and made numerous cameos in Marvel films, earning recognition as a key architect of the Marvel Universe.

Jack Kirby (1917–94), born Jacob Kurtzberg to Austrian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was a self-taught artist who started in animation and co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1940. After World War II service, he returned to Marvel and co-created The Fantastic Four in 1961 with Stan Lee, followed by Thor, the Hulk, and Iron Man. A central figure of the Silver Age, Kirby’s dynamic, explosive style continues to shape comic book art today, earning him the fitting nickname ‘The King’.

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About the Illustrators

Launching the Silver Age of Comics

Stan Lee (1922–2018), born Stanley Martin Lieber to Romanian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan, began as an assistant at Timely Comics and became editor by 19. In 1961, he co-created The Fantastic Four with Jack Kirby, revitalising the Super Hero genre and launching the Silver Age of comics. Lee went on to co-create icons like Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor and Iron Man, served as Marvel’s editor-in-chief until 1972, and made numerous cameos in Marvel films, earning recognition as a key architect of the Marvel Universe.

Jack Kirby (1917–94), born Jacob Kurtzberg to Austrian-Jewish immigrants in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was a self-taught artist who started in animation and co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1940. After World War II service, he returned to Marvel and co-created The Fantastic Four in 1961 with Stan Lee, followed by Thor, the Hulk, and Iron Man. A central figure of the Silver Age, Kirby’s dynamic, explosive style continues to shape comic book art today, earning him the fitting nickname ‘The King’.

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