Dates
- Cover date
- March 1962
- On sale
- December 12, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
This edition’s page
Fantastic Four No. 3 Facsimile Edition (2025). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- Chapter 1 The Menace of the Miracle Man · 5 pages
The Miracle Man performs his supervillain debut at his magic show by humiliating the Thing.
- Chapter II The Monster Lives! · 5 pages
Miracle Man declares war on humanity and animates a movie monster statue.
- Chapter III The Flame That Died! · 3 pages
Human Torch torches the animated Monster from Mars-statue, and Invisible Girl stows away on the atomic tank that Miracle Man has stolen.
- Chapter IV In the Shadow of Defeat! · 5 pages
The Thing recalls the origin of the Fantastic Four while the Invisible Girl is taken prisoner by Miracle Man.
- Chapter V The Final Challenge! · 5 pages
Miracle Man is defeated, but at the cost of the Human Torch leaving the Fantastic Four.
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four (1977), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (1997), Essential Fantastic Four (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2021), Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2023), Fantastic Four No. 3 Facsimile Edition (2025), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014)