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49April 1966
$0.12

Fantastic Four #49

Marvel · April 1966 · on sale 1966-01-11

First appearance: Punisher Half-Robot Alien (Galactus)1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
April 1966
Key date
1966-04-00
On-sale date
1966-01-11
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 Punisher Half-Robot Alien (Galactus) - 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
0If This Be Doomsday!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenGalactus, Galan, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Norrin Radd, Reed Richards, Silver Surfer, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2If This Be Doomsday!comic story20script: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. RosenGalactus, Galan, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Alicia Masters, Mister Fantastic, Punisher Half-Robot Alien (Galactus) First, Norrin Radd, Reed Richards, Silver Surfer, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
3Marvel Collectors’ Item Classicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky, Dick Ayers; letters: Sam Rosen, Morrie KuramotoSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man; Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Jane Foster; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
14-in-house column1script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset
15-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (ad copy)Human Torch; Hulk; Spider-Man
16-letters page2script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Gene Colan; inks: Joe Sinnott, Gil Kane, Vince CollettaMr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Sub-Mariner; Hulk

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #361972On eBay ›
Marvel Treasury Edition #21974On eBay ›
Super-Villain Classics #11983On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #25
ISBN 0-87135-990-1		1993On eBay ›
Silver Surfer: The Coming of Galactus #[nn]
ISBN 0-87135-957-X		1992On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #3
ISBN 0-7851-0782-7		2000On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #5
ISBN 0-7851-1184-0		2004On 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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