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95February 1970
$0.15

Fantastic Four #95

Marvel · February 1970 · on sale 1969-11-18

First appearance: MonocleFirst appearance: Michel Berman1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#95
Publication date
February 1970
Key date
1970-02-00
On-sale date
1969-11-18
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Michel Berman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0World War III!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenBen Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
2Tomorrow -- World War Three!comic story20script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Artie SimekMedusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Crystal, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff, Medusa, Monocle First, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Michel Berman First
5-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: George Tuska, Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Esposito, Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen
15-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoiathe Thing [Ben Grimm]

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel's Greatest Comics #761978On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #10
ISBN 0-7851-2061-0		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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