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Fantastic Four Vol 1 20

Fantastic Four Vol 1 #20

November, 1963

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby
George Roussos

"The Mysterious Molecule Man!"
Writers Stan Lee Pencilers Jack Kirby Inkers Dick Ayers Colourists Stan Goldberg Letterers Artie Simek Editors Stan Lee

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The only thing worse than hating a Yancy Streeter is havin' to be grateful to one!

-- The Thing

Appearing in "The Mysterious Molecule Man!"Edit

Featured Characters:

The Fantastic Four

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

Molecule Man (Owen Reece) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations:

New York City
- Baxter Building
- Yancy Street
Watcher's Citadel
ACME Atomics Corporation (First appearance)

Items:

Molecule Man's Wand

Synopsis for "The Mysterious Molecule Man!"Edit

After examining an asteroid with proof of organic life in space, the Fantastic Four investigate a strange fireball that has appeared in the streets. Sucked into it, they find it's a device belonging to the Watcher. Inside the Watcher tells the Fantastic Four of a man who was exposed to a nuclear accident which transformed him into the Molecule Man. Warning of the potential danger of the Molecule Man's molecule altering abilities, the Watcher sends out the FF to stop him.

In their initial conflict, the FF seem unable to defeat him and each attempt to stop the Molecule Man is met with failure. Fed up of the FF's interference, the Molecule Man errects a glass dome around Manhatten and demands that the people of the city help him capture the FF.

Reed eventually realizes that the Molecule Man's powers don't seem to have any effect on organic material and so they lay a trap in which they pose as statues in Alicia's apartment while Alicia alerts the Molecule Man of their location. When the Molecule Man's powers fail to effect the FF, they are able to knock his magic wand -- the focal point of his power -- out of his hands and keep it away from him long enough for the Watcher to arrive and take the Molecule Man away.

NotesEdit

Mister Fantastic and the Human Torch last appeared in Avengers #1.5; They both appear next in Strange Tales #115.

The Invisible Girl and the Thing last appeared in Avengers #1.5; They both appear next in Fantastic Four #21.

The Watcher last appeared in Fantastic Four #13; He appears next in Tales of Suspense #49.
The Molecule Man appears next in Marvel Two-In-One #1.

Mister Fantastic is estatic about finding what appears to be a dehydrated acorn within a meteorite he is studying. He claims that it proves that some form of life must exist in outer space. Apparently Reed has momentarily forgotten about the Fantastic Four's encounters with the Skrulls and the Xantha?

This issue contains a letters page, Fantastic Four Fan Page. Letters are published from james maupin, Anonymous, Wayne Shephard, Richard Cohen, Fantastic Four Fan Club; Mark Gruenwald (Secretary), Dana Riel, Karl Spence, John Furek, Don Keefer, Kevin Shields, and George R. Martin. The letters page also contains a Special Announcements Section.