Fantastic Four #52 [Regular Edition]

(July 1966)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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The Black Panther! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plotter, uncredited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited as Jackie Kirby)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as Sammy Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Stretch...when did you have time to dream up a jazzy...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Inhumans [Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Gorgon; Karnak; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]]; Black Panther [T'Challa] (first appearance); Maximus; Wyatt Wingfoot

Synopsis

The Black Panther invites the FF to Wakanda and demonstrates his powers by attacking them.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #48
• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1914 (1967)
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #4 (1967)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #14
• in Los 4 Fantásticos (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1962 series) #79 (Abril 30 de 1967)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #39 (November 1972)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #48 (23 Gennaio 1973)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #3 (2e trimestre 1974)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #111 (November 16, 1974) [pages 1-10], #112 (November 23, 1974) [pages 11-20]
• in Fantastic Four Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #5 (1980) [black & white]
• in Los Cuatro Fantásticos (Novedades, 1980 series) #50 (23 de marzo de 1980)
• in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #41 (décembre 1986)
• in The Best of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (1987)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1997 series) #[6] (February 2000)
• in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (April 2000) [black and white]
• in Black Panther (Marvel, 1998 series) #36 (December 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 [Regular Edition] ([March] 2004)
• in Marvel's Greatest Comics: Fantastic Four #52 (Marvel, 2006 series) ([September] 2006)
• 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 [3] - La Edad Dorada (Septiembre 2011)
• in Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans (Marvel, 2013 series) ([October] 2013) [Panels 3-6 of page 5, pages 6-7 and first panel of page 8]
• in Black Panther (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] - A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1 (2016)
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #5 - Fantastic Four: Der jüngste Tag (September 2016)
• in Black Panther Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 - Panther's Rage (2016)
• in Black Panther (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 - A Nation Under Our Feet (2017)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #107 - Фантастическая Четверка: День Дума
• in Kirby Is… Fantastic! King-Size (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in True Believers: King in Black - Black Panther (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (January 2021)

Keywords

cosmic channel waves; Metro College; polarity guns; titanium cuffs; Wakanda

Indexer Notes

Introduction of T'Challa, the Black Panther.

Kirby's role as co-plotter was frequently acknowledged in interviews by Lee and Kirby. The credits read: "Script by: Smilin' Stan Lee Art by Jolly Jackie Kirby."

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Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustration)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, The Marvel Comic Co...

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Characters

Thing [Ben Grimm]

Reprints

• in Marvel's Greatest Comics: Fantastic Four #52 (Marvel, 2006 series) ([September] 2006)
• in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2007)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Phillip Pearson, Garlad Storrow, Don Jarvis, Larry Bush, J. W. Goodwin, Dave Wieck & John Stuart & Vernon Haskell, Eugene Bearringer, Doug Nikkel, and Donald J. Brown; includes M.M.M.S. membership form.

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