FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION: THE COMING OF GALACTUS (Epic Collection: Fantastic Four) Paperback – July 31, 2018

The issues covered are #'s 33-51. It also includes F.F. ANNUAL #3. The artwork is fantastic, in my opinion. The people look natural, not weirdly enlongated as in more recent comics. The colors are rich. Facial expressions conform to the action. And speaking of action! There is a lot of action, but it exists side-by-side with character developement. In issue 33, Lady Dorma of Atlantis comes to beg help from the FANTASTIC FOUR. They help without Namor's knowledge because he was so proud. And there is also a pin up of SUBMARINER at the end! INVISIBLE GIRL has a greater role in the FF's adventures. When Reed is invited to State U, where he and Ben went to college, Johnny decides he would like to attend as well. An old enemy turns a mock up of an interesting lizard into a living, breathing DRAGON MAN; Sue Storm sees that he is just a sweet, childlike creature and covers him up with a blanket. The FRIGHTFUL FOUR are introduced. Reed and company go to the SKRULL home world to get satisfaction for the death of Sue and Johnny's father. We find out that not all SKRULLS are evil. The FF team up with DAREDEVIL against the archvillian DOCTOR DOOM. Although the volume is entitled THE COMING of GALACTUS, it has a lot more FRIGHTFUL FOUR (four issues) and DOCTOR DOOM (three issues). It does have Galactus and of course the SILVER SURVER. Oh, and let's not forget the WATCHER. In the back of the book are several black and white pages featuring the FRIGHTFUL FOUR.

It was great to see these classic stories in color in an affordable format. I’ve bought these issues multiple times in multiple formats and the Epic Collection version is among the best. My only wish is that Marvel would get the Lee-Kirby volumes out more quickly, but they are worth the wait. The next volume has done great stories!

I like the art work and the story being told.

Brought back memories when I bought those comics as a little boy

Jack Kirby at his best...

5stars

I'm really happy with the product, the time of delivery. Everything is just cool! Thank you.

Despite being collected dozens of times before, it's always exciting to get a new collection of this, one of the finest periods of Fantastic Four comics ever made. We've reached volume 3 of the world's greatest comic magazine in Epic Collection form, which brings us from 1964 through to 1966 and issue #51, and it's all as fabulous as ever.What to say that hasn't been said a million times before? By this point, Stan and Jack really were operating at constant peak level - this volume does, of course, contain the masterful multi-parter that introduces world-eating titan Galactus and his noble herald, the Silver Surfer, to the Marvel universe, but there's so much more! These pages bring the debuts of Dragon Man, Attuma, the Frightful Four, and especially the uncanny Inhumans and their secret kingdom.Stan knew by now how to portray our heroes and their nemeses perfectly, with their well-defined personalities being used for conflict and pathos in easy measure. Jack was letting his imagination and creativity run free, with a succession of incredible character designs, crazy gadgets and experimental layouts that took in photo-collages and dynamic page breakdowns.If you're new to the adventures of Marvel's first family, this is one of THE volumes you have to get to see them at their best. Even for folks that have read these wonderful stories a million times before, this is a handsome and affordable way to get them collected, with extras including two pages of house ads, a generous twelve pages of original Kirby art, art from the 1966 Thing sweatshirt and 1965 FF T-shirt, and the cover art to volumes 5 and 6 of the FF Marvel Masterworks. What more can I say but - Make Yours Marvel!

True classic marvel collection from the 1st family of comics.

Great collection of stories by Marvel! Very good paper quality and quality in general, not like other ones issued by Quad, wish they would print all the Epic Collections in the future.

Completely inaccurate description of contents. This contains issues #33-#51 plus Annual #3. The description given is of a totally different Fantastic Four collection.Classic tales from the 1960's.Seminal comics.