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CATALOG RECORD

Fantastic Four #12

Marvel · Series began 1961 · March 1963

Dates

Cover date
March 1963
On sale
December 10, 1962
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #12 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Jack Kirbyinks: Dick Ayerscolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek

Stories

  • The Incredible Hulk [Part 1] · 5 pages

    General Ross asks the Fantastic Four "to find and destroy the Hulk". His base was victim of a saboteur and Hulk is the only suspect.

  • Part 2 Mission: Stop the Hulk! · 5 pages

    The Fantastic Four goes to a briefing at the base in New Mexico. There, they meet Bruce Banner and his assistant, Karl Kort, to discuss how to stop the Hulk.

  • Part 3 Who Is the Wrecker? · 3 pages

    Rick Jones identifies Karl Kort as the saboteur.

  • Part 4 The Hulk at Last! · 10 pages

    Karl Kort brings Rick in caves where Hulk and the Fantastic Four are searching for him.

Characters

Bruce BannerHulkBen GrimmThe ThingReed RichardsJohnny StormHuman TorchMister FantasticSusan Storm RichardsInvisible GirlRick JonesThaddeus "Thunderbolt" RossAlicia MastersKarl KortThe Wrecker

Reprinted in

Essential Fantastic Four (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Marvel's Greatest Comics (1969), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Marvel Annual (1972), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (2015), Kirby Is… Fantastic! King-Size (2019), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2021), The Complete Fantastic Four (1977), Smash! (1966)

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