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33December 1964
$0.12

Fantastic Four #33

Marvel · December 1964 · on sale September 8, 1964

First appearance (cover): Attuma
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#33
Publication date
December 1964
Key date
December 1964
On-sale date
September 8, 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 (cover) of Attuma - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0On the Side of -- Sub-Mariner!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone, Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenAttuma First, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Namor, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, Sub-Mariner, The Thing
2Side-by-Side with Sub-Mariner!comic story20script: S. Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art SimekAttuma First, Dorma, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Namor, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, Sub-Mariner, The Thing
34 More Marvel Masterpieces!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Chic Stone; letters: Artie Simek, Sam RosenThor Odinson, Raymond Bloch, Jackson Brice, Daniel Brito, Captain America, Cobra, Izzy Cohen, Dum Dum Dugan, Fancy Dan, Jane Foster, Nick Fury, Giant-Man, Human Torch, Mister Hyde
54 More Marvel Masterpieces!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Chic Stone, Steve Ditko; letters: Sam RosenAngel, Gunther Bain, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Beast, Captain America, Chameleon, Cyclops, Doctor Strange, Dormammu, Bobby Drake, Giant-Man, Jean Grey, Ben Grimm
11Prince Namorillustration1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekNamor, Sub-Mariner
13-letters page2script: Stan Lee, Don McGregor; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol BrodskyNamor, Sub-Mariner

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #251970On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #21
ISBN 0-87135-913-8
1992On eBay ›
Tales to Astonish #141981On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #4
ISBN 0-7851-1183-2
2003On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #2
ISBN 0-7851-2403-9
2007On eBay ›

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Series context

Sources

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