Fantastic Four Epic Collection #1
A brand-new take on Marvel’s First Family kicks off in *Fantastic Four Epic Collection #1* (2014), featuring the legendary creative team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. When shape-shifting Skrulls impersonate the Fantastic Four and turn to crime, the real heroes are framed, imprisoned, and forced to fight their way back—leading to a daring infiltration of the Skrull mothership. With cunning and classic Kirby spectacle, the team outsmarts their impostors using clever ruses and a touch of cosmic deception. Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers captures the epic scale of this foundational tale.
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Four shape-changing Skrulls pose as the Fantastic Four and act as criminals while the true ones are in the country and recall their origin. The real FF are imprisoned by the government. They escape and decide to flush out the imitating Skrulls. The FF infiltrate the Skrull mothership and pose as the Skrull spies. Mr. Fantastic uses clippings from Strange Tales and Journey Into Mystery to trick the Skrulls into thinking that the Earth forces are too strong to attack. The four Skrull spies are captured, forced to take on the form of cows and then hypnotized to forget all of their former lives.
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