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31October 1964
$0.12

Fantastic Four #31

Marvel · October 1964 · on sale 1964-07-09

First appearance: Franklin Storm1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#31
Publication date
October 1964
Key date
1964-10-00
On-sale date
1964-07-09
Indicia publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Franklin Storm - 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 Mad Menace of the Macabre Mole Man!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenHarvey Elder, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Mole Man, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2The Mad Menace of the Macabre Mole Man!comic story21script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. RosenCaptain America, Harvey Elder, Giant-Man, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Mole Man, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Steve Rogers
34 More Marvel Masterpieces!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Chic Stone; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek
10Marvel Talespromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen
12-letters page2script: Stan Lee, Mike Friedrich

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #231969On eBay ›
Marvel's Greatest Comics #291970On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #21
ISBN 0-87135-913-8		1992On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #4
ISBN 0-7851-1183-2		2003On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #2
ISBN 0-7851-2403-9		2007On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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