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108March 1971
$0.15

Fantastic Four #108

Marvel · March 1971 · on sale 1970-12-15

First appearance: Nega-Man1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#108
Publication date
March 1971
Key date
1971-03-00
On-sale date
1970-12-15
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 Nega-Man - 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
0-cover1pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: Morrie KuramotoBen Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Nega-Man First, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2The Monstrous Mystery of the Nega-Man!comic story19script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, John Buscema, John Romita; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenAnnihilus, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Nega-Man First, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
4-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (background only); letters: typeset
5Marvelmaniapromo (ad from the publisher)0.6pencils: Jim Steranko, Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe, John Romita, John Buscema; inks: Jim Steranko, Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe, John Romita, John Buscema; letters: Mike Royer
13-in-house column1script: Stan LeeThor; Daredevil
16-letters page1.6script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SinnottThe Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal
17Creatures on the Loosepromo (ad from the publisher)0.4pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson; letters: Morrie KuramotoKing Kull

Plus 12 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 #881980On eBay ›
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ISBN 978-1-302-92913-8		2021On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #107108 of 416#109 ›

Sources

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