Fantastic Four  (1961)

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Marvel ⋅ 1980
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1st appearance of The Elementals of Doom: Air, Water, Fire and Earth

Marvel ⋅ 1981
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1st appearance of Aunt Petunia, the Aunt of Ben Grimm whom he references often but her identity is not revealed until the next issue

Origin of Frankie Raye

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Woman introduced in Fantastic Four #238 revealed to be Aunt Petunia, the family relation Ben Grimm often references

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1st appearance of Luna Maximoff, the daughter of Quicksilver and the Inhuman, Crystal

The Inhumans move to the moon

In a panel where Black Bolt speaks, causing a massive explosion, there is an editor’s note that reads 'we're not going to insult your intelligence by placing a sound effect in this panel'. This is said to be a reference to an argument Byrne had with X-Men writer Chris Claremont, concerning the inclusion of a text representation of an explosion in X-Men #119 that Byrne felt was unnecessary

Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Iconic cover art by John Byrne

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1st appearance of Frankie Raye as the second Nova, becomes a Herald of Galactus

[January 2023 - rumors are circulating that the Herald of Galactus will be female]

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1st appearance of Avatar, Franklin Richards as an adult

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1st appearance of Kristoff Vernard, the adopted son of Doctor Doom and heir to Latveria

Appears as Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four #278

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Horizontal format on cover and throughout entire story

Issue included the 'Tattooz' giveaway bound between the front cover and first page

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1st appearance of Mantracora

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Destruction of Tarnax IV, the Skrull Throneworld, devoured by Galactus

Death of Skrull princess, Annelle

Death of Empress R'Klll

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Cover art by John Byrne featuring Doctor Doom

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She-Hulk joins the Fantastic Four

The Thing quits the Fantastic Four

The Skrull, Lyja replaces Alicia Masters in this issue which is later revealed in Fantastic Four #357

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Death of Valeria Richards, miscarriage due to complication in utero from having been conceived in the Negative Zone

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1st appearance of Terminus, a life form engineered by an extraterrestrial race

Marvel ⋅ 1984
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1st appearance of Gormuu

Marvel ⋅ 1984
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1st cameo appearance of Nathaniel Richards, the father of Reed Richards who exists in an alternate reality after attempting to time travel into the future but instead, traveling sideways into a parallel time stream

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1st full appearance of Nathaniel Richards

Origin of Kang Prime, specifically how he discovered the time travel research of his ancestor to travel to ancient Egypt and become Rama-Tut

This version of Kang was born in the 30th century and is a descendant of Nathaniel Richards

Nathaniel Richards, the father of Reed Richards, inadvertently traveled into a parallel timestream while attempting to travel to the future

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Centuries after this event occurred, his descendant who would become Kang was born and utilized the research of his ancestor to travel back to ancient Egypt and become Rama-Tut

Marvel ⋅ 1985
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