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A What If? adventure. Cover by Mike Mckone and Mark McKenna.. Story by Steve Englehart, Mike KMcKone and Mark Mckenna. Continuing the story that asks "What if Reed Richards' and Tony Stark's inventions changed the Marvel Universe?"
Written by Cary Bates. Art by Bing Cansino. Cover by Francesco Mattina.
What starts out as a series of petty squabbles along the lines of a typical episode of The Real World quickly escalates to Def-Con 5 level life-and-death grudge matches that put Reed and Sue, Ben and Johnny at each other's throats. With all the adults going insane, it's up to young Valeria and Franklin to save the day - and their family - before no one under the Baxter roof is left alive. Plus a classic FF story by John Byrne from Fantastic Four #237 totally remastered like you've never seen before.
64 PGS./Rated A Cover price $4.99.
Written by JOE CASEY. Pencils & Cover by CHRIS WESTON.
More secrets are revealed in the early days of the Fantastic Four in this stunningly-illustrated series! As the cosmically irradiated foursome answers their first call to action, Reed Richards ensures that he and his friends don't end up as government lab rats. But will Sue, Johnny and Ben go along with his plans? Plus, the secret of the FF's first adversary (hint: it wasn't the Mole Man!).
Cover price $2.99.
Written by JOE CASEY. Pencils & Cover by CHRIS WESTON.
More untold secrets of the FF's earliest days revealed! See Reed move the team into the newly-built Baxter Building -- and see the Thing's less than thrilled reaction! Meanwhile, the FF's first villain -- unknown until now -- finally makes his move! But, will the fledgling team disintegrate before they get to confront him? Of course not, but order the book anyway...!
Cover price $2.99.
Written by PAUL TOBIN. Art by COLLEEN COOVER. Cover by DAVID WILLIAMS.
I, PAPARAZZI: It begins innocently enough with tabloid photos of Reed and Sue on the beach, then Johnny out on the town, and then some rather unkind photos of Ben Grimm devouring every last hot dog and salted pretzel from a street cart vendor, but when the secret laboratories and inner recesses of the Baxter Building start appearing on the cover of the new Superhero Trumpet tabloid, the FF are forced into questioning how and when these photos are being taken. And what do Egghead and his 70 foot tall friend, Gargantua have to do with it? A lot, really. And so do the Invincible Man, Psycho-Man, Basilisk, Cobalt Man, Xeron the Star Slayer, the Terror Birds and a host of other bad guys aiming to take down the World's Greatest Fighting Family by any means necessary! Plus, artist Colleen Coover helps bring you Sue Storm's essay, 'The Importance of Being Invisible.'
48 Pages. full color. Cover price $3.99.
Written by TOM BELAND Art & Cover by JUAN DOE
Puerto Rico...island of beauty, intrigue and, for one ever-lovin', blue-eyed visitor...a pile full of danger! Ben Grimm has been keeping a secret from his teammates for years. But when Reed, Sue and Johnny investigate, the mystery brings them to the tropics, face-to-face with an old nemesis and a monstrous creature known as...EL CHUPACABRAS!! All we can say is, '¡¡QUE EL MÍO SEA MARVEL!!'
Cover price $3.99.
1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four: Life Story (2021 Marvel) #1-6.Written by Mark Russell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Daniel Acuna.An incredible exploration of the fabulous foursome's lives if they aged in real time across the decades!Amid the backdrop of the Space Race, an accident gives the Fantastic Four great powers and entangles them in the history of their planet. But as the years pass, the four heroes struggle to find their role in a rapidly changing world. As Sue continues to fight for social causes, Reed becomes increasingly obsessed with preparing for the prophesied arrival of Galactus!And in the end, after six decades of triumphs and tragedies, love and loss, can the aging heroes make a final stand against the implacable might of Doctor Doom?Softcover, 200 pages, full color. Rated TCover price $24.99.
cover by michael golden Continuing Marvel's star-studded celebration of the Fantastic Four's 40th Anniversary! If you're a fan of the FF (and who isn't), this is the issue for you: Dr. Doom! Crystal! The Sub-Mariner! The Kree Sentry! The Fantasti-Car!
An all-star cast of creators including Erik Larsen, Keith Giffen, Ron Frenz, Paul Ryan and Joe Sinnott deliver all-out action in the Mighty Marvel Manner!
FC (2 of 12) Cover price $2.99.
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Written by PAUL CORNELL Penciled by HORACIO DOMINGUEZ Cover by NIKO HENRICHON
A threat to the minds of the whole human race sends the FF somewhere they've never been before: into the realm of fiction itself! Where Ben finds himself clobbering a demonic army to save the cast of Sense and Sensibility. No, really. And it gets weirder from there. Dante (not the one from Clerks)! Willie Lumpkin! Behold, the Fictocraft! And it's actually kind of smart and serious too. You're at least going to flip open the first page in your comic store, right?
32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $2.99.
"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.
Adapt This! - Written by Mike Lackey. Art by Heitor Oliviera & Tim Dzon. Painted Cover by Jim Calafiore.
Starring the Thing! The original rocker busts out of Yancy Street! It's clobberin' time! Adaptoid appearance.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.99.
Will Power - Written by Mike Lackey. Art by Adriana Melo & Tim Dzon. Painted Cover by Jim Calafiore.
The reading of Reed Richards' will! The Fantastic Four, Fantastic Force and a surprise mystery guest gather in a solemn occasion that explores the dynamics of Marvel's first family.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.99.
Showdown In Elsewhen - Written by Mike Lackey. Art by Adriana Melo & Tim Dzon. Painted Cover by Jim Calafiore.
Tie-in to Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) #408. Where was Reed Richards when the world thought he was dead? Find out here as Mr. Fantastic battles brutes on a barbaric world!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.99.
Mystery Date - Written by Mike Lackey. Art by Adriana Melo & Tim Dzon. Painted Cover by Jim Calafiore.
A dream turns into disaster when Johnny Storm and Laura Green (who's really that Skrull-babe Lyja) are attacked by the Mole Man's subterraneans! It's some FF favorites in a hoo-hah ride through the tunnel of love to hell!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.99.
Bomb Scared! - Written by Mike Lackey. Art by Adriana Melo & Tim Dzon. Painted Cover by Jim Calafiore.
Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny -- the original Fantastic Four -- are back in New York again! But don't expect a ticker tape parade from Blastaar, the Negative Zone butt-kicker!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.99.
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Adapt This! - Written by Mike Lackey. Art by Heitor Oliviera & Tim Dzon. Painted Cover by Jim Calafiore. Starring the Thing! The original rocker busts out of Yancy Street! It's clobberin' time! Adaptoid appearance. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.99.
