Happy 50th birthday, Fantastic Four!
According to The Beat and other sources, “Fantastic Four” #1, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, shipped 50 years ago today, Aug. 8, 1961, kicking off the Marvel Age of Comics! Way to go, Stan and Jack! Thanks for all the great comics.
Check out the Kirby Museum for more about Jack Kirby. Stan Lee can be found online at POW! Entertainment and on twitter. Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four page can be found at the Marvel site.
The Lee-Kirby run on “Fantastic Four” is rightly remembered as a high water mark for comics at the time, and it certainly changed much of what came after. If you’ve never read any, I recommend making the time.
- Matt Price
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