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Strange Tales #89
Cover AKEY ISSUE
First appearance of Fin Fang Foom.
Market Value
- Graded copies for sale
- $300 - $3,150
- 20 graded copies listed, as of Oct 6, 2026
CGC Census
628
Total Graded
0
9.8 NM/MT
13
8.0 VF
Reprinted 22x
A young historian from Taiwan crosses to the mainland to awake the dragon Fin Fang Foom and foil a communist invasion. He lures the dragon to the coast to wreck the invasion fleet, and then lures it back to its lair before restoring its mystical slumber.
Cover Date
October 1, 1961
On Sale Date
July 11, 1961
Pages
36
Cover Price
$0.10
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
S.L
Credits
Writer
Penciller
Inker
Colorist
Letterer
Cover Artist
Characters
Fin Fang Foom (1st appearance); Chan Liuchow; Chung Liuchow; Martin Kastle; Simon Kluge
fantasy
Collected in
- Fantasy Masterpieces #2
- Astounding Stories #34
- Where Monsters Dwell #21
- Astonishing Tales #23
- Crazy Magazine #73
- Astounding Stories #171
- Astounding Stories #187
- Monster Masterworks #[nn]
- Bring Back the Bad Guys #[nn]
- Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 #1
- Marvel Monsters #[nn]
- Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2
- Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom #1
- Astonishing X-Men #7
- King-Size Kirby #[nn]
- The A-Z of Marvel Monsters #[nn]
- Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby #2
- Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #1
- Marvel Horror Omnibus #[nn]
- Astounding Stories #25
- Sinister Tales #8
- Amazing Stories of Suspense #66