The order of the Fantastic Four: Epic Collection

Every once in a while, Marvel Comics publishes a series of trade paperbacks collecting together key stories from the Marvel Universe – epic tales from years gone by. One such series is the Fantastic Four: Epic Collection, which offers up some of the best FF stories of yesteryear.

If you are just getting into the Epic Collection, and you don’t know your ‘The Coming of Galactus’ from your ‘At War with Atlantis’, then you may wish to know what titles are in the collection and what order they should be read. Well, that’s where this post can help you out, as it contains a chronological reading order for all the Fantastic Four: Epic Collection books.

In addition, the list includes the Marvel Two-In-One books which feature The Thing, as well as the alternate universe books, Ultimate Fantastic Four, and the Doctor Doom Epic Collection.

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A list of Fantastic Four: Epic Collection in order

Below is a list of the trade paperbacks in the Fantastic Four: Epic Collection, Marvel Two-In-One: Thing: Epic Collection, and Ultimate Fantastic Four Collection. The books are listed in chronological order.

• Fantastic Four: The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine – Fantastic Four #1 – #18
• Fantastic Four: The Master Plan of Doctor Doom – Fantastic Four #19 – #32 and Fantastic Four Annual #1 – #2
• Fantastic Four: The Coming of Galactus – Fantastic Four #33 – #51 and Fantastic Four Annual #3
• Fantastic Four: The Mystery of the Black Panther – Fantastic Four #52 – #67, Fantastic Four Annual #4 – #5, and Not Brand Echh #1 and #5
• Fantastic Four: The Name is Doom – Fantastic Four #68 – #87, Fantastic Four Annual #6 and Not Brand Echh #6 – #7
• Fantastic Four: At War with Atlantis – Fantastic Four #88 – #104, Fantastic Four Annual #7, and Fantastic Four: The Lost Adventure
• Fantastic Four: Battle of the Behemoths – Fantastic Four #105 – #125
• Fantastic Four: Annihilus – Fantastic Four #126 – #146 and Giant-Size Super-Stars #1
• Marvel Two-In-One Presents: The Thing: Cry Monster – Marvel Feature (1971) #11 – #12, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #1 – #19 and Marvel Team-Up (1972) #47
• Fantastic Four: The Crusader Syndrome – Fantastic Four #147 – #167, Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2 – #4, Avengers #127, and material from Marvel Treasury Edition #2
• Fantastic Four: Counter-Earth Must Die – Fantastic Four #168 – #191, Fantastic Four Annual #11, Marvel Two-in-One #20, Marvel Two-in-One Annual #1, and material from Marvel Treasury Edition #11
• Marvel Two-In-One Presents: The Thing: Two Against Hydra – Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #20, #22 – #36, Marvel Two-In-One Annual (1976) #1, and Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #11
• Fantastic Four: Four No More – Fantastic Four #192 – #214, and Fantastic Four Annual #12 – #13
• Marvel Two-In-One Presents: The Thing: Remembrance of Things Past – Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #37 – #52 and Marvel Two-In-One Annual (1976) #2-4 and Avengers Annual (1967) #7
• Fantastic Four: The Possession of Franklin Richards – Fantastic Four #215 – #231, and Fantastic Four Annual #14 – #15
• Fantastic Four: All in the Family – Fantastic Four #296 – #307, Fantastic Four Annual #20 and Fantastic Four Vs. The X-Men #1-4
• Fantastic Four: The More Things Change… – Fantastic Four #308 – #320, Fantastic Four Annual #21, Incredible Hulk #350 and Marvel Graphic Novel: Hulk/Thing — The Big Change
• Fantastic Four: The Dream is Dead – Fantastic Four #321 – #333, Fantastic Four Annual #22, and Marvel Graphic Novel: Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom – Triumph and Torment
• Fantastic Four: Into the Timestream – Fantastic Four #334 – #346, Fantastic Four Annual #23, New Mutants Annual #6, X-Factor Annual #5 and X-Men Annual #14
• Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four – Fantastic Four #347 – #361, Fantastic Four Annual #24 and Marvel Holiday Special #1
• Fantastic Four: This Flame, This Fury – Fantastic Four #362 – #376, Fantastic Four Annual #25 – #26, and Adventures of the Thing #3
• Fantastic Four: Nobody Gets Out Alive – Fantastic Four #377 – #392, Fantastic Four Annual #27, Namor the Submariner #47 and #48 and Fantastic Four Ashcan Edition #1
• Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising – Fantastic Four #393 – #402, Fantastic Force #7 – #9, Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising #1 – #2, Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising Collector’s Preview #1
• Fantastic Four: Strange Days – Fantastic Four #403 – #416, Fantastic Four: The Legend, Onslaught: Marvel Universe, and material from Tales of the Marvel Universe

Doctor Doom

• Doctor Doom: Enter Doctor Doom – Fantastic Four (1961) #5 – #6, #10, #16 – #17, #23, #39 – 40, #57 – #60, #73 and Fantastic Four Annual #2 – #3, plus Amazing Spider-Man #5, Avengers #25, Daredevil #37 – #38, and Marvel Super-Heroes #20

Ultimate Fantastic Four

• Ultimate Fantastic Four: The Fantastic – Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 – #18

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Alex Wiggan

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