CATALOG RECORD
Fantastic Four Annual #23
first appearance of Ahab and Kosmos
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Ahab (typically from Earth-811, Marvel) — first appearance
- Kosmos (once Cosmic Cube) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- 1990
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #23 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602915105
Source ↗
Story arc: Days of Future Present
This is part 1 of 4. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #23
- The New Mutants Annual (1984) #6
- X-Men Annual (1970) #14
- X-Factor Annual (1986) #5
Reprinted in
Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Days of Future Present (1991), Essential X-Men (1996), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015), X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Omnibus (2024)