Comics Corner: The Fantastic Four 53

Title: Fantastic Four

Issue Number: 53

Release Date:August 1966

Highlights

• Black Panther story continues
• Origin of Black Panther
• First appearance of Klaw and T'Chaka
• First mention of Vibranium
• Death of T'Chaka
• Klaw obtains his force glove
• Klaw enters his own machine, beginning his transformation from human to sound - But that is a cliffhanger story for another time (The Fantastic Four issue 56)

Low Points

• Black Panther built the mechanize Wakanda jungle on a, "Lark".

Oddities

• Despite The Fantastic Four being attacked for no reason by Black Panther in the prior issue, suddenly he's a good guy and they're friends?
  Wait, now all of a sudden he's a good guy? I'm glad, but what's with the flip flop?
• Black Panther can sense that Klaw has returned for a second attack after ten years?

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Comics Corner: The Fantastic Four 52

Title: Fantastic Four

Issue Number: 52

Release Date:July 1966

Highlights

• First appearance of Black Panther
• Additional appearances by Black Bolt, Crystal, Karnak, Medusa, Gorgon, Maximus and Wyatt Wingfoot
• The Fantastic Four are invited to visit Wakanda

Low Points

• Black Panther invites The Fantastic Four to Wakanda and then immediately attacks them
• Cliff hanger ending - I really didn't want to read another issue for the full story

Oddities

• Wait...Black Panther is a bad guy?

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Comics Corner: The Fantastic Four 5

Title: Fantastic Four

Issue Number: 5

Release Date:July 1962

Highlights

• First appearance of Doctor Victor Von Doom
• Origin of Doctor Doom
• Turns out Thing was Blackbeard the pirate - Interesting plot twist

Low Points

• Plot is incredibly stupid: Doctor Doom has created a time machine, and wants Mr. Fantastic, Thing and Human Torch to go back in time and steel Blackbeard's treasure - While he holds Invisible Girl hostage 
• Thing says he wants to stay in the past as Blackbeard and throw Reed and Johnny overboard in a lifeboat

Oddities

• Reed and Johnny strip off their pirate clothes to reveal their Fantastic Four uniforms underneath - Except for the fact that Johnny was wearing short sleeves and you could see his arms and hands, and Reed wasn't wearing his gloves either

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