Key Issue
August 1, 1966

Fantastic Four #53

Key Issue
1st appearance of Klaw (Ulysses Klaw). 2nd appearance of Black Panther. Origin of Black Panther and Klaw.
Artist
Jack Kirby
Artie Simek
Publisher
Marvel
Script Writer
Stan Lee
Editor
Stan Lee
Publication Date
Aug 1, 1966
Cover Price
$0.12
Page Count
36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title
Publisher
Date
Verify
Fantastic Four #53
Marvel Comics
8/66
Verify
All Grades
1,901
Population Share
Universal
1,741
91.6% of pop
Signature
101
5.3% of pop
Restored
46
2.4% of pop
Qualified
13
0.7% of pop
Conserved
0
0% of pop
9.8
3
top 0.2%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
9.6
19
top 1.3%
2
top 2%
0
--
0
--
0
--
9.4
37
top 3.4%
7
top 8.9%
1
top 2.2%
0
--
0
--
9.2
60
top 6.8%
3
top 11.9%
2
top 6.5%
0
--
0
--
9.0
96
top 12.3%
4
top 15.8%
2
top 10.9%
0
--
0
--
8.5
146
top 20.7%
2
top 17.8%
5
top 21.7%
0
--
0
--
8.0
147
top 29.2%
12
top 29.7%
9
top 41.3%
0
--
0
--
7.5
182
top 39.6%
8
top 37.6%
2
top 45.7%
4
top 30.8%
0
--
7.0
157
top 48.7%
11
top 48.5%
4
top 54.3%
2
top 46.2%
0
--
6.5
141
top 56.7%
10
top 58.4%
1
top 56.5%
0
--
0
--
6.0
122
top 63.8%
7
top 65.3%
4
top 65.2%
2
top 61.5%
0
--
5.5
136
top 71.6%
5
top 70.3%
4
top 73.9%
1
top 69.2%
0
--
5.0
134
top 79.3%
8
top 78.2%
2
top 78.3%
0
--
0
--
4.5
116
top 85.9%
8
top 86.1%
2
top 82.6%
1
top 76.9%
0
--
4.0
100
top 91.7%
6
top 92.1%
3
top 89.1%
2
top 92.3%
0
--
3.5
71
top 95.7%
2
top 94.1%
0
--
1
top 100%
0
--
3.0
36
top 97.8%
1
top 95%
2
top 93.5%
0
--
0
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2.5
19
top 98.9%
4
top 99%
0
--
0
--
0
--
2.0
7
top 99.3%
0
--
0
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0
--
0
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1.8
3
top 99.5%
1
top 100%
0
--
0
--
0
--
1.5
1
top 99.5%
0
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0
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0
--
0
--
1.0
4
top 99.8%
0
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0
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0
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0
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0.5
4
top 100%
0
--
3
top 100%
0
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0
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