Fantastic Four #32 for Sale - First Appearance of Kl'rt - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue: #32
Publication date: November 1964
Key date: 1964-11-00
On-sale date: 1964-08-11
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 Kl'rt - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Super-Skrull - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Invincible Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Franklin Storm.

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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Death of a Hero!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invincible Man First, Invisible Girl, Kl'rt First, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2	Death of a Hero!	comic story	21	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Kl'rt First, Alicia Masters, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Franklin Storm Death, Johnny Storm, Super-Skrull First, The Thing
3	More Triumphs for Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Chic Stone; letters: Sam Rosen	Awesome Android, Bruce Banner, Captain America, Giant-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, Flint Marko, Peter Parker, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers, Sandman, Spider-Man, Tony Stark, Janet Van Dyne
10	More Triumphs for Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta, Chic Stone; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek	The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Masters of Evil [Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]; Enchantress [Amora]; Executioner [Skurge]]; Sergeant Nick Fury; the Howling Commandos [Iz
12	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby	Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; Invisible Girl; Thing

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel's Greatest Comics #24	1969	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #21 ISBN 0-87135-913-8	1992	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #4 ISBN 0-7851-1183-2	2003	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #2 ISBN 0-7851-2403-9	2007	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #3132 of 416#33 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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