WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Marvel comic
- Human Torch (Jim Hammond) — introduction · origin
- The Angel (Thomas Halloway) — introduction
- Ka-Zar (David Rand) — introduction · origin
- Phineas T. Horton (inventor of the Human Torch) — introduction
- The Masked Raider (Jim Gardley) — introduction · origin
- Trajah (Elephant, from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
- Anthony Sardo (Marvel) — introduction
- Chaka (Ape, from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
- N'Jaga (Leopard, from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
- Paul de Kraft (from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
- Quog (Warthog, from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
- Sha (Lioness, from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
- Zar (Lion, from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
- Nono (Monkey, from Ka-Zar the Great) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- November 1939
- On sale
- 1939
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- First PrintingThis edition’s page
Reprinted in
Marvel Comics #1: 80th Anniversary Edition (2019), Marvel Comics #1 (1990), Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (2004), Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus (2009), Marvel Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Edition (2009), Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics (2011), Wizard Ace Edition #16: Marvel Comics #1 (1997), Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes (2013), Marvel Comics No. 1 Halloween Comic Fest 2014 (2014), Fantasy Masterpieces (1966), The American Comic Book (1985), Golden Age of Marvel (1997), Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner (2002), Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (2005), Sub-Mariner Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009), Marvel 70th Anniversary (2009), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (2019), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (2019), Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2023)