The Wrong Place At The Right Time - Written by Ben Raab & Terry Kavanagh. Art by Pascual Ferry & Art Thibert. Cover by Pascual Ferry, Art Thibert and Jaime Mendoza.
Reed tries to figure out what happened to the FF by going back to the source -- the Negative Zone! Meanwhile, the Thing takes on the Retro Rockettes on Yancy Street! What a revoltin' development!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.
"Echoes!" Guest-starring the Black Panther. Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Mark Pacella and Brad Vancata.
The Black Panther invites his fantastic friends to visit Wakanda! But when Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny arrive in the African nation, they find themselves and Wakanda under attack! And the culprit is none other than T'Challa's long-time adversary: Klaw! Does the Master of Sound have a new trick to defeat the Black Panther and the Fantastic Four? Second story: "Legacy" Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Dave Hoover. Inks by Charles Barnett. T'Challa learns the origin on his grandfather Chanda who also wore the mantle of the Black Panther. (Notes: This issue includes an essay from Roy Thomas about the plans for the Fantastic Four Unlimited series. FF Unlimited #1 was published the same month as Fantastic Four (1st series) 374. Printed on glossy paper.)
64 pages. Cover price $3.95.
"Pope Must Die!" Guest-starring the Inhumans. Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Steve Montano. Cover by Brandon Peterson and Terry Austin.
Plot continues from Daredevil (1st series) 283. Since the events of the Inhumans (1988) Graphic Novel, Medusa has been at odds with the Inhumans' Genetics Council regarding her son Ahura. And through a strange set of circumstances, Ahura (aka Pope) has escaped from the council's custody and wound up on Earth. So the Genetics Council sends a group of Inhumans to New York to capture the young boy! But these special emissaries run into the Fantastic Four first! Once the FF learns that the council is not planning to return Ahura to his mother (Medusa) or his father (Black Bolt), the battle begins! And eventually, it leads all the way to the blue area of the moon! Strangely enough, the Fantastic Four are fighting harder to reunite Medusa with her son than the Inhumans are. What kind of politics are at work on Attilan? And who is really in charge of the Genetics Council?
64 pages. Cover price $3.95.
"Back to the Negative Zone!" Script by Roy Thomas. Art by Herb Trimpe (pencils) and Alex Trimpe (layouts). Inks by Steve Montano. Cover by Mark Pacella and Al Milgrom.
The Fantastic Four journeys into the Negative Zone to investigate an anomaly (that Reed detected earlier) in a place called the Annihilation Area. But as the FF knows all too well, the Negative Zone is fraught with danger! And it usually comes in the form of two specific names: Annihilus and Blastaar. Right on cue the two heavy-hitters confront the fabulous foursome as they approach the anomaly! However surprisingly, Annihilus and Blastaar share the same concern about the Annihilation Area. After a truce is agreed upon, the six travelers move together toward the area's strange vortex, and they discover the ancient race knows as the Tyannans! And then they meet the leader of the Tyannans: Reed Richards from Counter-Earth (aka the Brute)! Wow, what a shock! No one has seen him in years since the climatic ending to Fantastic Four (1st series) 183. But he's here now! And the Brute wants to conquer the negative universe and the positive one! Godspeed to the FF! Re-telling of Annihilus' origin. Second feature: Two-page pin-up of the Fantastic Four vs. Blastaar by M.C. Wyman and Charles Barnett.
64 pages. Cover price $3.95.
"The Main Event" Guest-starring the Hulk. Script by Roy Thomas. Pencils by Herb Trimpe. Inks by Steve Montano. Cover by Claudio Castellini.
The Fantastic Three (after the tragic events of Fantastic Four 381) are in Las Vegas for a charity event featuring a mock battle between the Hulk and the Thing. Afterwards, a big misunderstanding leads to Ajax of the Pantheon attacking Ben Grimm! Once the Hulk plays peacemaker, the Pantheon realizes that Atalanta has disappeared! And she apparently went missing in the desert! So Ben, Sue, Johnny, and the Green Goliath start searching in the arid wilderness outside the city. And they find her! Then they uncover her captor: the Mole Man! What is he doing in the Silver State? The Mole Man wants the Hulk and the idol of millions to fight again! This time to the death -- double or nothing! Appearance by Kala. Pantheon roster: Achilles, Ajax, Atalanta, Delphi, Hector, and Paris. Second feature: Two-page pin-up of the Fantastic Four vs. the Frightful Four by Don Hudson.
64 pages. Cover price $3.95.
"Impending Doom" Script by Tom Brevoort and Mike Kanterovich. Pencils by Dante Bastianoni. Inks by Ralph Cabrera. Wraparound cover by Claudio Castellini.
Since her husband's mysterious death at the hands of Doctor Doom (in Fantastic Four 381), Susan Richards has steadfastly refused to believe that Reed is actually dead. Instead the Invisible Woman thinks that he's only missing, and she has worked tirelessly to find him. Lo and behold with help from Scott Lang, the FF gets a lead on their departed leader's possible whereabouts: Sub-Atomica! Whoa, could Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Doom be somewhere in the Microverse? Sue, Ben, Johnny, and Ant-Man have all been to the Microverse before, so they know of its hazards. Who or what will the brave foursome discover in the depths of Sub-Atomica? Appearances by Empress Pearla and the Psycho-Man. Second feature: One-page pin-up of the FF vs. Galactus and the Silver Surfer by Pino Rinaldi. Third feature: One-page pin-up of the Thing and Human Torch vs. the Mole Man by Pino Rinaldi. (Note: Members of the Fantastic Four made prior excursions into the Microverse in Marvel Two-in-One #87 and Fantastic Four 282-284.)
64 pages. Cover price $3.95.
"The Gods Above - The Bugs Below" Guest-starring Thor. Script by Roy Thomas. Art by Herb Trimpe. Wraparound cover by Claudio Castellini.
While trying to stop a subway hijacking, Ant-Man stumbles upon a former underground hideaway of the High Evolutionary! And when a member of the Split-Second Squad fires his weapon at a large wooden vat, Scott Lang is doused by unknown chemicals! By the time his fantastic teammates locate him, Ant-Man has mutated into a savage uncontrollable creature called Myrmidon! One thing leads to another...and the Fantastic Four travel to Mount Wundagore to confront the High Evolutionary himself. But before encountering the self-styled demigod, the FF runs into Godpack first! And then the Mighty Thor! Where is this astonishing tale going? Eventually, back to Manhattan where Grottu (via Myrmidon) is attempting to destroy the city with hundreds of giant insects! Can the Fantastic Four, Godpack, and the Prince of Asgard stop the ant invasion and the ant monster? Grottu must go! Cameo appearances by Dr. Jane Foster and Jimmy Kincaid. Second feature: Two-page pin-up of the Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Thing, and Fantastic Force by Dante Bastianoni.
64 pages. Cover price $3.95.
