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Reed Richards

Mister Fantastic

3,771 appearancesSince 1961

Reed Richards first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 (1961-11), published by Marvel. 3,771 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Character history

Key issues

13 issues

Fantastic Four
#1
first appearance
1961-11-00
Strange Tales
#101
origin
1962-10-00
Fantastic Four
#11
origin
1963-02-00
Fantastic Four Annual
#1
origin
1963-09-00
The New Warriors
#12
death
1991-06-00
The Sensational She-Hulk#45Cape Archive1992
The Sensational She-Hulk
#45
origin retold
1992-11-00
Ruins#2Cape Archive1995
Ruins
#2
death
1995-09-28
Fantastic Four
#12
death
1997-10-00
Die Fantastischen Vier#1Cape Archive1999
Die Fantastischen Vier
#1
origin retold
1999-01-14
Die Rächer#12Cape Archive1999
Die Rächer
#12
death
1999-12-16
Die Fantastischen Vier#12Cape Archive1999
Die Fantastischen Vier
#12
death
1999-12-16
Ultimate Fantastic Four
#29
death
2006-06-00
Az ezüstkor hősei: Fantasztikus Négyes#1Cape Archive2023
Az ezüstkor hősei: Fantasztikus Négyes
#1
origin retold
2023-09-21

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Fantastic Four
1961–1996
271 issues →
Fantastic Four
1998–2011
113 issues →
The Avengers
1963–1996
34 issues →

Fantastic Four cover

Fantastic Four

2023–2025

33 issues →

Marvel's Greatest Comics cover

Marvel's Greatest Comics

1969–1981

32 issues →

Ultimate Fantastic Four cover

Ultimate Fantastic Four

2004–2009

31 issues →

The Amazing Spider-Man cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

1999–2014

29 issues →

Strange Tales cover

Strange Tales

1951–1968

25 issues →

Marvel Two-in-One cover

Marvel Two-in-One

1974–1983

25 issues →

Marvel Knights 4 cover

Marvel Knights 4

2004–2006

24 issues →

Marvel Tales cover

Marvel Tales

1966–1994

20 issues →

Venom cover

Venom

2018–2021

20 issues →

Fantastic Four Adventures cover

Fantastic Four Adventures

2010–2012

18 issues →

Fantastic Four Annual cover

Fantastic Four Annual

1963–1994

17 issues →

Marvel Comics Presents cover

Marvel Comics Presents

1988–1995

16 issues →

Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four cover

Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four

2005–2009

16 issues →

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four cover

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four

2003–

15 issues →

Fantastic Four Epic Collection cover

Fantastic Four Epic Collection

2014–

15 issues →

TTTCape Archive 1997

Toyfare: The Toy Magazine

1997–2011

14 issues →

FF cover

FF

2011–2012

14 issues →

Spider-Man Comic cover

Spider-Man Comic

1979–1979

13 issues →

Ultimates cover

Ultimates

2011–2013

13 issues →

New Avengers cover

New Avengers

2013–2015

13 issues →

The Incredible Hulk cover

The Incredible Hulk

1968–1999

12 issues →

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Marvel Team-Up
1972–1985
12 issues →
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars
1984–1985
12 issues →
Fantastic Four
1996–1997
12 issues →
Civil War Chronicles
2007–2008
12 issues →
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Facsimile Edition
2024–2025
12 issues →
Ultimates
2024–2026
12 issues →
FFCape Archive 2025
Fantastic Four
2025–
12 issues →
Smash!
1966–1971
11 issues →
FFWCape Archive 2001
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine
2001–2002
11 issues →
Ultimate Spider-Man
2000–2009
10 issues →
MMTCape Archive 2009
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four
2009–2014
10 issues →
Fantastic Four
2013–2014
10 issues →
Fantastic Four
2018–2022
10 issues →
What If...?
1989–1998
9 issues →
Exiles
2001–2008
9 issues →
UFFCape Archive 2004
Ultimate Fantastic Four
2004–2008
9 issues →
Incredible Hulk
2009–2010
9 issues →
Avengers
2010–2013
9 issues →
Secret Wars
2015–2016
9 issues →
The Amazing Spider-Man
1963–1998
8 issues →
Rom
1979–1986
8 issues →
Silver Surfer
1987–1998
8 issues →
Marvel Vision
1996–1998
8 issues →
FF2Cape Archive 1996
Fantastic Four 2099
1996–1996
8 issues →
Avengers
1998–2004
8 issues →
X-Men The Hidden Years
1999–2001
8 issues →
FFCape Archive 2019
Fantastic Four
2019–
8 issues →
Thor
1966–1996
7 issues →
The Mighty World of Marvel
1972–1979
7 issues →
Secret Wars II
1985–1987
7 issues →
Quasar
1989–1994
7 issues →
EFFCape Archive 1998
Essential Fantastic Four
1998–2013
7 issues →
Ultimate Power
2006–2007
7 issues →
Civil War
2006–2007
7 issues →
Fantastic Four
2012–2012
7 issues →
Avengers Epic Collection
2013–
7 issues →