Comics:Fantastic Four Vol 1 9

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"The End of the Fantastic Four!"

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #9
December, 1962

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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A Penny For Your Thoughts, Sue?

-- Namor, The Sub-Mariner

Appearing in "The End of the Fantastic Four!"

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:

• Sub-Mariner

Other Characters:

• Cyclops (First appearance)
• An African Tribe of Fireproof Natives.
• Various Celebrities (Bob Hope, Dean Martin...etc.)

Locations:

• Baxter Building, New York City
• Hidden Isle, somewhere in the Mediterranean, first appearance
• SM Studios (First appearance)
• Hollywood, California
• Sub-Mariner's Domed Undersea Villa

Items:

• Fantasti-Flare
  

Vehicles:

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

Synopsis for "The End of the Fantastic Four!"

When the Fantastic Four go bankrupt, the news spreads even as far as Atlantis, where Sub-Mariner finds the developments interesting. Facing eviction, the Fantastic Four receive a letter from S.M. Studios to come to Hollwood to make a movie based on their adventures.
Arriving in California, the FF are shocked to learn that S.M. Studios is owned by the Sub-Mariner, who tells them that the offer to make a movie is legitimate (although this is in reality yet another ploy to destroy the male members of the group and try to win Susan Storm's heart.) Sub-Mariner sends each member of the FF out to fight a real threat under the notion that it's all a movie. Reed must face the Cyclops of myth, while the Human Torch must fight a cannibal tribe and the Thing must face Namor alone. While Reed and Johnny are stranded, they escape from their dooms, and the Thing loses his match against the Sub-Mariner when he temporarily turns back to human form.
They retrun to the S.M. Studio office to find Sue fighting off Namor's advances and force the monarch from the sea to stop. Defeated, Namor agrees to pay the Fantastic Four for their movie, and returns to the oceans. When the movie premieres it is an instant hit, and the FF make enough money to pay off their debts.

Notes

• Reed had originally purchased only the top five floors of the Baxter Building, which were resold to the Leland Baxter Paper Company at this time. The FF continued on as renters until Fantastic Four #244 when Reed purchased the building outright.
• Mister Fantastic and the The Human Torch last appeared in Strange Tales #103; They both appear next in Amazing Spider-Man #1.
• The Invisible Girl and the Thing last appeared in Fantastic Four #8; They both appear next in Amazing Spider-Man #1.
• The Sub-Mariner last appeared in Fantastic Four #6; He appears next in Strange Tales #107.

Trivia

• This is the first issue to formally credit Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

See Also

• Discuss Fantastic Four Vol 1 9 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Fantastic Four series

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• http://www.ffplaza.com/library/?issue=ff9