Strange Tales 89

"Fin Fang Foom!" is the title to the first story featured in issue #89 of the Strange Tales anthology comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber with artwork by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. It was colored by Stan Goldberg and lettered by Artie Simek. The second tale in this issue is a five-page story called "The Green Things!" written by Stan Lee and illustrate by artist Steve Ditko. The third story is called "The Touch of Midas!" and was written by Lee & Lieber with artwork and inks by Paul Reinman. All stories were edited by Stan Lee. This issue shipped with an October, 1961 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.

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Notes & Trivia

 * Ray Holloway's involvement in the lettering of "Fin Fang Foom!" is unconfirmed.


 * This is the first appearance of Fin Fang Foom. At inception, the character was intended as a one-note monster in the mileiu of the Jack Kirby "creature features" of this era. He will go on to become a major adversary in the Mighty Marvel Universe, and is basically Marvel's ultimate bad-ass dragon character.

Recommended Reading

 * Journey Into Mystery
 * Strange Tales, Volume 1
 * Tales of Suspense
 * Tales to Astonish