Fantastic Four #35 for Sale - First Appearance of Abner Jenkins - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue: #35
Publication date: February 1965
Key date: 1965-02-00
On-sale date: 1964-11-10
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 Abner Jenkins - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Manfred - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Calamity on the Campus!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Dragon Man, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2	Calamity on the Campus!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Esteban Corazón de Ablo, Diablo, Dragon Man, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, Scott Summers, The Thing, Charles Xavier
3	The Merry Marvel Marching Society	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone, Dick Ayers; letters: Sam Rosen	Attuma, Bruce Banner, Bull Brogin, Captain America, Izzy Cohen, Yogi Dakor, Dum Dum Dugan, Ernst First, Fritz First, Nick Fury, Giant-Man, Ben Grimm, Handsome Harry, Hulk
15	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky	Doctor Strange, Human Torch, Johnny Storm, Stephen Strange
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone, Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek	Angel, Bruce Banner, Beast, Beetle First, Captain America, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Harvey Elder, Giant-Man, Jean Grey, Hulk, Human Torch, Iceman, Iron Man

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel's Greatest Comics #27	1970	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 ›
The Fantastic Four Return #72-169	1967	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #3435 of 416#36 ›

Sources

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

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