Fantastic Four 10

In this issue:

The Return of Doctor Doom!
23 pages :: Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers
reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics 8, Marvel Masterworks

When this issue was reprinted in Marvel's Greatest Comics, Stan had the figure of Jack changed to be Stan standing further away so that he got all the credit. Just kidding. :)

This was my first Marvel Comics purchase. I found this to be a very strange comic what with the creators appearing within, the FF bickering amongst themselves, the eerie mind transfer that Doom effected. All of this was very alien to my DC Comics oriented mind. I kept this book for several years until I traded it away! Although I returned to Marvel thereafter and purchased many of the FF back issues, I never re-purchased FF #10,

Is this the first appearance of Stan Lee and/or Jack Kirby in a comic book? I've perused my Overstreet and the Internet but couldn't find out for sure.

I can remember Stan Lee “appearing” in “The Chamber of Fear” story in Tales of Suspense # 33, although his “appearance” was more or less like this story, where he was obscured in the story panels and referred to only as “The Editor”; there were a few other stories as well.

Stan Lee appears in Astonishing #4 (1953), in a story called “The Nightmare,” drawn by Al Plastino, and scripted by Hank Chapman. He appears as the editor of Marvel Tales and Astonishing, is called “Stan” by the story's protagonist, and is not obscured by shadows. I do not know if this is his earliest appearance.
You can see this story at:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/pedgcurtis/indexweird.htm

Stan Lee also appears in Suspense #29 (April '53) in a story called “The Raving Maniac,” written by Stan and drawn by Joe Maneely. Stan is shown as a comic book editor confronting a Fredric Wertham clone who bursts into the office denouncing horror comics. You can read about this story, and the arguments Stan uses, at:
http://frostbytei.com/jc/3page20.html

please could u send me stan lees adreess because i want to send him one of my own home made comics

At first, I thought that the continuing story of the X-Men should bring out the story of Apocalypse, but after thinking about it I've concluded that it might be too hard. X-Men 3 should focus on the prejudge towards mutants. The Morlocks of the X-Men comics should be the main focus because the discription of the Morlocks discribe them as something very different in physical features to humans. Racial segregation, graphically violence, poverty, and basic unfair treatment towards people like the Morlocks should show an equally violent hatred reaction from the mutants that would result in “massive” blood shed between Mutants and Humans, while the X-Men fight on the side lines for peace. Lastly, X-Men 2 was more about the good guys verses the the bad guys; X-men 3 should be more about how the average human treats a mutant or views a Mutant.

I just purchased a decent copy of FF#10 on Ebay for a hundred bucks. I bought it as a kid for 12 cents, and I never thought that I would grow up to be the kind of adult that would buy that same comic book for big bucks. Those early FF covers, such as issue #10, were classics. Dr. Doom was a really cool villian, with his sinister armor & hooded costume. When Dr. Doom removed his mask in issue #10, I thought that it was really eerie. I really wanted to see his face, but as a kid, I could only imagine the hideous features of the evil villian. I always imagined him to look like the wife of the Nazi doctor in that cheesy 1950's horror movie, SHE DEVILS. She had horrible facial burns, resembling a human skull covered with burnt flesh. That's how I thought Dr. Doom looked underneath his mask, and for many years, that was good enough for me. The appearance of Stan & Jack on the cover & the story amused me as a kid, and their encounter with the evil doctor was truly a classic moment in early Marvel comics.

could yall send me stan lees address id like 2 send him a sketch thanks so much kevin

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