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Fantastic Four, #2 Regular Edition

Published: January 1962

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Issue Contents:
Skrulls from Outer Space!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

"They had taken a deadly oath to destroy the Fantastic Four!"

Credits
Story Notes

Note 1: Inker changed from Dick Ayers to George Klein by Bob Bailey (2 September 2005). Nick Caputo confirms (August 8, 2006).

The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

"What is happening here??"

Storyline

Four shape-changing Skrulls pose as the Fantastic Four and act as criminals while the true ones are in the country and recall their origin.

Credits
Story Notes

Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.

The Thing
Credits
Story Notes

Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page

Part 2 Prisoner of the Skrulls

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

"Even as the Fantastic Four ponder their next move, grim, silent figures stealthily creep toward their cabin -- like a horde of avenging wraiths!"

Storyline

The real Fantastic Four is imprisoned by the government for their criminal acts. They escape and decide to flush out the imitating Skrulls.

Credits
Story Notes

Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.

The Fantastic Four Fight Back!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

"Let go of that weapon!"

Storyline

The Fantastic Four 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.

Credits
Story Notes

Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus.

The Fantastic Four... Captured!

Story Featuring Fantastic Four

"Stepping out of the now-motionless ship, four pairs of eyes are blinded by the glare of giant floodlights!"

Storyline

The four Skrull spies are captured, forced to take on the form of cows and then hypnotized to forget all of their former lives.

Credits
Story Notes

Inking often attributed to Dick Ayers and occasionally to Art Simek. The credit given reflects the current consensus. Only three of the Skrulls are depicted at the story’s end. The mystery of the missing Skrull was hastily explained by Reed’s suggestion that he was on his way to another galaxy, along with the rest of his invasion fleet (page 23, panel 5.)

Announcing the All-New Daisy BB Gun

Ad Featuring Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns

Story Notes

Advertisement for BB gun from the Daisy Manufacturing Company. Located on rear cover.

Learn Radio-Television Electronics
Story Notes

Advertisement to learn how to repair televisions and radios from the National Radio Institute. Located on inside rear cover.

Get Valuable Gifts
Story Notes

Advertisement to sell "home products" for income, from Blair Quality Products.

Test your talent!
Story Notes

Advertisement for a Commercial Arts scholarship from Art Instruction Inc.

Stamps; Shop by Mail

"Stamp collecting outfit"

Story Notes

A number of thumbnail advertisements.

"Not 3, not 6, not 9, not 12 ... but 14 new sensational tricks a million laughs"

Story Notes

Half-page ad from Medford Products for a bag of "tricks' occupying the bottom half of the page.

Electric Monorail
Story Notes

Half-page ad from Medford Products for a toy monorail, occupying the top half of the page.

Will You Work Saturday Mornings...?
Story Notes

Advertisement to sell shoes from the Mason Shoe Mfg. Company. Occupies lower half of page.

Sell Grit

Ad Featuring Grit Newspaper

Story Notes

Advertisement for selling Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co. Occupies top half of page.

Reward $2,000
Story Notes

Advertisement for coin catalogue from Best Values Co. Located between 5th & 6th pages of previous story sequence (Pages numbered 11 and 12.) Occupies the bottom half of the page.

New Accordians
Story Notes

Advertisement for accordians from the Accordian Corporation of America. Located between 5th & 6th pages of previous story sequence (pages numbered 11 and 12.) Occupies the top half of the page.

Training for Big Pay MADE SIMPLE
Story Notes

One page advertisement for Auto Mechanic Training from the Commercial Trades Institute.

Ad Featuring Honor House Products Novelties

"Amazing wrist radio"

Story Notes

Half page ad for a Wrist Radio from Honor House Prod. Corp. located on lower half of page inside front cover.

Ad Featuring Honor House Products Novelties

"Insect collecting kit"

Story Notes

Half page ad for an Insect Collecting Kit from Honor House Prod. Corp. on top half of page inside front cover.