Catnip is miffed that she’s going to lose her commission due to Cassie Cruz’s new policy. To make matters worse, the superheroes seem to have had advance notice on a number of Evil Inc schemes. Evil Inc has a mole. But who…?
Transcript
Evil Inc – January 30, 2025
by Brad J. Guigar
Panel 1:
(Setting: The Evil Inc breakroom where several villains are gathered. Catnip, a blonde woman in a blue catsuit, stands with her hands on her hips. Miss Match, a red-haired woman in red and orange, is making coffee; Lightning Lady, a blonde in a blue costume; Desdemona, a red-skinned woman in a black and red outfit; Giant Tess, a woman in a green and orange suit; and Count Spurlock, a green-skinned man in a vest.)
Catnip: "Think about it! To be inside the building, Captain Heroic had to know about the Mime’s plans in advance!"
Lightning Lady: "That’s odd. When Dreadshade cracked the safe at Fairmount Bank, he got glitter-bombed!"
Count Spurlock: "I saw. The guy looked like he went down on Shirley Eaton.*"
Caption (bottom): "*You’ve got Google. Look it up."
Panel 2:
Catnip: "And don’t forget what happened when Dr. Patchwork heisted that shipment of arms…"
(Dr. Patchwork stands in front of a group of zombie henchmen with no arms. He opens a crate of weapons.)
Dr. Patchwork: "Damn it! These are just guns!"
Panel 3:
(Catnip raises a finger, looking serious.)
Catnip: "Face it. Someone is leaking information about our clients’ schemes to the superheroes."
Panel 4:
(A flashback scene shows Cassie Cruz, a brunette in glasses and a white blouse, packing up her office at the “Silver Agency,” a superhero placement agency that is now closed.)
Narration box: "And it’s been happening ever since 'Little Miss Silver Agency' took over."
Panel 5:
(Catnip clenches her fist, her expression determined.)
Catnip: "The answer is clear… WE NEED TO GET RID OF CASSIE CRUZ."
Oh... and this is Shirley Eaton.
Lisa Kirby and John Morrow Discuss “Fantastic Four: Lost”
Comic Book Resources has a very interesting interview about “Fantastic Four: Lost” — a lost episode of FF by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — with Jack’s daughter and a noted Kirby historian.
[COMIC BOOK RESOURCES]
“From what I understand, my father submitted art that was intended for FF # 102,” [Lisa] Kirby explained. “Stan Lee apparently felt at the time that this work could not be used. The artwork was shelved for a few months, and then parts of it resurfaced for FF # 108. It was during this time my father had turned in his resignation at Marvel and moved on to DC.
“This project was brought to my attention by John Morrow,â€? continued Kirby. “Tom Brevoort had contacted him about his idea of putting this ‘lost’ issue together. John then contacted me, and filled me in on the origin and history behind the lost pages. He also mentioned that Tom would like to get Stan Lee to do the dialogue and possibly Joe Sinnott to ink. I had to say I was pretty intrigued about the idea.”
The aforementioned resignation is significant according to Morrow, who said that after Jack Kirby left Marvel, things changed quite a bit. “Jack soon after turned in his final FF story (which ended up going in #102) along with his resignation from Marvel, and the Marvel Age effectively came to an end,” explained the historian. “Without Kirby at Marvel, the company really took on a different feel, and Stan himself retired from writing comics soon after. The ‘House of Ideas’ was never the same after that. So this final, reassembled story is one last look at the greatness that was the 1960s Marvel Age of Comics.”
[COMIC BOOK RESOURCES] “From what I understand, my father submitted art that was intended for FF # 102,” [Lisa] Kirby explained. “Stan Lee apparently felt at the time that this work could not be used. The artwork was shelved for a few months, and then parts of it resurfaced for FF # 108. It was during this time my father had turned in his resignation at Marvel and moved on to DC. 
