CATALOG RECORD
Fantastic Four #45
first appearance of Black Bolt, Crystal, Karnak and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) — introduction
- Crystal (Inhumans, Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff) — introduction
- Karnak (Inhumans) — introduction
- Triton (Inhuman) — introduction
- Lockjaw (Inhumans) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- December 1965
- On sale
- September 9, 1965
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #45 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition10d [0-0-10 GBP] cover
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Printed cover price 10d [0-0-10 GBP].
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Stories
- Among Us Hide...the Inhumans · 20 pages
Crystal lures Johnny into a trap where he is captured by the Inhumans. The rest of the FF hurry to his rescue.
Publisher’s description
Johnny meets a girl name Crystal and soon discovers she is inhuman! Upon meeting her family, Johnny recognizes Medusa and immediately calls the Fantastic Four for backup. Their mysterious leader Black Bolt arrives and the two teams face off!
Characters
Reprinted in
The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Marvel's Greatest Comics (1969), Fantastic Four Pocket Book (1980), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Fantastic Four (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans (2013)