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Fin Fang Foom

Fin Fang Foom

75 appearances · Silver Age · 1961–2026 · 2 key issues
Who is Fin Fang Foom?

Few creatures in Marvel's vast cosmos command attention quite like Fin Fang Foom, the titanic monster who burst onto the scene in Strange Tales #89 in 1961, conjured by the legendary trio of Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby at the very dawn of the Silver Age. Born from that era's irresistible appetite for giant, awe-inspiring creatures, this behemoth has proven astonishingly durable — still stomping through Marvel's pages more than six decades later, racking up 75 catalog appearances and two collector-significant key issues along the way. He's kept genuinely elite company over the years, sharing adventures with the likes of Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man across titles including Iron Man, Captain America, and Astonishing Tales. If you want a character who embodies Marvel's wildest, most imaginative Silver Age energy and has never stopped being relevant, Fin Fang Foom is exactly the beast you're looking for.

Strange Tales
#89
★ First appearance
Strange Tales #89
Oct 1961

Covers through the years — 1991–2022

The Legion of Night #1 1991
The Legion of Night #1
Beavis and Butt-Head's Greatest Hits #[nn] 1994
Beavis and Butt-Head's Greatest Hits #[nn]
Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 2006
Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2
Iron Man: The Dragon Seed Saga #[nn] 2008
Iron Man: The Dragon Seed Saga #[nn]
Cable and X-Force #2 2013
Cable and X-Force #2
Deadpool & the Mercs for Money #1 2017
Deadpool & the Mercs for Money #1
Hulk by Donny Cates #1 2022
Hulk by Donny Cates #1

Appearances

Strange Tales (1951)
#89
Astonishing Tales (1970)
The Legion of Night (1991)
Beavis and Butt-Head's Greatest Hits (1994)
Marvels: Portraits (1995)
#1
Marvel Action Hour, Featuring Iron Man (1994)
#7
Iron Man (1998)
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine (2001)
Toyfare: The Toy Magazine (1997)
#64
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age Marvel 2004 (2004)
Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur (2005)
#1
Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (2005)
#1
Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 (2005)
#1
Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (2004)
#2
New Excalibur (2006)
#12
Marvel Holiday Special 2006 (2006)
#1
Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom (2008)
#1
X-Men: First Class (2007)
#11
Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas (2008)
#1
Iron Man: The Dragon Seed Saga (2008)
Fin Fang Four Return! (2009)
#1
Marvel Super Hero Squad (2009)
#3
Thor the Mighty Avenger (2010)
Invincible Iron Man (2008)
Avengers vs. the Pet Avengers (2011)
Incredible Hulks (2010)
Astonishing X-Men: Monstrous (2011)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2011)
#4
Astonishing X-Men (2004)
#7
Marvel Universe Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2012)
#1
Wolverine & the X-Men (2011)
#17
Cable and X-Force (2013)
#2
Captain America (2013)
Deadpool (2013)
Fantastic Four (2014)
#1
Wolverines (2015)
#1
Uncanny X-Men (2013)
Drax (2016)
#2
Deadpool & the Mercs for Money (2017)
#1
Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix Up (2017)
#1
Monsters Unleashed (2017)
#2
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015)
Marvel Comics (2019)
Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda (2019)
#8
Shang-Chi (2020)
#1
Gwandanaland Comics (2016)
Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Yang (2021)
Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star (2021)
Marauders (2019)
#26
Dark Ages (2021)
Hulk (2022)
Marvel's Voices: Identity (2022)
Hulk by Donny Cates (2022)
#1
Marvel (2022)
Trials of X (2022)
#9
Marvel Tales by J. Michael Straczynski (2025)
Nick Fury vs. Fin Fang Foom (2025)
#1
Godzilla vs. Hulk (2025)
#1
Gwenpool (2025)
#1
Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe (2025)
#2
Wiccan: Witches' Road (2026)
#2
Spider-Man & Wolverine (2025)
#10