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Cover: Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko & George Klein & Dick Ayers & George Roussos

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #1

Dec 1965 · Marvel · 0.25 USD
“The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space! [Part 1]”

A landmark moment in Marvel history, *The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space! [Part 1]* kicks off with the team infiltrating a Skrull mothership, disguising themselves as alien spies. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life with dynamic art by Jack Kirby, this issue features Kirby’s bold pencils alongside inks by George Klein and a vibrant color palette by Stan Goldberg, all anchored by John Duffy’s crisp lettering. The cover, a collaborative effort by Kirby, Ditko, Ayers, and Roussos, captures the high-stakes tension of the mission in vivid detail.

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Cast · 30 characters

Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer John Duffy
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko
cover inks George Klein
cover inks Dick Ayers
cover inks George Roussos

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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.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).