Fantastic Four Vol 1 4

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Vintage

Fantastic Four Vol 1 #4May, 1962

 Editor-in-Chief
Stan Lee

 Cover Artists
Jack Kirby Sol Brodsky Artie Simek

 Writers
Stan Lee

 Pencilers
Jack Kirby

 Inkers
Sol Brodsky

 Colourists
Stan Goldberg

 Letterers
Artie Simek

 Editors
Stan Lee

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  *Well! Here is a prize worth catching!*
-- **Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner** [[Category: Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)/Quotes
## Appearing in "The Coming of... Sub-Mariner!"Edit

**Featured Characters:**

* The Fantastic Four
	+ Mister Fantastic
	+ Invisible Girl
	+ Human Torch ***(See chronology)***
	+ The Thing

**Antagonists:**

* Namor the Sub-Mariner ***(First Silver Age appearance)*** ***(See chronology)***
* Giganto  ***(First Appearance)*** Template:Dies

**Other Characters:**

* United States Army
* New York Policemen
* Giganto's stomach monster
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**Races and Species:**

* Humans
* Giganto
* Atlantean

**Locations:**

* Earth
	+ United States of America
		- New York
			* New York City
				+ Manhattan
					- Baxter Building
					- Lower East Side
						* Bowery hotel
		- Swanson's Garage
	+ Atlantic Ocean
		- Atlantis

**Items:**

* Fantasti-Flare
* Horn of Proteus - ***(First Appearance)*** ***(Unidentified)***

**Vehicles:**

* Fantasticar

## Synopsis for "The Coming of... Sub-Mariner!"Edit

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**Chapter 1:**

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The Human Torch has quit the team. Reed, Sue, and Ben use the Fantasti-Car to search the city for him. Johnny, though, has gone to Swanson's Garage to work on cars. Ben, on a hunch, goes to the garage.

**Chapter 2:**

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Unable to use his flame because of the gasoline around him, Johnny faces an angry Ben without his power. Ben backs him into a corner, but, before the Thing can hit Johnny, he changes back to his old, human form. Johnny uses the distraction to leave the garage, flame on, and fly away. Ben immediately changes back to the Thing.

Johnny goes to the Bowery to find accommodations. Once in his bunk, he reads a 1940s comic about the Sub-Mariner. Another guest of the establishment notices what he's reading and says, "We got a stumble-bum right here who's as strong as that joker was supposed to be!" He hands the bearded "stumble-bum" a phone book and tells him to tear it in half. The man refuses. The others attack him but get swatted away. The man complains that he can't remember anything: "Why have I spent the long years here, in a fog, with my mind a blank??" Johnny says, "Flame on!" ignites one finger, and burns off the man's beard. He looks just like the Sub-Mariner, pointy ears and all.

**Chapter 3:**

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Johnny carries the man out to sea and drops him into the water. Back in his native element, the Sub-Mariner remembers who he is. He goes to his home, Atlantis.

 File:Fantastic Four Vol 1 4 page 13 Atlantis.jpg   It lies in radioactive ruins, a casualty of atomic testing. The Sub-Mariner returns to New York and tells Johnny that he will retaliate by destroying the human race.

**Chapter 4:**

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The rest of the FF, back at the Baxter Building, see Johnny's flare rise from the waterfront. They take the Fantasti-Car to meet him and learn about the Sub-Mariner's revival.

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Out at sea, the Sub-Mariner finds Giganto, "the largest living thing in all the world," and the Horn of Proteus that can rouse him. He leads the creature towards New York, which begins an evacuation. The army bombards Giganto without effect. The Thing comes up with a daring plan: strap a nuclear bomb to his back, get inside the monster, and leave it there to destroy it. While Giganto takes a nap, Ben carries the bomb down its gullet.

**Chapter 5:**

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With seconds to spare, Ben makes it out of the monster's maw. The Sub-Mariner threatens to use the horn to summon more creatures. An invisible Sue grabs the horn and runs away with it. The Sub-Mariner tackles her. She becomes visible. "If you will be my bride," says the Sub-Mariner, "I might show mercy to the rest of your pitiful race!" She responds, "How can I make such a choice?" He threatens again to use the horn. Sue says, "I—I'll do anything—I'll become your bride!" Johnny, though, forms a tornado that pulls the Sub-Mariner into the air and drops him in the ocean. The horn falls to the bottom. The Sub-Mariner swears, "I'll be back!"

## Notes

### Continuity Notes

1. ↑ ***Sub-Mariner*  #1** specifies that Namor was stricken with amnesia by Paul Destine using the Helmet of Power. ***Saga of the Sub-Mariner*  #6** specifies that this happened circa 1959.
2. ↑ Also in ***Sub-Mariner*  #1**, it states that the ruins that Namor came upon in this issue were really part of an Atlantean outpost decimated by atomic testing. The true Atlantis resided near Antarctica until it was decimated by Destiny. As per ***Saga of the Sub-Mariner*  #7** the people of Atlantis had fled to the Atlantic to set up a new kingdom under the rule of Byrrah.
3. ↑ Giganto was not the only of its kind, as multiple other similar creatures have since been seen. ***Fantastic Four*  Vol 5 #3** shows an entire thriving race. It has been explained that the Gigantos were created by the Deviants as seen in ***Marvel Universe*  #7**.
4. ↑ The Horn of Proteus was recovered by Doctor Doom in ***Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine*  #3**
5. ↑ Following their encounter with Namor, Reed and Sue were pulled forward in time to the future of Earth-60166 where they met numerous versions of their future selves who were gathered by their Earth-60166 counterparts to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary as seen in ***Fantastic Four: The Wedding Special*  #1**. The Sue Storm of this era identifies herself by expressing her doubts on marrying Reed after meeting Namor. When Reed and Sue are returned to the exact moment that they were taken from, they retained no memory of the festivities.

### Chronology Notes

The events of this story are revisited a number of times, expanding upon the chronology of the following characters:

**Human Torch:**

* Page 1-7  - Johnny quits the Fantastic Four.
* Page 8, Panels 1-2  - Johnny hides out in the Bowery.
* Page 8, Panel 3 to Page 10  - Johnny discovers and revives the Sub-Mariner
* Page 11 to 23  - Rejoins the Fantastic Four to stop Namor.

**Sub-Mariner:**

* Page 8-10
* Page 11-23

## Publication Notes

* At the end of the issue is a bonus pinup, featuring (click to enlarge):

Fantastic Four Vol 1 4 026.jpg**"Mister Fantastic", drawn by Jack Kirby, inked by Sol Brodsky and lettered by Artie Simek**
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* This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

## See AlsoEdit

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## Links and ReferencesEdit

* ***Marvel Comics Index*  #4**
* ***Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four*  #1**

### Footnotes

1. ↑ The first story is reprinted in the following comics/TPB's:

	* Essential Series Vol 1 Fantastic Four 1 - 5th story
	* Fantastic Firsts Vol 1 1 - 6th story
	* *Fantastic Four* - 5th story
	* The Fantastic Four - 1st Story
	* Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol 1 1 - 5th story
	* Marvel Collectors' Item Classics Vol 1 3 - 1st story
	* Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #1 - 5th story
	* Marvel Treasury Edition Vol 1 11 - 1st story
	* Fantastic Firsts Vol 1 1
	* Creepy Worlds Vol 1 34
	* Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics Vol 1 1
	* Marvel Saga Vol 1 2
	* Marvel Saga Vol 1 3

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