Fantastic Four Annual #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Krang - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [September] 1963
Key date: 1963-09-00
On-sale date: 1963-07-02
Indicia publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 76
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

On the record: Alley Awards - Favorite Annual (1963).

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 Undersea Legions of Sub-Mariner!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Namor, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm, Sub-Mariner, The Thing
2	Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race!	comic story	37	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Dorma, Thakorr, Fen, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Nikita Khrushchev, Krang First, Alicia Masters, Leonard McKenzie First, Mister Fantastic, Namor, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards
3	The Mole Man	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Harvey Elder, Mole Man
4	The Skrulls from Outer Space!	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway
5	The Miracle Man	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Joshua Ayers First, Miracle Man First
6	Prince Namor, the Sensational Sub-Mariner	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Namor, Sub-Mariner
7	Questions and Answers about the Fantastic Four	character profile	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
8	Inside the Baxter Bldg. [sic]	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Human Torch, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm
10	Doctor Doom	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom
11	Kurrgo Master of Planet X	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Kurrgo First, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
12	The Puppet Master	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Phillip Masters, Mister Fantastic, Puppet Master, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
13	The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man!	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm, The Thing
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko
15	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	script: ? (promo copy)
16	The Impossible Man from the Planet Poppup	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Impossible Man
17	The Incredible Hulk	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Bruce Banner, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, The Thing
18	The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super Apes	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Human Torch, Igor, Ivan Kragoff, Mikhlo, Peotr, Red Ghost, Johnny Storm
19	The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Awesome Android, Ben Grimm, Mad Thinker, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, The Thing
20	Origin of the Fantastic Four	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky; inks: George Klein, Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6	1969	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Annual #8	1970	On eBay ›
Giant-Size Super-Stars #1	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Treasury Edition #2	1974	On eBay ›
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4	1975	On eBay ›
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #6	1975	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Special Edition #1	1984	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #13 ISBN 0-87135-629-5	1990	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #193	1986	On eBay ›
Essential Fantastic Four #1 ISBN 0-7851-0666-9	1998	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, Q4006172 (Miracle Man), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q115440640 (Kurrgo), first-appearance property (CC0)

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