Essential The Fantastic Four Vol 1 Author:Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #1-20 and ANNUAL #1. Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY. These early classic Stan Lee/Jack Kirby adventures of Marvel's First Family - the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch, the Thing and Mr. Fantastic - defined the Marvel Age of Comics!