Fantastic Four #19

Cover Date: October 1963 Plot Overview: Reed calls for The Thing and Alicia Masters to come to the Baxter Building. When they arrive, he explains that he had been studying up on ancient Egypt and discovered a tale of a blind ancient Pharaoh. This Pharaoh was cured by a radioactive plant. Reed proposes...

Fantastic Four Annual #1

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: Namor has found the citizens of Atlantis and take his place as their king. Lady Dorma professes her love for Namor while Warlord Krang professes his love for Dorma. Namor has decided to exact his revenge on the surface world with the armies of Atlantis. We...

X-Men #1

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: Professor X summons the X-Men to start the issue. Cyclops, Angel, Beast and Iceman answer the call. Xavier tests the members of the team. Angel can fly, Beast has super strength and agility, Iceman has ice powers and Cyclops has eye beams. The team rough houses...

Strange Tales #112

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: The Torch flies over Glenville and realizes the people are annoyed with him. He heads home and Sue shows him a broadcast with a Tom Braddock running him down. The Torch leaves to confront Braddock but only makes things worse for himself. Meanwhile, the Eel...

Journey Into Mystery #96

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: Thor returns to the office and becomes Dr. Don Blake to start things off. Jane Foster is upset because Blake again disappeared and all of his patients gave up and went home. She thinks that Blake needs to be more responsible while Blake wonders what she would...

Amazing Spider-Man #4

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: The issue opens with Spider-Man foiling a couple of crooks about to rob a jewelry store. They claim that they were attacked and that Spider-Man has no proof that they were up to no good. They call for the police and Spider-Man realizes he's made a mistake...

Tales of Suspense #45

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: Tony Stark enters a race with a car created by his own technology. During the race, his chest plate begins to run out of power and his heart stops beating. Stark crashes the car and is trapped. A man named Happy Hogan comes out of the crowd and saves Stark...

Avengers #1

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: Loki is looking to cause some mischief to draw out Thor for another battle. He comes across the Hulk and tricks him with a mental projection of TNT on a train track. The Hulk smashes the tracks by mistake and has to quickly save an oncoming train. People...

Tales to Astonish #47

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: Ant-Man and the Wasp foil a jewel heist as the issue begins. The open of the diamond is grateful and talks about the master of hypnotism Ghazandi in India before they depart. The Wasp sees a jazz concert and asks Ant-Man if they can attend. Ant-Man refuses...

Fantastic Four #18

Cover Date: September 1963 Plot Overview: The Fantastic Four take it easy for once while on another planet the Skrulls are plotting revenge. A Skrull scientist introduces the Super-Skrull who has superior versions of all the FF's powers. The Super-Skrull demonstrates his powers to the approval of...

Strange Tales #111

Cover Date: August 1963 Plot Overview: Professor Kasloff is wandering the streets and trying to figure out how to become a successful criminal. He flashes back to his job and how he lacks the basic criminal knowledge to successful commit crimes. He decides that if he defeats the Human Torch that...

Journey Into Mystery #95

Cover Date: August 1963 Plot Overview: The issue opens with Thor using his Hammer to create a storm to end a drought on Asgard. He heads back to Earth to take part in a demonstration of an android that Dr. Don Blake has invented. The demonstration is being led by a Professor Zaxton. The android...

Tales of Suspense #44

Cover Date: August 1963 Plot Overview: Tony Stark heads to Egypt to help an old friend on a dig. Tony tells his friend that he needs Iron Man, who just happens to be in Egypt. Stark heads off and returns as IM. He finds the tomb of Hatap and digs it up. Later that night, Tony Stark is confronted...

Tales to Astonish #46

Cover Date: August 1963 Plot Overview: Ant-Man and Wasp come back from another fruitless patrol. Wasp complains that all the crime has dried up because everyone is afraid of them. Henry suggests they take a vacation and an excited Jan says they should go to Greece. Henry and Jan travel to Greece...

Fantastic Four #17

Cover Date: August 1963 Plot Overview: The FF return from the events of last issue and almost immediately start up a search for the at large Dr. Doom. He is nowhere to be found so the FF head to an unnamed social event. They get mobbed by the crowd and a janitor helps them escape. The janitor...

Strange Tales #110

Cover Date: July 1963 Plot Overview: The story opens with the Torch trying to study and ultimately going over old cases. He remembers his battle with the Wizard and his battle with Paste-Pot Pete and how both men came close to beating him. The scene shifts as Paste-Pot Pete has returned and he's...

Journey Into Mystery #94

Cover Date: July 1963 Plot Overview: A missile goes off course and the world sends out a call for Thor. Doctor Donald Blake heeds the call and becomes Thor. He throws his Hammer and blows the missile up. Meanwhile, Loki is trapped on Asgard and uses his magic to create an illusion. Thor looks...

Amazing Spider-Man #3

Cover Date: July 1963 Plot Overview: Spider-Man captures some thugs as the issue opens. He wishes that for once he'd face a real challenge. The scene shifts to a Dr. Octavius who has developed a special rig with four arms to aid in his nuclear research. There's an explosion and he's gravely injured....

Tales of Suspense #43

Cover Date: July 1963 Plot Overview: An experimental fan goes haywire at Stark Industries and Iron Man saves the day. Tony Stark later arrives to check on things. Random men start disappearing until Stark himself becomes enclosed and sinks to the center of the Earth. He's greeted by Kala, Ruler...

Tales to Astonish #45

Cover Date: July 1963 Plot Overview: We catch up with Egghead who has taken refuge in a flop house since his last battle with the Ant-Man. We get a brief recap of Tales to Astonish #38. Egghead overhears two thugs who were foiled recently by Ant-Man. Egghead recruits them so that he can plot his...

Fantastic Four #16

Cover Date: July 1963 Plot Overview: The Human Torch returns to the Baxter Building during a blackout and finds that his teammates have been shrunk and are being sucked into a vent. The Torch acts quickly and welds the vent shut. The others return to their normal size. Each member admits that they've...

Strange Tales #109

Cover Date: June 1963 Plot Overview: The Human Torch runs across a man known as the Sorcerer running kids off of his property with dogs. The Torch uses his flames to stop the Sorcerer and he vows revenge for the Torch's interference. The Sorcerer reveals that he has the legendary Pandora's Box....

Journey Into Mystery #93

Cover Date: June 1963 Plot Overview: The issue starts with Thor thwarting a Chinese attack on a group of Hindu people. The Chinese plot how they can defeat Thor and crush the morale of the West. A man named Chen Lu boasts that all of the Chinese scientists won't rest until they find a way to defeat...