Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis Marvel Masterworks volume collects the early adventures of the Fantastic Four, featuring the team's encounters with cosmic entities like Galactus and the Silver Surfer. Key issues include the debut of Galactus and his herald, as well as classic stories starring Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm.
In "The Brutal Betrayal of Ben Grimm!", the Fantastic Four face their most personal crisis yet as Ben Grimm grapples with the aftermath of a shocking betrayal that shakes the team to its core. Written by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, with Kirby's legendary art and inks by Joe Sinnott and Dale Crain, this 2010 Marvel Masterworks issue captures the raw emotional intensity of the team's struggles—just as the Watcher warns them of the looming threat of Galactus, setting the stage for an epic clash beyond Earth. The cover, a striking collaboration by Jack Kirby and Dean White, perfectly encapsulates the tension and dread of the moment.
"Bedlam at the Baxter Building!" brings chaos to the ultimate wedding day when Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Girl host their celebration, only to have it overrun by a wave of super-villains unleashed by Doctor Doom’s Emotion Charger. With the Baxter Building transformed into a battleground of heroism and havoc, the fate of the festivities hangs in the balance.
In "Those Who Would Destroy Us!", the Fantastic Four face off against the Inhumans in a high-stakes clash that escalates when Triton is taken by the Seeker. As the team rushes to rescue him, they’re ambushed and captured, setting the stage for a tense standoff with no clear escape.
When Black Bolt and the Fantastic Four thwart Maximus’s scheme to wipe out humanity, they return to New York only to be warned by the Watcher of a far greater threat: the arrival of Galactus. The cosmic entity’s approach looms over Earth, setting the stage for an inevitable confrontation.
In "If This Be Doomsday!," the Fantastic Four race against time to halt Galactus’s planetary consumption, while the Watcher guides the Human Torch on a desperate quest to find a weapon capable of stopping the cosmic devourer. With Alicia Masters urging the Silver Surfer to choose humanity over his duty, the fate of Earth hangs in the balance.
In "The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!", the Fantastic Four face down the cosmic devourer Galactus with the help of the enigmatic Silver Surfer, whose arrival brings both salvation and mystery. Meanwhile, Johnny Storm steps into college life at Metro College, where a chance encounter with Wyatt Wingfoot hints at new connections forming.
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↩ Reprints Fantastic Four #41 (1965), Fantastic Four #42 (1965), Fantastic Four #43 (1965), Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965), Fantastic Four #44 (1965), Fantastic Four #45 (1965), Fantastic Four #46 (1966), Fantastic Four #47 (1966), Fantastic Four #48 (1966), Fantastic Four #49 (1966), Fantastic Four #50 (1966)
Reprinted in Silver Surfer Epic Collection #1 (2014), Fantastic Four Omnibus #3 (2015), Fantastic Four Epic Collection #3 (2018)
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