| "Three Stood Together!" | |
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| Fantastic Four | |
| Title: | "Three Stood Together!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 119 |
| Cover price: | .20 |
| Cover date: | February, 1972 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Stan Lee |
| Writers: | Roy Thomas |
| Pencilers: | John Buscema |
| Inkers: | Joe Sinnott |
| Cover artists: | John Buscema |
| Cover inker: | Joe Sinnott |
| Cover letterer: | Sam Rosen |
| Letterers: | Artie Simek |
| Editors: | Stan Lee |
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"Three Stood Together" is the 119th issue of the first Fantastic Four ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Roy Thomas with artwork by John Buscema, and inks by Joe Sinnott. It was lettered by Artie Simek and edited by Stan Lee. This issue shipped with a February, 1972 cover date and carries a cover price of .20 cents per copy.
"Three Stood Together"[]
Featured characters
- Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
- Invisible Girl, Susan Richards
- Human Torch, Johnny Storm
- The Thing, Ben Grimm
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- A.U.N.T.I.E.
- Jeth Robards
- Nathan Kumalo
- Taku
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
- Wakanda
- Rudyarda
Items
- Sonic disruptor
- Vibrotron
Vehicles
Powers
- Elasticity
- Energy projection
- Flight
- Force field projection
- Pyrokinesis
- Sonic projection
- Superhuman durability
- Superhuman strength
- Thermal propulsion
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Fantastic Four were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. They first appeared in Fantastic Four, Volume 1 #1 in November, 1961. By and large, the roster of the Fantastic Four has remained the same over the years, consisting of Reed Richards as Mister Fantastic, Susan Storm as the Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm as the Human Torch and Ben Grimm as the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing. Occasional transitory members of the FF have included Crystal Amaquelin, Luke Cage, Scott Lang, and T'Challa.
- The tagline to this issue is "Three stand together -- or die!"
- T'Challa begins referring to himself as the Black Leopard in this issue. This decision was made by Marvel Comics staff to distance the character from the radical activist group known as the Black Panthers.
- This is the second appearance of Taku, who is T'Challa's chief advisor. He appeared last in Avengers #68.
- This is the first appearance of Rudyarda, which is a fictional African nation. In terms of political structure, it is intended as an analog of South Africa during the Apartheid era.
Reprints[]
The story from this issue is reprinted in the following volumes:
- Captain Britain 20
- Essential Fantastic Four 6
- Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four 12
- Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas