Editing Impossible Man (section)

==Publication history==
The Impossible Man first appeared in ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #11 (February 1963), and was created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]]. According to Lee in a 1970 interview, this "was the worst-selling ''Fantastic Four'' we've ever had". In Lee's opinion, the green alien on the cover was "too unusual and too frivolous."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fingeroth |first1=Danny |last2=Thomas |first2=Roy |title=The Stan Lee Universe |date=2011 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490304 |pages=97–102}}</ref>

After a long absence, Impossible Man returned in ''Fantastic Four'' #175 (October 1976) and visited the Marvel Comics office. At the end of the story, he was adopted by the Fantastic Four. This time, the character became popular.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brevoort |first1=Tom |last2=DeFalco |first2=Tom |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=Sanderson |first4=Peter |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |title=Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History |date=2017 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1465455505 |page=90}}</ref> He remained a regular part of the comic until #195 (June 1978), when Sue told him that she was tired of him, and he turned into a bee and flew away.

Originally, there were no limits to Impossible Man's transforming abilities - he convincingly imitated Sue Richards in ''Fantastic Four'' #175 (October 1976) and [[Jimmy Carter]] in ''[[Marvel Two-in-One]]'' #27 (May 1977). ''[[New Mutants|The New Mutants]]'' Annual #3 (September 1987) introduced the limitation that all of his transformations share his default color scheme of green and purple.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cronin |first1=Brian |title=When The Impossible Man Got Stuck With the Colors Purple and Green! |url=https://www.cbr.com/fantastic-four-impossible-man-purple-green-stuck/ |website=CBR.com |access-date=18 January 2020 |date=June 14, 2019}}</ref>