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91October 1969
$0.15

Fantastic Four #91

Marvel · October 1969 · on sale 1969-07-16

First appearance: TorgoFirst appearance: Boss BarkerFirst appearance: Lippy Louie1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#91
Publication date
October 1969
Key date
1969-10-00
On-sale date
1969-07-16
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Napoleon G. Robberson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Thing Enslaved!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenBoss Barker First, Ben Grimm, Lippy Louie First, The Thing
2The Thing -- Enslaved!comic story20script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: S. RosenBoss Barker First, Crystal, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Lippy Louie First, Machine Gun Martin, Alicia Masters, Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff, Mister Fantastic, Franklin Richards, Reed Richards, Napoleon G. Robberson First, Slave-Master
4The Latest and Greatest Goodies from Maniacal Marvel!in-house column1script: Smiley
10Tower of Shadowspromo (ad from the publisher)0.4pencils: John Romita, Gil Kane; inks: John Romita, Dan Adkins; letters: Sam RosenCaptain Marvel; Rick Jones; Captain America
14-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenDr. Doom

Plus 11.6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

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Marvel's Greatest Comics #731977On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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