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Fantastic Four Annual #5

Marvel · Series began 1963 · November 1967

first appearance of Psycho-Man, Live Wire and Shellshock

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Psycho-Man (Marvel, unrevealed identity) — first appearance
Live Wire (Rance Preston) — first appearance
Shellshock (Gary Buser, Marvel) — first appearance
Ivan Karlovich (Marvel) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: November 1967
On sale: August 1, 1967
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

script: Stan Lee, Jack Kirbypencils: Jack Kirbyinks: Frank Giacoia, Marie Severin, Joe Sinnottcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen, Gaspar Saladino

Stories

Divide--and Conquer! · 30 pages
This Is a Plot? · 3 pages
The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer · 12 pages
The Surfer rescues, unleashes and has to battle a technologically enhanced hunchback...that was originally a computer programmed to kill.

Characters

Ben GrimmThe ThingReed RichardsJohnny StormHuman TorchMister FantasticSusan Storm RichardsT'ChallaBlack PantherSilver SurferNorrin RaddInvisible GirlBlack BoltBlackagar BoltagonMedusaMedusalith Amaquelin BoltagonCrystalCrystalia Amaquelin MaximoffKarnakAlicia MastersGorgonTritonLockjawHarvey ElderMole ManStan LeeJack KirbyPsycho-ManQuasimodoRoy Thomas

Reprinted in

Essential Fantastic Four (1998), Fantastic Four Omnibus (2005), Fantastic Four Adventures (2010), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2023), Marvel Tales (1966), Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974), Giant-Size Defenders (1974), Marvel Superheroes Summer Special (1979), Marvel Age Annual (1985), Marvel Masterworks (1987), The Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four (1995), Essential Silver Surfer (1998), Marvel Masterworks: Silver Surfer (2003), Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (2004), Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (2005), Silver Surfer Omnibus (2007), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2009), Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (2010), Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans (2013)