Fantastic Four (comic book) leave. Comics historian Stephen Krensky said that "Lee's natural dialogue and flawed characters appealed to 1960s kids looking to 'get real'". As of 2005, 150 million comics featuring the Fantastic Four had been sold. The Fantastic Four stories have been collected into several trade paperback and hardcover editions. As part of the "Essential Marvel" range: As part of the "Marvel Masterworks" series: As part of the "Epic Collection" series: "The Fantastic Four" has been published in translation around the world, beginning in 1962 in Mexico as "Los Cuatro Fantásticos" published by La Prensa until the mid-1970s, then by Macc Division
Fantastic Four (comic book) ... 'If the Justice League is selling', spoke he, 'why don't we put out a comic book that features a team of superheroes?'" The release of "The Fantastic Four" #1 (Nov. 1961) was an unexpected success. Lee had felt ready to leave the comics field at the time, but the positive response to "Fantastic Four" persuaded him to stay on. The title began to receive fan mail and Lee started printing the letters in a letter column with issue #3. Also with the third issue, Lee created the hyperbolic slogan "The Greatest Comic Magazine in the World!!" With the following