Fantastic Four Annual #5 for Sale - First Appearance of Psycho-Man - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: November 1967
Key date: 1967-11-00
On-sale date: 1967-08-01
Indicia publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Ivan Karlovich - 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	-	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Black Bolt, Black Panther, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Crystal, Gorgon, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Karnak, Triton, Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff, Medusa, Psycho-Man First, Johnny Storm
1	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen
2	Divide--and Conquer!	comic story	30	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sammy Rosen	Black Bolt, Black Panther, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Crystal, Gorgon, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Ivan Karlovich First, Karnak, Live Wire First, Lockjaw, Alicia Masters
4	This Is a Plot?	comic story	3	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: L. P. Gregory	Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Harvey Elder, Mole Man, Roy Thomas First
6	The Ultimate Inhuman... Black Bolt	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Black Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon
7	The Gentleman's Name Is... Gorgon	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Gorgon
9	Magnificent Medusa	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Medusa
10	Karnak the Shatterer!	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Karnak
11	The Mysterious Triton	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Triton
12	Call Her Crystal	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Crystal, Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff
14	Maximus, the Mad	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Maximus
15	The Greatest Array of Supporting Characters Ever Assembled in One Issue	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Black Panther, Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Galactus, Galan, Lockjaw, Alicia Masters, Norrin Radd, Silver Surfer, T'Challa, Uatu, The Watcher, Wyatt Wingfoot
16	Welcome to the Wonderful World of the Fantastic Four!	illustration	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
18	The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: F. Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Quasimodo First, Norrin Radd, Silver Surfer
19	Super-Heroes Club	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Giant-Size Defenders #1	1974	On eBay ›
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #5	1975	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #19 ISBN 0-87135-808-5	1991	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #25 ISBN 0-87135-990-1	1993	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #213	1988	On eBay ›
Essential Silver Surfer #1 ISBN 0-7851-0271-X	1998	On eBay ›
The Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0079-2	1995	On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #4 ISBN 0-7851-1484-X	2005	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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