CATALOG RECORD
Fantastic Four #48
first Silver Surfer and Galactus
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Silver Surfer and Galactus
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) — first appearance
- Galactus (Galan) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- March 1966
- On sale
- December 9, 1965
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #48 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].
This edition’s page
Fantastic Four No. 48 Facsimile Edition (2025). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- The Coming of Galactus! · 20 pages
Black Bolt and the Fantastic Four put an end to Maximus's plan to destroy all the humans. Once the Fantastic Four return to New York the Watcher tells them of the coming danger of Galactus.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Marvel's Greatest Comics (1969), Marvel Treasury Edition (1974), The Fantastic Four (1979), Fantastic Four Pocket Book (1980), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Silver Surfer: The Coming of Galactus (1992), Essential Fantastic Four (1998), The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (2001), Wizard Ace Edition: Fantastic Four #48 (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (2004), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Silver Surfer (2007), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans (2013), Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014), Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (2014), King-Size Kirby (2015)