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The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #13 (Apr. 1963):
“The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko

The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #13

Title: “The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1963

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko


11 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
 Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
 Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
 Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Invisible Woman Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) hero
CBR Scale: S Episcopalian
 Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  Marvel 4,069
Red Ghost Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff) villain
CBR Scale: S Marxist Communist
 Super-Apes (leader); The Frightful Four Marvel 95
Igor Igor villain
CBR Scale: I uplifted animal
 baboon; Super-Apes
[baboon; metamorph]		 Marvel 22
Mikiho Mikiho villain
CBR Scale: I uplifted animal
 gorilla; Super-Apes
[gorilla; super-strong]		 Marvel 22
Peotor Peotor villain
CBR Scale: I uplifted animal
 orangutan; Super-Apes
[orangutan with magnetic powers]		 Marvel 22
The Watcher The Watcher (Uatu) supporting character
CBR Scale: S monotheist / Watcher religion,
focusing on non-interference
and observation
 The Watchers Marvel 582
The Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four hero group
   [1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)] Marvel 100
The Watchers The Watchers supporting character group
CBR Scale: M Watcher religion
 [alien race] Marvel 38

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “The Red Ghost”. Webpage for The Fantastic Four #13 (Apr. 1963) created 10 May 2013. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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