Comic Title: Marvel Masterworks:The Fantastic Four Vol. 1 – Barnes & Noble Edition TPB
Publisher: Marvel
Cover Date: 2003
Approx. On Sale Date: April 1, 2003
Cover Price: $12.95
Page Count: 256

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The End of the Fantastic Four"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Fantastic Four

Writer: Stan Lee
Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Dick Ayers
Letterer: Artie Simek

Reprinted From:
Fantastic Four #9 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

• Fantastic Four (last appearance in Fantastic Four #8; next appearance in Fantastic Four #10)
• Mister Fantastic (last appearance in Fantastic Four #8; next appearance in Strange Tales #103)
• Invisible Girl (last appearance in Strange Tales #102; next appearance in Fantastic Four #10)
• Human Torch (last appearance in Strange Tales #102; next appearance in Strange Tales #103)
• Thing (last appearance in Fantastic Four #8; next appearance in Fantastic Four #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alicia Masters (last appearance in Fantastic Four #8; next appearance in Fantastic Four #10)

Villain(s)

• Sub-Mariner (last appearance in Fantastic Four #6; next appearance in Strange Tales #107)
• A cyclops (no further appearances)
• A tribe of African natives (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A group of bill collectors (no further appearances)

Comments:
Part 2:"Sub-Mariner Gives the Orders"
Part 3:"The Fury of Mr. Fantastic"
Part 4:"The Flame of Battle"
Part 5:"Vengeance Is Ours"

Synopsis:
When Reed loses a fortune in the stock market, the Fantastic Four are bankrupted. The team is then forced to accept a job in Hollywood to appear in a movie. When then arrive, the group discover that the movie's producer is the Sub-Mariner. He pays them to perform scenes for a movie which are really traps. Mr. Fantastic is forced to battle a giant cyclops alone on an island. The Human Torch does battle with a tribe of fire-proof jungle natives. Lastly, the Thing fights Namor himself on a beach before a random lightning strike turns him back into Ben Grimm.

Believing he has bested the male members of the Fantastic Four, Namor claims his prize, Sue Storm. Sue rebuffs his marriage proposal and proceeds to engage him in battle alone. The other members of the Fantastic Four then arrive to join the battle. Sue defends Namor and arranges for him to leave peacefully. The team, having earned their money, is then celebrated at the premiere of their film.