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29August 1964
$0.12

Fantastic Four #29

Marvel · August 1964 · on sale 1964-05-12

First appearance: Sergei KravinoffFirst appearance: Kraven the HunterFirst appearance: Percival Pinkerton1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#29
Publication date
August 1964
Key date
1964-08-00
On-sale date
1964-05-12
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 of Sergei Kravinoff - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0It Started on Yancy Streetcover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenBen Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Uatu, The Watcher
2It Started on Yancy Street!comic story22script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: S. RosenBen Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Ivan Kragoff, Alicia Masters, Mister Fantastic, Red Ghost, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Uatu, The Watcher, Igor
9Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko, Sol BrodskyChameleon, Izzy Cohen, Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, Gabe Jones, Kraven the Hunter First, Sergei Kravinoff First, Dino Manelli, Peter Parker, Percival Pinkerton First, Rebel Ralston, Dmitri Smerdyakov, Spider-Man, Heinrich Zemo
11-letters page2script: Stan Lee

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #211969On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #13
ISBN 0-87135-629-5		1990On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #1
ISBN 0-7851-1870-5		2005On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #3
ISBN 0-7851-1182-4		2003On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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