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Issue: Fantastic Four Annual #18
Publication Date: November 1984
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Issues: #18 of 27 Issues (41 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 07/10/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Michael Carlin; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #51, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-07-31.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound (#1-15, 21-27); Saddle-stitched (#16-20)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In7
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Wedding of Black Bolt and Medusa!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): M. D. Bright [as Byrning Bright] (signed)
Inker(s): John Byrne [as Byrning Bright] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four
Character(s): Colonel Bel-Dann; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa]; Warlord Raksor
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #5 published February 2006
as untitled [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #5 published February 2006
as Fantastic Four Annual #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as The Wedding of Black Bolt and Medusa! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover signature reads "Byrning Bright".
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Mario Bros.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Mario Bros.
Character(s): Luigi
Synopsis: Luigi is in a maze and danger makes him call out for his brother Mario.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Mario Bros. video game from Atari.
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Prolog: Ten Lunar Orbits Ago

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne (plot); Mark Gruenwald (script); Chris Claremont (partial script, uncredited, see notes)
Penciller(s): M. D. Bright [as Mark Bright]
Inker(s): Mike Gustovich
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): Phil Felix
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four
Character(s): Colonel Bel-Dann (Kree soldier); Empress R'klll of the Skrulls; the Supreme Intelligence; Warlord Raksor (Skrull warrior, poses as Storm); the Watcher [Uatu]; Wolverine
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #5 published February 2006
as Prolog: Ten Lunar Orbits Ago [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as Prolog: Ten Lunar Orbits Ago [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Continues in the next story. The story follows up on events in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #137 (September 1980). In particular, pages 2 and 3 are a new version of pages 22 and 23 of that X-Men issue, with the dialogue being largely the same (hence the Claremont script credit).
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Something Old, Something New!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne (plot); Mark Gruenwald (script)
Penciller(s): M. D. Bright [as Mark Bright]
Inker(s): Mike Gustovich
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): Phil Felix
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four
Character(s): Colonel Bel-Dann; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk]; the Inhumans [Black Bolt; Crystal; Gorgon; Karnak; Lockjaw; Luna; Medusa; Triton]; Quicksilver; Warlord Raksor; the Watcher
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #5 published February 2006
as Something Old, Something New! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as Something Old, Something New! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Continued from the previous story.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Milgrom (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Avengers
Character(s): The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; She-Hulk; Starfox; Thor]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for The Avengers series.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Byrne (signed)
Inker(s): John Byrne (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Alpha Flight [Aurora; Marrina; Puck; Sasquatch]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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