Fantastic Four #25 - First Appearance of Matt Murdock, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue: #25
Publication date: April 1964
Key date: April 1964
On-sale date: January 10, 1964
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 (promotional) of Matt Murdock - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Daredevil - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

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	The Incredible Hulk versus the Thing!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Bruce Banner, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2	The Hulk vs. The Thing	comic story	22	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: G. Bell; letters: S. Rosen	Bruce Banner, Captain America, Giant-Man, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Iron Man, Rick Jones, Alicia Masters, Mister Fantastic, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, Reed Richards
9	Another Triumph for Marvel!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Artie Simek	Daredevil First, Matt Murdock First
11	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky, Dick Ayers	Nick Fury, Ben Grimm, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Tony Stark, The Thing

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Fantastic Four Annual #4	1966	On eBay ›
Marvel Treasury Special, Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag #[nn]	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #13 ISBN 0-87135-629-5	1990	On eBay ›
Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles #[nn] ISBN 0-671-24391-8	1978	On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #2 ISBN 0785107312	1999	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12	1986	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #13	1986	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #1 ISBN 0-7851-1870-5	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #3 ISBN 0-7851-1182-4	2003	On eBay ›
Hulk vs. Thing #[nn]	1999	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)
Wikidata, Q110414906 (Matt Murdock), first-appearance property (CC0)

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