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Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1

First Funnies ⋅ 1939

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Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of Namor the Sub-Mariner

1st appearance of American Ace

1st appearance of the Holy One, later known as Thakorr, a former ruler of Atlantis

Only nine copies are known to exist

This comic was intended to be a giveaway at movie theaters but it never went into full production

Fantastic Four #2

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Fantastic Four #2
 
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1st team appearance of the Skrulls, the shape-shifting alien race

2nd team appearance of the Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four #5

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Fantastic Four #5
 
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1st appearance and origin of Doctor Doom

1st appearance of a Doombot

Strange Tales #102

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Strange Tales #102
 
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1st appearance and origin of the Wizard, Bentley Wittman

Fantastic Four #8

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Fantastic Four #8
 
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1st appearance of Alicia Masters

1st appearance of the Puppet Master

Fantastic Four #11

Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Fantastic Four #11
 
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1st appearance and origin of Impossible Man

Fantastic Four #14

Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Fantastic Four #14
 
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2nd appearance of the Puppet Master

Fantastic Four #15

Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Fantastic Four #15
 
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1st appearance of the Mad Thinker

1st appearance of the Awesome Android

Letters page includes a fan letter from future writer and Editor-In-Chief, Roy Thomas

Fantastic Four #36

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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Fantastic Four #36
 
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1st team appearance of the Frightful Four: Madame Medusa, Paste-Pot Pete, Sandman, Wizard

1st appearance of Medusa

Fantastic Four #49

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Fantastic Four #49
 
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1st full appearance of Galactus

1st cover and 2nd appearance of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four #56

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Fantastic Four #56
 
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2nd appearance of Klaw

Fantastic Four #65

Marvel ⋅ 1967

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Fantastic Four #65
 
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1st appearance of Ronan the Accuser, a high-ranking Kree who can trace his ancestry back to the early Kree tribes of Hala

1st appearance of the Supreme Intelligence, a collective information system of the greatest Kree minds

Fantastic Four Annual #5

Marvel ⋅ 1967

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Fantastic Four Annual #5
 
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1st appearance of Psycho-Man

First solo Silver Surfer story

Short story with an illustrated Stan Lee and Jack Kirby showing readers how they develop a plot

Fantastic Four Annual #6

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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Fantastic Four Annual #6
 
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1st appearance of Annihilus, ruler of the Negative Zone

1st appearance of Franklin Richards, as an unnamed infant, considered by Marvel to be the most powerful mutant in the Marvel Universe

[November 2024 - it is rumored Marvel is looking to cast a child in the role of Franklin Richards who will play the character through various ages in future projects]

Introduction of the Cosmic Control Rod, a weapon used by Annihilus that manipulates matter

[December 2024 - Annihilus rumored to be the villain for the Nova TV series]

Silver Surfer #3

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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Silver Surfer #3
 
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1st appearance of Mephisto

[October 2022 - speculation Sacha Baron Cohen will portray Mephisto in a Marvel project / July 2025 -confirmed]

1st cover appearance of Shalla-Bal

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