CATALOG RECORD
Fantastic Four #13
first full appearance of The Watcher
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- The Watcher (Uatu) — first full appearance · origin
- Red Ghost (Ivan Kragoff) — introduction
- Mikhlo (Super-Apes) — introduction, not named, trained but without super powers
- Peotr (Super-Apes) — introduction, not named, trained but without super powers
- Igor (Super-Apes) — introduction, not named, trained but without super powers
Dates
- Cover date
- April 1963
- On sale
- January 3, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #13 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes! [Part 1] · 5 pages
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".
- Part 2 Menace on the Moon! · 6 pages
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.
- Part 3 The Watcher Appears! · 3 pages
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.
- Part 4 Duel in the Dead City! · 8 pages
The Fantastic Four battles the Red Ghost and his super-apes on the moon.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Fantastic Four (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Marvel 70th Anniversary (2009), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2021), The Complete Fantastic Four (1977), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985)