Publisher: Marvel Comics
Release Date: August 1977
Key Features:
1st appearance of Nicholas Scratch, son of Agatha Harkness
Early appearance of Agatha Harkness and Franklin Richards
Salem’s Seven and mystical elements gain major attention in later Marvel media
Solid Bronze Age key with ties to WandaVision and Marvel’s magic lore
Creative Team:
Writer: Len Wein
Penciler: George Pérez
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Cover Artist: Jack Kirby & Joe Sinnott
Story Summary:
“Here There Be Witches!”
Reed and Sue Richards, along with the rest of the FF, travel to New Salem—Agatha Harkness’s hidden mystical village—where they discover her mysterious disappearance and confront a powerful new enemy: Nicholas Scratch, her own son. Franklin Richards becomes a central figure in this magical showdown, as witchcraft clashes with science in classic Pérez fashion.