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by: Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Roy Thomas, John Byrne, Karl Kesel, Mark Waid, Barry Windsor-Smith, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema, George Perez, Kerry Gammill, Stuart Immonen, Mike Wieringo, Steve McNiven  List Price: $29.99 Amazon.com's Price: $23.69 You Save: $6.30 (21%)Prices subject to change. Availability: unknown
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9780785117827 ISBN: 0785117822 Label: Marvel Comics Manufacturer: Marvel Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 360 Publication Date: June 08, 2005 Publisher: Marvel Comics Studio: Marvel Comics Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Follow the Fantastic Four from their original adventure to the height of their success! Caught in a mental maelstrom of alien enemies! Trips into the Negative Zone, Subterranea, and the soul of Ben Grimm! The triumph and tragedy of Mr. Fantastic! The FF rescued from Skrullian straits by an all-new lineup! And who will be the last hero standing in the ultimate war...of practical jokes? Featuring Dr. Doom, Dr. Octopus, the Impossible Man, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and more! Collects Fantastic Four #1, #39-40, #51, #100, #116, #176, #236, #267; Fantastic Four (Vol. 3) #56 and #60; Marvel Fanfare #15; Marvel Two-In-One #50; and Marvel Knights 4 #4. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fantastic stories?"The Best of the Fantastic Four Vol. 1" is a good primer to bring readers up to speed on what the Fantastic Four is all about. As with any collection that attempts to select 360 pages from 46 years of publishing history, the final choices are subjective and exclude a lot of great material. Of course, the collection leads with the 1961 first issue, where writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby introduce readers to the Thing (a carryover concept from Marvel's then-successful monster mags), ... Read More Rating:  - Great FunA fun volume to have in your library if you are a Marvel fan, or just grew up with the Fantastic Four (as I did, in the sixties!). I wouldn't necessarily say these are the best stories, but they are certainly fun stories. It's interesting to see the very earliest adventures at the front of the book and compare them to the latest. Quite a change in style...but the characters stay true to form (better dialogue, better art work, obviously in the most recent incarnations). Stories from how the Four ... Read More 
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