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Fantastic Four Vol 1 16

Fantastic Four Vol 1 #16

July, 1963

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers

"The Micro-World of Doctor Doom"
Writers Stan Lee Pencilers Jack Kirby Inkers Dick Ayers Colourists Stan Goldberg Letterers Artie Simek Editors Stan Lee

"Fantastic Four Feature Page"
Writers Stan Lee Pencilers Jack Kirby Inkers Dick Ayers

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I love Alicia, and she loves me best as ... The Thing! So why don't you forget about tryin' to change me back, and work on some way to make her see again instead?

-- Ben Grimm

Appearing in "The Micro-World of Doctor Doom"Edit

Featured Characters:

The Fantastic Four

Supporting Characters:

Alicia Masters

Villains:

Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)

Other Characters:

Ant-Man (Henry Pym)
Wasp
Pearla (First appearance)
Ant-Man's Ants
King of Sub-Atomica
Lizard Men of Tok (Only Appearance)^[1]
Molly Margaret McSnide (Only Appearance)^[1]
New York policemen

Locations:

Items:

Ant-Man's Helmet
Reducing Ray
Ant-Man's Catapult/Rocket Launcher
Crystal Magnifying Amplfier

Vehicles:

Fantasti-Car MK II

Synopsis for "The Micro-World of Doctor Doom"Edit

When the Fantastic Four are plagued by a series of incidents where they suddenly shrink to miniature size and suddenly return to normal, the call on Ant-Man for help, when Ant-Man arrives he gives Reed a sample of his shrinking gas and leaves to see what he can figure out in his own lab.

After experimenting while the other FF have some leisure time, Reed completes a new version of the formula and the FF ingest it shrinking down to microscopic size. Finding themselves in a Microverse where a kingdom has been taken over by Dr. Doom, the Fantastic Four are defeated by Doom's warriors and taken prisoner. When Ant-Man returns and finds the FF missing, he shrinks down to microscopic size, and finds himself captured as well.

When the FF free themselves from their prison, they free Ant-Man as well and the five heroes work togeather to fight off Dr. Doom and his followers. Doom retreats by resuming his normal size, and all his minions are rounded up. The restored king of the land thanks the Fantastic Four and Ant-Man for ousting Doom, and the heroes return to their normal size.

Appearing in "Fantastic Four Feature Page"Edit

Featured Characters:

Mr. Fantastic

Other Characters:

Sue Storm

Synopsis for "Fantastic Four Feature Page"Edit

A one page description on the powers of Mr. Fantastic.

NotesEdit

Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and the Thing last appeared in Strange Tales #111; They all appear next in Fantastic Four #17.

Ant-Man last appeared in Tales to Astonish #45; He appears next in Fantastic Four #17.

The Wasp last appeared in Tales to Astonish #45; She appears next in Tales to Astonish #46.

Doctor Doom last appeared in Fantastic Four #10; He appears next in Fantastic Four #17.

Pearla and the Lizard Men of Tok both appear next in Marvel Two-In-One #87.

This issue features a 2 page letters page: Fantastic Four Fan Page. Letters are published from Clifford Garber, Martha Beck, Marya Rice, Phil Castora, Bill DeAndrew, George Kitchen, Gregg Smith, Tom Dietz and David Singer. The letters page also features a Special Announcement Section.

Mister Fantastic tells Ant-Man that he may be able to develop a shrinking serum himself, but it would take time. What about the Shrinking Gas (supposedly based on Ant-Man's formula) that he manufactured on Planet X in Fantastic Four #7? What happened to Doctor Doom's reducing ray - the one that sent him to Sub-Atomica back in Fantastic Four #10 in the first place?