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1st appearance of the Puppet Master and Alicia Masters; Jack Kirby cvr/art; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)


Fantastic Four #8 easily makes it into the vital keys of the Marvel Age with the first appearance of both the Puppet Master and Alicia Masters. The Puppet Master, of course, would become one of Marvel's favorite villains as he controls people that he's replicated as mystical clay figurines. The real draw of this issue still remains his daughter. Blind sculptress Alicia Masters would go on to become the long-term paramour of Ben Grimm, aka the Thing. Alicia would provide the orange gargantuan with a loving mate that would help him overcome the trauma of his transformation into a living pile of rocks. Later, the couple would adopt some alien kids and help tp expand the FF's family unit.