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Issue: The Fantastic Four Chronicles #[nn]
Publication Date: February 1982
 
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Publisher: FlagFantaCo Enterprises
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Indicia Publisher: FantaCo Enterprises, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 52
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Price: $2.00 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 25 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roger Green
Disclose Notes: This magazine is the second in a series of publications ("... Chronicles") spotlighting popular comic series. It contains primarily text features, articles and checklists. Additional issues include #3 The Daredevil Chronicles, #4 Avengers Chronicles, # 5 Spider-Man Chronicles.

Contents for this issue include:
"Twenty Years with the World's Greatest Comic Magazine" by J.A. Fludd (Text)

"Will the Real Fantastic Four Annual #1 Please Stand Up?" by Fred G. Hembeck (Graphic)

"Questions and Answers With Jack Kirby, Version Two" by Roger Green (Text)

"Things Ain't What They Could Have Been, Ben" by Fred G. Hembeck (Graphic)

"After the Wedding: Ambiguity and an Expanding Universe" by Steve Webb (Text)

"Interview: Marv Wolfman and Len Wein" by Jay Zilber (Text)

"The Fantastic Four: A Personal Recollection" by John Byrne (Text)

"The Fantastic Four Checklist" by Rocco Nigro (Text)

"In Final Defeat" by Don Martinec (Graphic)

"Chronic Comments" (fan letters to the editor) (text)

NOTE: Even though there is a masthead across the top of this issue that says "Marvel Comics Group" it is NOT a Marvel Comic book. Instead, this is a Fantaco publication about that series.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-shot
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Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]
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Shooting the Tube Fantastic

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Fantastic Four
Silver Surfer; Mister Fantastic
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Staff & Contents

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Twenty Years With the World's Greatest Super-Team

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Historical overview of the rich history and characters of the Fantastic Four, illustrated with art by Bill Anderson, Tammi Harris, Dave Simons.
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Mister Fantastic
Mister Fantastic
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Human Torch
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Power Man
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Black Bolt
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John Lawless (signed)
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Frankie Raye
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Will the Real Fantastic Four Annual #1 Please Stand Up?

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Questions and Answers With Jack Kirby, Version Two

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Roger Green
Jack Kirby; Dave Simons (signed)
Jack Kirby; Dave Simons (signed)
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Fantastic Four
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Interview with Jack Kirby, illustrated with a photograph of Jack Kirby, the cover illustration of FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol. 1) #10, and a Sub-Mariner sketch by Dave Simons.
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Things Ain't What They Coulda Been, Ben ...

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Thing
the Thing
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Fantastic Four Centerspread

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Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Impossible Man; Quasimodo; Willie Lumpkin; Agatha Harkness; Inhumans [Crystal; Lockjaw; Black Bolt; Medusa; Triton; Karnak; Gorgon]; Puppet Master; Red Ghost; the Watcher; Annihilus; Psycho Man; Sandman; Wizard; Miracle Man; Skrulls; Rama-Tut; Trapster; Super Skrull; Hate Monger; Diablo; Alicia Masters; Klaw; Dragon Man; Franklin Richards; Mole Man; Moloids; Wyatt Wingfoot; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Galactus; Silver Surfer; Ronan; Molecule Man; Black Panther; Doctor Doom; Mad Thinker; Awesome Android; Sentry; Blastaar
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After the Wedding: Ambiguity and an Expanding Universe

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Steve Webb
Tammi Harris (signed); Jack Kirby
Tammi Harris (signed); Jack Kirby
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Fantastic Four
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Text illustrated with cover illustration of FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol. 1) #51, and Jack Kirby panel and a sketch by Tammi Harris.
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The Animated Adventures of the Fantastic Four

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Jim Korkis
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Fantastic Four
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Text article about the first Fantastic Four Animated Cartoon series on TV.
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Interview: Len Wein and Marv Wolfman

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Interview with Len Wein and Marv Wolfman, illustrated with cover illustration of FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol. 1) #191.
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The Fantastic Four: A Personal Recollection

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John Byrne
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Terry Austin (signed); ? (photo)
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Fantastic Four
John Byrne (photo)
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Text by John Byrne, illustrated with photograph of John Byrne and cover illustration of FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol. 1) #232.
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The Fantastic Four Checklist

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Rocco Nigro
Tammi Harris (signed); Bill Anderson (signed); John Lawless (signed)
Tammi Harris (signed); Bill Anderson (signed); John Lawless (signed)
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Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Medusa
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Annotated checklist of Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #1-241, Fantastic Four ANNUALS #1-16, GIANT-SIZE Fantastic Four #1-6, Fantastic Four ROAST, plus listings of Cover Artists/Inkers, Editors, Fantastic Four appearances in other titles, and Reprints, illustrated with sketches by Tammi Harris and Bill Anderson.
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In Final Defeat

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Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing; Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic]
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Chronic Comments
Medusa
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6 letters of comment by L. Stephen Borer, Willie L. Peepers, Jeffrey H. Geller, Charles David Haskell, Paul R. Wilson, and Tom A. Fields.
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House Advertisements

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House Advertisements (One-Pager) for: GATES OF EDEN #1 & #2, FantaCo merchandise, Underground Comics, Splatter Movies, FantaCo's Chronicles series, Back Issues.
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Ads

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Advertisement for: Comics Unlimited Investor Service.
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