Dates
- Cover date
- [October] 1964
- On sale
- July 2, 1964
- Pages
- 76
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Fantastic Origin of Doctor Doom! · 12 pages
- Prisoners of Doctor Doom! Part 1 · 5 pages
Doctor Doom takes the Invisible Girl hostage to insure her teammates' obedience.
- Part 2 Back to the Past! · 5 pages
Doctor Doom brings the Fantastic Four to his castle stronghold in the USA. There he sends the Torch, the Thing and Mr. Fantastic back in time to retrieve the pirate Blackbeard's treasure.
- Part 3 On the Trail of Blackbeard · 3 pages
The Thing takes command of a sailing ship in the era of the pirate Blackbeard.
- Part 4 Battle! · 5 pages
The Thing takes on the role of Blackbeard the Pirate and wishes to remain in the past.
- Part 5 The Vengeance of Doctor Doom! · 5 pages
Doom tries to kill the Fantastic Four when they return from the past, but Invisible Girl saves them. Doom escapes with his jetpack.
- The Final Victory of Dr. Doom! · 25 pages
Doom attacks the Fantastic Four at a Latverian Embassy reception and is defeated by Reed's superior mental energy.
Reprinted in
The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Fantastic Four Adventures (2005), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Doctor Doom: The Book of Doom Omnibus (2022), The Best Marvel Stories by Stan Lee Omnibus (2022), The Fantastic Four Return (1967), Fantastic Annual (1967), Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of the Marvel Comics Villains (1976), Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of the Marvel Comics Villains (1976), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), The Villainy of Dr. Doom (1999), Best of the Fantastic Four (2005), Marvel Milestones: Doom, Sub-Mariner & Red Skull (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Fantastic Four (2015), Stan Lee Marvel Treasury Edition (2016), Doctor Doom Epic Collection (2025)