Fantastic Four #13
Fantastic Four » Fantastic Four #13 - The Red Ghost and his Indescribable Super-Apes! released by Marvel on April 1, 1963.
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Yes, It's as Bad as the Title Makes it Sound 0
This issue of the Fantastic Four introduces two long running Marvel concepts - one the Blue Area of the Moon, and two, the concept of the Watchers, an ancient race that observes the goings-on in the universe. For that it gets a half a star higher rating - which unfortunately makes it a 1 and a half star comic. The story is a tale of the FF making another trip into space, this time a trip to the moon, in order to beat the Commies of course. Unbeknownst to the FF, a Russian scientist and his fou...
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The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost! 0
A surprisingly dull episode for the Fantastic Four this time around, when Reed Richards precedes our own history and lands on the moon in 1963. This makes me wonder, if, by the time I read up to modern day Fantastic Four issues, references to this will ever be made. Surely not, as that would put these events during, say, 1998 on the sliding timeline. Oh you got to the moon in '98, eh Richards? Nice.Nevertheless, all presumptions aside, going to the moon was a big thing in '63 and to be fair Stan...
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Monkeying Around 0
There's quite a lot going on in this issue of Fantastic Four. As with many issues of its time it is light on characterisation but manages to pack in a lot of story beats in its 23 pages. In this our latest adventure we find that Mr Fantastic is embroiled in research as part of the contemporary space race. He's cracked the key to getting to the moon using rocket fuel derived from asteroids. Unfortunately Ivan Kragoff a russian scientist has done so likewise, so the race to the moon is on!As I sai...
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