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113August 1971
$0.15

Fantastic Four #113

Marvel · August 1971 · on sale 1971-05-18

First appearance: Over-MindFirst appearance: Grom1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#113
Publication date
August 1971
Key date
1971-08-00
On-sale date
1971-05-18
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 Over-Mind - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Grom - 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
0The Coming of the Over-Mind!cover1pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: Sam RosenBen Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Alicia Masters, Mister Fantastic, Over-Mind First, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Uatu, The Watcher, Grom First
2The Power of -- the Over-Mind!comic story19script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Artie SimekBruce Banner, Ben Grimm, Agatha Harkness, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, John Lindsay, Alicia Masters, Mister Fantastic, Over-Mind First, Franklin Richards, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
5-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
6Marvelmaniapromo (ad from the publisher)0.6script: ? (promo copy)Daredevil; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kraven; Mr. Fear; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Sub-Mariner
13-in-house column1script: Stan LeeIron Man; Captain America
15-letters page1.6colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
16-promo (ad from the publisher)0.4pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe SinnottOdin; Thor; Hela

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #931980On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #6
ISBN 0-7851-2697-X		2007On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #112113 of 416#114 ›

Sources

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