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62May 1967
$0.12

Fantastic Four #62

Marvel · May 1967 · on sale 1967-02-14

First appearance: Blastaar1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#62
Publication date
May 1967
Key date
1967-05-00
On-sale date
1967-02-14
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 Blastaar - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0...And One Shall Save Him!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenBlastaar First, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Triton
2...And One Shall Save Him!comic story20script: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenBlack Bolt, Blastaar First, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Crystal, Gorgon, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Karnak, Lockjaw, Flint Marko, Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff, Medusa
5Marvel Collectors’ Item Classics; Marvel Talespromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck; inks: Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Dick Ayers, Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek, Sam RosenThor; Sif; Orikal; Carbon-Copy Man [Zano]; Acrobat [Carl Zante]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Jack Kirby; Stan Lee; Iron Man [Don Heck]; Pepper Potts; Happy Hogan; Jack Fro
11-in-house column1script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (panel backgrounds only); letters: typeset
12-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: ? (ad copy)
13-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: ? (ad copy)Captain America; Thor; Dr. Strange; Human Torch; Spider-Man; Hulk; Sub-mariner; Iron Man
14-letters page2script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SinnottMr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #451973On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #3
ISBN 0-7851-0782-7		2000On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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