Fantastic Four 3

"The Menace of the Miracle Man!" is the title to the main story from the third issue of the American superhero comic book series The Fantastic Four by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Stan Lee with pencils by Jack Kirby and inks by Sol Brodsky. The issue was colored by Stan Goldberg with Artie Simek providing the lettering. The cover art illustration for this issue was composed by Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky and Stan Goldberg. The story was edited by Stan Lee. This issue shipped with a March, 1962 cover date and carried a cover price of 12 cents per copy (US).

Appearances

 * Fantastic Four
 * Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
 * Invisible Girl, Susan Storm
 * Human Torch, Johnny Storm
 * The Thing, Ben Grimm








 * New York City Police Department
 * United States Army




 * New York
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Baxter Building


 * Fantasti-Flare
 * The Thing's helmet


 * Fantasticar
 * Fantasticopter
 * Pogo Plane


 * Elasticity
 * Flight
 * Invisibility
 * Pyrokinesis
 * Superhuman strength

Notes & Trivia

 * The story from this issue is divided into five chapters:
 * Chapter I: The Menace of the Miracle Man!
 * Chapter II: The Monster Lives!
 * Chapter III: The Flame That Died!
 * Chapter IV: In the Shadow of Defeat!
 * Chapter V: The Final Challenge!


 * This issue is job number V-563.


 * Beginning with this issue, the Fantastic Four relocate from Central City, California to their permanent headquarters at the Baxter Building in Manhattan, New York City, New York.


 * First appearance of the Baxter Building.


 * Johnny Storm quits the Fantastic Four in this issue, making him the first of the founding members to leave the team. He returns to the group with issue #4.


 * This is the first appearance of the Fantastic Four's blue uniforms, which will become their traditional crime-fighting garb for many years to come.

Reprints

 * "The Menace of the Miracle Man!" is reprinted in the following volumes:
 * Essential Fantastic Four 1
 * Fantastic Four Omnibus 1
 * Marvel Collectors' Item Classics 2
 * Marvel Masterworks 2
 * Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four 1