Fantastic Four #13 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1963

About Fantastic Four #13

First appearance of Uatu the Watcher, the host of the What If...? animated series. First appearance of the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes. One of the Super-Apes makes a cameo appearance in The Fantastic Four: First Steps film, as does an animated Red Ghost. Jack Kirby cover and art. Steve Ditko art. Contains full-page ads for Tales of Suspense #39 and Amazing Spider-Man #1.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Red Ghost!

Characters: The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]

Pencils: Jack Kirby; Al Hartley ? (alterations)

Inks: Don Heck ?; Al Hartley ? (alterations)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 November 2006); the original indexer credited George Roussos.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes! [Part 1]

Characters: The Fantastic Four [the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; the Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff] (origin); the Red Ghost's super-apes (origin)

Synopsis: While Reed prapares a journey to the Blue Area of the Moon, Ivan Kragoff trains three apes to pilot a spaceship and take possession of the moon "for the communist empire".

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967), | Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)

Notes: Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Title: Part 2 Menace on the Moon!

Characters: The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; the Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; the Red Ghost super-apes; the Watcher [Uatu] (introduction)

Synopsis: In space, the Fantastic Four's ship crosses that of Ivan Kragoff and they learn of the powers the apes have acquired before landing on the moon.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967), | Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)

Notes: baboon; gorilla; orangutan; Blue Area; ancient civilization

Title: Part 3 The Watcher Appears!

Characters: The Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Watcher [Uatu]; the Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; the Red Ghost's super-apes

Synopsis: The Watcher appears and explains where he comes from and why he cannot take sides in the battle between the Fantastic Four and the Red Ghost.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967), | Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)

Title: Part 4 Duel in the Dead City!

Characters: The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; the Red Ghost's super-apes; the Watcher [Uatu]

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four battles the Red Ghost and his super-apes on the moon.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Steve Ditko

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967), | Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974)

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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	24	10	24	23	35	89	110	130	145	117	123	71	106	77	69	50	54	35	18	15	8	3	2	0	0	1338
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15
Signature Series	2	2	0	8	5	2	10	16	17	14	7	15	6	5	4	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	123
Restored	7	1	0	3	4	3	7	6	6	4	8	4	4	7	4	6	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	88
Total	33	13	24	34	44	94	127	157	172	136	138	93	116	89	77	59	59	43	27	17	8	3	2	0	0	1565

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