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Cover: Jack Kirby & Marie Severin & Joe Sinnott

Fantastic Four #101

Name: Fantastic Four #101
Brand: Marvel
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Aug 1970 · Marvel · 0.15 USD

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“Bedlam in the Baxter Building!”

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Fantastic Four #101 holds a precise and poignant place in Marvel history as the penultimate issue of Jack Kirby's celebrated run on the title — and, more specifically, the final self-contained Kirby story before his departure, since issue #102 opened a multi-part arc he never got to finish. Coming immediately after the milestone 100th issue, this chapter quietly closes the door on an uninterrupted nine-year creative partnership between Stan Lee and Kirby that Marvel's own editors have called one of the most sustained writer-artist collaborations in the history of American comics. The issue also spotlights Crystal as a full action participant alongside the core team, reflecting the post-Medusa status quo Lee and Kirby had established for the Inhumans in the preceding years. For readers and historians, it represents the last moment of the Lee-Kirby FF in its purest, standalone form — a threshold crossed before anyone on the newsstands knew Kirby was already on his way out the door.

In "Bedlam in the Baxter Building!", the Fantastic Four face a sudden and chaotic invasion as the Maggia strikes without warning, catching the team off guard. With the Top Man closing in on Reed’s latest experiments, Sue Storm must rally her strength to protect her teammates and the family she’s sworn to defend. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott, this issue pulses with tension and urgency, all wrapped in a striking cover by Kirby and Severin.

writer Stan Lee · artist Jack Kirby · inker Joe Sinnott · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Marie Severin, Joe Sinnott

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History

Written and edited by Stan Lee with Jack Kirby on pencils and Joe Sinnott on inks, the issue carries an on-sale date of May 21, 1970, against a cover date of August 1970. Production details documented in the Grand Comics Database reveal that Marie Severin supplied a preliminary cover rough for Kirby — a behind-the-scenes practice she performed regularly for many Marvel artists of the period, though the finished cover art is credited to Kirby and Sinnott. Kirby's imminent move to DC Comics was not yet public knowledge when this issue went to press; the bombshell announcement ran in the Bullpen Bulletins of September-cover-dated issues, meaning readers who held FF #101 in their hands had no idea it would be one of the King's final two complete stories for Marvel's flagship title.

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Story title: 'Bedlam in the Baxter Building!' — cover-dated August 1970, on-sale May 21, 1970.
Creative team: Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack Kirby (pencils), Joe Sinnott (inks), Artie Simek (letters); Marie Severin provided the preliminary cover rough, as she did for many Kirby covers in this era.
This is the penultimate Kirby issue of Fantastic Four and the last complete, standalone Kirby story on the title; FF #102 launched a continued arc that Kirby only opened, never finished.
Plot: The Maggia crime syndicate legally purchases the Baxter Building and attempts to evict the FF and seize Reed Richards's secret experiments; Crystal participates as a full action combatant alongside the core team.
Franklin Richards and Alicia Masters both make cameo appearances — Franklin shown being brought home by Reed and Sue at the outset of the Maggia crisis.
The letters page contains early fan letters from two future comics professionals: J.M. DeMatteis (credited as 'Marc De Matteis') and Alan Kupperberg.
The story was reprinted in Fantastic Four #180 (March 1977) due to a Marvel production delay, with two pages removed and some topical cultural references updated.
Subsequently collected in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 10, the Fantastic Four Epic Collection Vol. 6 'At War with Atlantis' (2020), and the Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 4 (2021).