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The Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 3

Stan Lee · Jack Kirby

Story era 02 · The Expanding Universe

Lee and Kirby’s Fantastic Four builds a shared world of family conflict, scientific adventure and cosmic encounters.

UnownedReading status not recorded952 pages36 full issues

Book 3 of 4 in Fantastic Four by Lee & Kirby · 0 of 4 owned · 3,528 pages in all

Setup & reading order

2 earlier books in this run come first
About these books · 4 sources

Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.

The books

This book

The Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 3

Omnibus hardcover · 952 pages · Unowned

Book 3 of 4 · The Expanding Universe

The cosmic and Negative Zone mythology expands through the partnership’s mature period.

Released 28 Jul 2021 · 952 pages · Alex Ross cover9781302930592Planned edition
Fantastic Four (1961)#61–93
Fantastic Four Annual#5–7
Not Brand Echh (1967) (partial — Fantastic Four material)#5–7
Earth-616 Primary

The Silver Surfer feature in Fantastic Four Annual #5 also appears in Silver Surfer Vol. 1, so it needs one reading. Not Brand Echh #5–7 contribute only the Fantastic Four parodies; treat those as comic side pieces rather than chapters of the main continuity.

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · The Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 3

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

Things to know

Collecting rule: Vols. 1–2 establish the Silver Age voice; the later volumes continue that same long run.

  • Four volumes preserve early-sixties pacing and repetition.
  • The fourth volume extends beyond Kirby to close the Lee sequence cleanly.