Fantastic Four #48

(March 1966)

The Coming of Galactus! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Sinnott

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

FEATURE: Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; The Thing]; GUESTS: The Silver Surfer; The Watcher; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Karnak; Gorgon; Medusa; Crystal]; VILLAINS: Galactus; Maximus; Seeker; Skrulls

Synopsis:

Black Bolt and the Fantastic Four put an end to Maximus's plan to destroy all the humans. Once the Fantastic Four return to New York the Watcher tells them of the coming danger of Galactus.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #35 (June 1972)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #44 (28 Novembre 1972)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #1 (4e trimestre 1973), #2 (4e trimestre 1973)
• in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (December 1974) [edited]
• in The Fantastic Four (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) #[nn] (1979)
• in Silver Surfer: The Coming of Galactus (Marvel, 1992 series) #[nn] (November 1992) [partial]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #25 ([October] 1993)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (April 2000)
• in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
• in Wizard Ace Edition: Fantastic Four (Marvel; Wizard, 2002 series) #48 (December 2002)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 [Regular Edition] ([January] 2004)
• in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1966 (mai 2007)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)
• in Marvel Gold. Los 4 Fantásticos (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - La Edad Dorada (Septiembre 2011)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #39, #40
• in Fantastic Four (Betty, 1998 series) #[nn]
• in Fantastic Four : L'intégrale (Panini Comics (fr), 2003 series) #1966

Indexer Notes

This is the first issue of the three-part story which introduces Galactus and the Silver Surfer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Letters of comment from Janey Davis, Houston TX; Leonard Tirado, Saratoga Springs NY; Robert Brissette, Caribou ME; Don McGregor, West Warwick RI; Alice Jean Schorfheide, Belleville, IL; Ty Bizony, New York NY; and Marlene Jablon, Chicago IL.