Comics:Fantastic Four Vol 1 10

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"The Return of Doctor Doom!"

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #10
January, 1963

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Jack Kirby

Inkers

Dick Ayers

Colourists

Stan Goldberg

Letterers

Artie Simek

Editors

Stan Lee

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Fantastic Four #9

Fantastic Four #11

I've Failed! I've Been Defeated--By The Accursed Fantastic Four!

-- Doctor Doom

Appearing in "The Return of Doctor Doom!"

Featured Characters:

• The Fantastic Four

• Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
• Invisible Girl (Susan Storm)
• Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)
• Thing (Ben Grimm)

Supporting Characters:

• Alicia Masters

Villains:

• Doctor Doom

Other Characters:

• Ovoids (First appearance)
• Stan Lee (First appearance)
• Jack Kirby (First appearance)

Locations:

• Baxter Building, New York City
• Doctor Doom's Castle in Upstate New York
• Marvel Entertainment Inc.

Items:

• Fantasti-Flare
• Mental Teleporter (First appearance)
• Reducing Ray (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Fantasti-Car MK I (Flying Bathtub)
• Pogo Plane MK I

Synopsis for "The Return of Doctor Doom!"

While the Fantastic Four are busy with another one of Reed's experiments and are summoned by the Thing to see Alicai's stone carvings, Dr. Doom has returned and uses the Fantastic Four's connection to comic book creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to trick Reed Richards to swing by the Marvel Comics office to help on their latest adaptation of the FF's epics. Richards is then captured and taken back to Dr. Doom's lair, where Doom explains he escaped death in their last encounter when he was rescued by members of the alien Ovid race. He explains that the Ovid's taught Doom their ability to switch bodies with their mind, and so switches bodies with Reed Richards.
Just then the rest of the team smash into the room, and Doom (In Reed's body) convince the FF to attack Reed (Who they are unaware is in Doom's body) trapping "Doom" in a glass holding cell. Returning back to the Baxter building with the FF, "Reed" learns of the prototype shrink ray the real Reed was working on and plans to use it to shrink the rest of the Fantastic Four into oblivion.
While the real Reed manages to break out of his prison and get into the Baxter building, he is captured by his friends. Convincing the others that he is really Reed Richards, Dr. Doom reverses the mind-swap in battle, however becomes victim of his own plot when he is blasted by the shrink-ray and shrinks beyond micro-scopic size.

Notes

• Mister Fantastic, The Invisible Girl and the Thing last appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #1; They all appear next in Strange Tales #105.
• The Human Torch last appeared in Strange Tales #104; They both appear next in Strange Tales #105.
• The Doctor Doom last appeared in Defenders Vol 2 #10; He appears next in Fantastic Four #16.

Trivia

• Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were never clearly depicted in this story. They were always seen in shadow or otherwise obscured. This trend would continue in their future FF appearances.
• The Human Torch calls Alicia Ben's "girl friend." This marks the first time she's formally referred to as such. This is also the first time we see some of Alicia's sculptures.
• The Invisible Girl manages to knock Doctor Doom/Reed unconscious by hitting him on the head from behind with a vase!

See Also

• Discuss Fantastic Four Vol 1 10 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Fantastic Four series

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• http://www.ffplaza.com/library/?issue=ff10