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107February 1971
$0.15

Fantastic Four #107

Marvel · February 1971 · on sale 1970-11-17

First appearance: Richard Janus1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#107
Publication date
February 1971
Key date
1971-02-00
On-sale date
1970-11-17
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Richard Janus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0And Now-- The Thingcover1pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenBen Grimm, The Thing
2And Now...The Thing!comic story19script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Artie SimekAnnihilus, Ebony, Ben Grimm, Agatha Harkness, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Richard Janus First, Alicia Masters, Mister Fantastic, Franklin Richards, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
4-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
5Super Poster Offerpromo (ad from the publisher)0.6pencils: John Romita, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Herb Trimpe; inks: John Romita, Mike Royer, Jim Steranko, Herb Trimpe
12-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
15-letters page1colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #871980On eBay ›
Marvel Selects: Fantastic Four #12000On eBay ›
Battle of the Behemoths
ISBN 978-1-302-92913-8		2021On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #4
ISBN 978-1-302-93050-9		2021On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #106107 of 416#108 ›

Sources

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