Fantastic Four Annual #5 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1967

About Fantastic Four Annual #5

Early Black Panther and Inhumans appearances. First Silver Surfer solo story. First appearance of Psycho-Man. "Death" of Quasimodo. Jack Kirby cover. Kirby and Joe Sinnott art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Doom; Black Panther; Inhumans [Medusa; Black Bolt; Gorgon; Karnak; Crystal; Triton]; Psycho-Man

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (May 1975)

STORY DETAILS

(12 Stories)

Title: Divide--and Conquer!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Gorgon; Karnak; Triton; Crystal; Lockjaw]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Psycho-Man (villain); Live Wire [Rance Preston]; Ivan; Shellshock [Gary Buser]

Pages: 30.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Letters: Sam Rosen

Reprints: Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (May 1975)

Notes: Inker credit corrected by Steve Grant on 12 September 2005; an editorial reply on the letters page of Fantastic Four #71 explicitly says that the credit is wrong, and that inker was Frank Giacoia, not Joe Sinnott. First mention of Sue's pregnancy. Additional character info from Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.

Title: This Is a Plot?

Characters: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; Roy Thomas

Pages: 3.000

Script: Jack Kirby

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Letters: Gaspar Saladino [as L. P. Gregory]

Notes: Writing credit and genre corrected by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006: was previously noted as a superhero story featuring the Fantastic Four, written by Stan Lee.

Title: The Greatest Array of Supporting Characters Ever Assembled in One Issue

Characters: Alicia Masters; Galactus; Wyatt Wingfoot; Lockjaw; Silver Surfer; Black Panther; Doctor Doom; The Watcher

Pages: 1.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Character appearances supplied by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.

Title: Welcome to the wonderful world of the Fantastic Four

Characters: Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]]; Doctor Doom

Pages: 2.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Joe Sinnott

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Shows a billboard in the background that says, "Jack, you're still the greatest! -- Sentimental Stan." Title and minor corrections supplied by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006.

Title: The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer

Characters: Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Quasimodo (villain)

Synopsis: The Surfer rescues, unleashes and has to battle a technologically enhanced hunchback...that was originally a computer programmed to kill.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Frank Giacoia

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (July 1974), | Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #213 (July 1988)

Notes: First solo Surfer story. The issue credits Frank Giacoia as sole inker, as noted by Rob Allen, 6/1/2006. Quasimodo, the living computer, was first seen as a computer with facial features in FF Annual #4, and is left, abandoned at the end of that story. This story picks up the plot thread and converts him to an animated figure. Next seen in Captain Marvel #7.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	5	0	0	2	2	4	5	15	22	36	49	52	66	88	91	85	98	90	87	82	89	48	27	0	0	1043
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	4	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	30
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	5	0	0	2	2	4	5	16	26	39	52	56	69	92	95	89	100	93	89	85	92	50	29	0	0	1090

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