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#11,591: Fantastic Four (1961) #4
"The Coming of ... Sub-Mariner!"
Title: Fantastic Four (v001)
Editor-in-Chief: Stan Lee
Editor: Stan Lee
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Inker: Sol Brodsky
Cover Artist: Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky
Colorist: Stan Goldberg
Letterer: Artie Simek
Cover Date: May 1962
Release Date: February 1962
Pages: 23
Cover Price: $0.12
Times Read: 6,115
Times Rated: 2,714
Plot Flags: Character Introduction
Universe: Earth-616
Issue Blurb
The Sub-Mariner has returned! Calling upon his mighty sea creature army, he will have his revenge on the human race. It's up to the Fantastic Four to stop him.
Issue Notes
This is the first appearance of the Sub-Mariner in the Silver Age.

This is the first appearance of the shortened tag line, "Worlds Greatest Comic Magazine!"

The story is split into 5 chapters:



On the Trail of the Torch!

Enter the Sub-Mariner!

Let the World Beware!

Sub-Mariner's Revenge!

Return to the Deep!
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