Publishers / Marvel / Fantastic Four (1961) / #80
80November 1968
$0.12

Fantastic Four #80

Marvel · November 1968 · on sale August 13, 1968

First appearance: Silent FoxFirst appearance: Tomazooma RobotFirst appearance: Tomazooma
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#80
Publication date
November 1968
Key date
November 1968
On-sale date
August 13, 1968
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 Silent Fox - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan GoldbergBen Grimm, Human Torch, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Tomazooma Robot First, Wyatt Wingfoot
2Where Treads the Living Totem!comic story20script: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenCrystal, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Silent Fox First, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Tomazooma First, Tomazooma Robot First, Wyatt Wingfoot
4Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kitpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (ad copy)Spider-Man; Thor; The Thing; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Hulk
10-in-house column1script: SmileyThe Thing [Ben Grimm]
13-letters page2pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenHuman Torch [Johnny Storm]
14Now in Full Color!promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typesetSpider-Man; Green Goblin

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #621976On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #4
ISBN 0-7851-1484-X		2005On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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