Comic Title: Fantastic Four #53
Publisher: Marvel (Canam Publishers Sales Corp.)
Address: 625 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1966
On Sale Date: May 10, 1966 Copyright Date May 10, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966


Frequency: Monthly, except November, semi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Stan Lee

Title: "The Way It Began..."
Pages: 20

Feature(s):
Fantastic Four

Writer: Stan Lee
Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letterer: Artie Simek

Reprinted In:
Marvel's Greatest Comics #40 (1973)
Mighty World of Marvel #115 (1974)
Mighty World of Marvel #116 (1974)
Best of Marvel Comics HC [Sears Exclusive] (1987)
Marvel Masterworks Vol. 28:Fantastic Four Vol. 6 HC (2000)
Essential Fantastic Four Vol. 3 TPB (2001)
Black Panther #36 (2001)
Marvel Masterworks Vol. 28:Fantastic Four Vol. 6 HC (2004)
Marvel Masterworks Vol. 28:Fantastic Four Vol. 6 HC [Variant] (2004)
Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2007)
Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 2 HC [Variant] (2007)
Black Panther:Who Is the Black Panther TPB (2009)
Marvel Masterworks:The Fantastic Four Vol. 6 TPB (2011)
Marvel Masterworks:The Fantastic Four Vol. 6 TPB [Variant] (2011)
Black Panther Epic Collection:Panther's Rage TPB (2016)
Black Panther:The Sound and the Fury #1 (2018)
Black Panther:The Sound and the Fury #1 [Variant A] (2018)
Black Panther:The Sound and the Fury #1 [Ebay Exclusive] (2018)
True Believers:Fantastic Four – Klaw #1 (2019)
Kirby Is... Fantastic King-Size HC (2019)
Fantastic Four Epic Collection:The Mystery of the Black Panther TPB (2019)
Black Panther:Who Is the Black Panther HC (2021)
Mighty Marvel Masterworks:The Black Panther Vol. 1 TPB (2022)
Mighty Marvel Masterworks:The Black Panther Vol. 1 TPB [Variant] (2022)
Black Panther:The Early Years Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2022)
Black Panther:The Early Years Omnibus Vol. 1 HC [Variant] (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Fantastic Four (chronology forthcoming)
• Mister Fantastic (chronology forthcoming)
• Invisible Girl (chronology forthcoming)
• Human Torch (chronology forthcoming)
• Thing (chronology forthcoming)

Guest Star(s)

• Black Panther (chronology forthcoming)