Today's edition of Stupid Panels of the Silver Age comes to us from Marvel Comics' "Fantastic Four" #7, October 1962, "Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X"!

On far-off Planet X, mighty Kurrgo contemplates the future of his planet...

Yes, superior in every way. Except when it comes to naming planets.

And in space travel.

"Freaking hell, Bob! Quit bringing up the damn spaceships! You KNOW we only bothered to build two of them! For ceremonial purposes only!"

Kurrgo's plan, therefore, is to kidnap the Fantastic Four and let them figure a way out of this mess. Reed, ever the scientist, does indeed come up with something in just under three panels. He plans to shrink the entire populace of Planet X (X-icans? X-itos? X-men?) so they can all fit on the remaining rocketship. Then, once they reach a new homeworld, they can use an expander gas to return to normal size.

Except that Kurrgo has other plans...

Do what with your finger?

Not so superior now, eh bitch? I believe this makes Kurrgo the only villain in Marvel history to be defeated because he tripped. (EDIT: Unbelievably, Puppet Master trips to his end in the very next issue. You can't say Stan Lee never knew a great gimmick!)

But Mr. Fantastic has the last laugh:

Until they all get eaten by giant bugs, genius.

Yes, when the Fantastic Four knowingly mislead the civilization of an entire planet without remorse or concern, you know you're reading Stupid Panels of the Silver Age! I wonder if Marvel ever did a story that returned to New Planet X? Hopefully Galactus was in it.