The first two issues introduced them. This is the one where they became themselves. Issue three is when the Fantastic Four put on their costumes, moved into the Baxter Building, unveiled the Fantasti-Car, and declared to the world — and to readers — that something genuinely new had arrived in comics.
Currently #31 on Overstreet’s Top 50 Silver Age Comics list, FF #3 is a foundational key that tends to get overlooked in the shadow of issue one. It shouldn’t be. This is the issue that established the visual and structural identity of the team that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby would build a universe around.
Certified by CGC at 6.5 Fine+ — a clean, presentable mid-grade copy of a 1962 book. With Avengers: Doomsday arriving in December 2026 and the FF at the center of it, the timing for a book like this is only going one direction.
DETAILS
Issue Fantastic Four #3 · Marvel Comics · March 1962
Key 1st appearance of the Fantastic Four in costume
Also features 1st appearance of the Fantasti-Car MK I and the Baxter Building
Also features 1st appearance of Miracle Man
Credits Cover and art: Jack Kirby · Story: Stan Lee
Grade. CGC 6.5 Fine+
Ranking #31 on Overstreet’s Top 50 Silver Age Comics
The first two issues introduced them. This is the one where they became themselves. Issue three is when the Fantastic Four put on their costumes, moved into the Baxter Building, unveiled the Fantasti-Car, and declared to the world — and to readers — that something genuinely new had arrived in comics.
Currently #31 on Overstreet’s Top 50 Silver Age Comics list, FF #3 is a foundational key that tends to get overlooked in the shadow of issue one. It shouldn’t be. This is the issue that established the visual and structural identity of the team that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby would build a universe around.
Certified by CGC at 6.5 Fine+ — a clean, presentable mid-grade copy of a 1962 book. With Avengers: Doomsday arriving in December 2026 and the FF at the center of it, the timing for a book like this is only going one direction.
DETAILS
Issue Fantastic Four #3 · Marvel Comics · March 1962
Key 1st appearance of the Fantastic Four in costume
Also features 1st appearance of the Fantasti-Car MK I and the Baxter Building
Also features 1st appearance of Miracle Man
Credits Cover and art: Jack Kirby · Story: Stan Lee
Grade. CGC 6.5 Fine+
Ranking #31 on Overstreet’s Top 50 Silver Age Comics
