FANTASTIC FOUR #35 (1965): 1st Dragon Man; Reed proposes to Sue

This issue is titled, “Calamity on the campus!” When he wrote this issue, Stan Lee really, really wanted to be a novelist.  Writing comics was his second choice.  So, making the best of it, he tried to encourage an older readership—like college kids.  That way, he could be hip, happening, and with it.

On the plus side: Dragon Man!  A robot creature created by a college professor, imbued with extra power by the evil magician Diablo. 

The Marvel Universe criminal justice system is soft on crime.

Then, at the end of the issue, Reed Richards proposes to Susan Storm.

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