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Cover: Jack Kirby & John Verpoorten

Fantastic Four #99

Name: Fantastic Four #99
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Jun 1970 · Marvel · 0.15 USD

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“The Torch Goes Wild!”

★ 1st appearance — Yeti

About this Issue

Fantastic Four #99 marks the first appearance of Yeti, an Inhuman mutated by Terrigen Mist whose feral, tragic nature would be substantially developed by later writers across the Marvel Universe. The issue sits near the very end of the celebrated Stan Lee–Jack Kirby run on the title — just three installments before Kirby departed Marvel for DC — lending it a poignant 'last hurrah' quality within one of comics' most consequential creative partnerships. It also resolves the Crystal–Human Torch separation arc that had been building since issue #95, giving the Inhumans Royal Family a rare moment of narrative closure. Decades of retroactive storytelling, from X-Men: The Hidden Years to Marvel: The Lost Generation, continued to mine the events of this single issue, a testament to the generative richness of its premise.

In "The Torch Goes Wild!", Johnny Storm’s temper flares as he clashes with the Inhumans in a showdown that tests his control and courage. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life by Jack Kirby’s dynamic art and Joe Sinnott’s sharp inks, this classic issue captures the fiery intensity of a hero pushed to his limits. The cover by Jack Kirby and John Verpoorten perfectly frames the chaos.

writer Stan Lee · artist Jack Kirby · inker Joe Sinnott · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten

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History

Written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby with inks by Joe Sinnott, the issue went on sale March 19, 1970, carrying a June 1970 cover date — deep inside the final months of the legendary Lee–Kirby Fantastic Four collaboration that had defined Marvel's Silver Age. The cover inks credit was disputed for years; the Grand Comics Database notes a correction attributing cover inks to John Verpoorten rather than the originally indexed Frank Giacoia. The story continued directly from the Crystal-departure subplot initiated in issue #95, reflecting the serial, soap-operatic storytelling style Lee and Kirby had cultivated throughout the run.

Trivia · 8 facts

First appearance of Yeti (unnamed), an Inhuman mutated by Terrigen Mist, who confronts the Human Torch in a Himalayan cave; the character is not formally named until Marvel: The Lost Generation #12 (2000).
Written by Stan Lee and pencilled by Jack Kirby, with inks by Joe Sinnott — one of only three remaining issues before Kirby left Marvel for DC Comics.
Story title: 'The Torch Goes Wild!' — released March 19, 1970, cover-dated June 1970.
The plot resolves the Crystal–Human Torch separation arc: Crystal had been recalled to Attilan in issue #95 to help sustain the injured Black Bolt while a cure was developed.
The full Inhuman Royal Family appears: Black Bolt, Medusa, Crystal, Karnak, Gorgon, and Triton, alongside the debut of Yeti.
Retroactive continuity in Marvel: The Lost Generation #7 revealed that time-traveling historian Dr. Cassandra Locke was present during the events of this story, and that the vehicle Reed, Sue, and Ben used was a Skrull saucer.
Yeti's backstory was later expanded across X-Men: The Hidden Years #16 and Marvel: The Lost Generation #10–12, establishing his history with the First Line superhero team and his betrayal of them to the Skrulls.
The issue has been reprinted in Marvel's Greatest Comics #80 (1978, abridged), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 10 (2006 and 2014), The Inhumans: Beware the Inhumans (2018), Fantastic Four Epic Collection #6: At War with Atlantis (2020), and Fantastic Four Omnibus #4 (2021).