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Cover: John Romita & John Verpoorten

Fantastic Four #104

Name: Fantastic Four #104
Brand: Marvel
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Nov 1970 · Marvel · 0.15 USD

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“Our World-- Enslaved!”

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Fantastic Four #104 closes the first story arc produced entirely without Jack Kirby, making it a marker of the title's post-Kirby transition — the second and final chapter of the Lee–Romita run that bridged the 102-issue Kirby era to John Buscema's long tenure. The issue delivers one of the Bronze Age's most ambitious crossover set-pieces, pitting all four FF members, Namor's Atlantean navy, and Magneto in a full-scale invasion of Manhattan that required President Nixon (depicted in caricature) himself to appeal to Reed Richards for help. Crystal's active role in powering Reed's anti-magnetic device quietly pushed the team's lineup beyond its founding four, while Magneto's appearance here — operating well outside his usual X-Men context — anticipates the villain's growing role as a Marvel-wide antagonist. The story's events were considered significant enough that John Byrne incorporated and expanded them directly into X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) #21–22.

In "Our World— Enslaved!", Magneto’s Atlantean forces seize New York, holding Sue Richards and Lady Dorma hostage as he demands allegiance from Namor and the Fantastic Four. With Stan Lee’s storytelling and John Romita’s dynamic art bringing the clash to life, the heroes face their most desperate challenge yet—turning Magneto’s own power against him with a daring invention from Mr. Fantastic. The cover by Romita and Verpoorten captures the tension of a city under siege and a hero at the brink.

writer Stan Lee · artist John Romita · inker John Verpoorten · letterer Artie Simek · cover John Romita, John Verpoorten

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History

Jack Kirby departed Marvel after delivering the pages for Fantastic Four #102, his final issue, in early 1970. When Stan Lee needed to complete the Sub-Mariner/Magneto trilogy Kirby had begun, he turned to John Romita Sr. — primarily known as the architect of Amazing Spider-Man's visual identity since 1966 — to pencil the conclusion. Romita later recalled being pressed into the assignment under considerable reluctance, feeling that no artist could adequately follow Kirby on that title. He and inker John Verpoorten handled both #103 and #104 before John Buscema took over with #107; Lee simultaneously used the Bullpen Bulletins pages in surrounding issues to formally introduce Romita to readers who knew him only from Spider-Man, framing the transition for the fanbase.

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Cover date: November 1970; on-sale approximately August 1970; written by Stan Lee, pencilled by John Romita Sr., inked by John Verpoorten, lettered by Artie Simek.
Story title: 'Our World… Enslaved!' — the concluding chapter of a three-part Namor/Magneto invasion arc that began in FF #102 (the final Lee–Kirby issue) and continued through #103–104 with the all-new Lee–Romita creative team.
John Romita Sr. stepped in as penciller for only four issues (#103–106) before John Buscema took over; #104 is the second and last of his two-issue arc conclusion, representing a distinct transitional moment at the dawn of the Bronze Age.
President Richard Nixon appears as a supporting character, depicted pressuring Reed Richards to halt Magneto's invasion of New York City — a topical satirical element flagged by Marvel's Sliding Timescale as a non-canonical reference in Earth-616.
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin) actively contributes to defeating Magneto: Reed's anti-magnetic device is powered in part by her elemental abilities, a notable use of her powers in a team context.
Following his defeat and capture here, Magneto escapes and next battles the Inhuman royal family in Amazing Adventures Vol. 2 #9–10, establishing a cross-title continuity thread.
John Byrne's X-Men: The Hidden Years #21–22 (2000–2001) ran concurrent events parallel to this issue, retroactively revealing that Professor X mentally assisted Reed Richards during the battle — Fantastic Four #102–104 were later collected alongside that series in the X-Men: The Hidden Years Omnibus (2023).
The issue has been reprinted multiple times: in Marvel's Greatest Comics #84 (January 1980, with one page removed), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 10, the Fantastic Four Epic Collection: At War with Atlantis (2020), and the Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 4 (2021).