CATALOG RECORD
Fantastic Four #53
first appearance of T'Chaka
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- T'Chaka (father of T'Challa, Black Panther) — first appearance, flashback, death
Dates
- Cover date
- August 1966
- On sale
- May 10, 1966
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #53 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
British
Printed cover price 10d [0-0-10 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Way It Began..! · 20 pages
The Black Panther tells the story of Klaw's first attack on Wakanda. Klaw attacks the Black Panther and the FF.
Publisher’s description
Black Panther explains Wakanda’s unique history to the FF. Famed for their reservoirs of the rare and near-indestructible metal Vibranium, Wakanda has secluded itself from civilization to protect their precious ores. The origin story of Black Panther, King of Wakanda!
Characters
Reprinted in
The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Marvel's Greatest Comics (1969), The Fantastic Four Comic Album (1969), Fantastic Four Pocket Book (1980), The Best of Marvel Comics (1987), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (1997), Essential Fantastic Four (1998), Black Panther (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther (2009), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Black Panther Epic Collection (2016), Black Panther: The Sound and the Fury (2018), Kirby Is… Fantastic! King-Size (2019), True Believers: Fantastic Four - Klaw (2019), Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther? (2020), Black Panther: The Early Years Omnibus (2022), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (2022)