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Issue: Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #[nn]
Publication Date: October 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/2009
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9780785139089
UPC/EAN: 978078513908951699
Price: $16.99 USD
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Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Dark Reign

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #1 [Direct Edition, Standard Cover] published May 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Collected Editions

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
various
various
various
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
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1
[untitled]

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Credits
typeset
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#1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #1 [Direct Edition, Standard Cover] published May 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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1
The Bridge Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Alicia Masters; Norman Osborn; HAMMER; Celestials
As the FF prepare the Baxter Building for the arrival of Franklin and Valeria, Sue gets upset when she finds Ben and Johnny letting robots do all the work and Reed working on a new experiment. Reed presents his colleagues with The Bridge, a dimensional gateway which will allow him to look into alternate realities to discover how they have solved their problems. Reed turns The Bridge on and enters inside just as HAMMER attacks the Baxter Building and cuts the power. Sue, Ben and Johnny find themselves caught in an elevator that leads directly into a conglomeration of realities.
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #1 [Direct Edition, Standard Cover] published May 2009
was The Bridge Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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#2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #2 published June 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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1
The Bridge Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards
The authorities enter the Baxter Building to give the FF notice of Osborn's shut down of their operations but find themselves confronted by a belligerent Franklin. While the kids try to figure out how to turn the power back on, Reed is upstairs evaluating the super hero Civil War through countless dimensions, trying to find a viable solution to their current problems. Unbeknownst to both Pop and the kids, Ben, Sue and Johnny are stuck shifting through realities confronting, first dinosaurs, then medieval knights and finally, pirates.
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #2 published June 2009
was The Bridge Chapter Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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#3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Illuminati [Mr. Fantastic; Professor X; Iron Man; Black Bolt; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Dr. Strange]
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #3 published July 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Bridge Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Redd Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Norman Osborn; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]; HAMMER
While Reed utilizes The Bridge to look across a myriad of realities to find out the involvement of the Illuminati in each one, Ben, Sue and Johnny are lost in a dimensional storm where they find themselves as pirates, cowboys and WWII soldiers. Meanwhile, back in the Baxter Building, with their parents trapped on the chaos of the upper floors, Franklin and Valeria prepare to repel Norman Osborn and his agents who have come to shut down the Fantastic Four.
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #3 published July 2009
was The Bridge Chapter Three [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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#4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #4 published August 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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1
The Bridge Chapter Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Norman Osborn; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]; HAMMER
Norman, Mac and HAMMER invade the Baxter Building looking for the FF but Valeria catches Osborn in a legal loophole and brings him alone to face the wrath of Spider-Cowboy Franklin and his toy pistols of justice. Reed reaches some dire conclusions after studying the effect of the Illuminati across all realities and shuts off The Bridge. This also returns Ben, Sue and Johnny from a cross dimension battle with Skrulls infected by Venom symbiotes. The FF head downstairs to find Norman Osborn shooting at the children.
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #4 published August 2009
was The Bridge Chapter Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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#5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing; Iron Patriot [Norman Osborn]; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #5 published September 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Bridge Part Five

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Norman Osborn; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]; HAMMER
The FF find Norman Osborn running through the Baxter Building trying to shoot Franklin and Valeria. When Norman turns the gun on Reed, Franklin shoots him with a toy pistol which fires a very real bullet. Sue forces Reed to dismantle The Bridge but he secretly puts it back together again and uses it.
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #5 published September 2009
was The Bridge Part Five [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Continued in Fantastic Four #570.
Dark Reign: The Cabal

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
The Cabal
The Cabal [Dr. Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner; White Queen; The Hood; Loki; Norman Osborn]
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: The Cabal #1 published June 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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1
... And I'll Get the Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
The Cabal
Dr. Doom [Victor von Doom]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
Doom and Namor discuss their alliance, while Doom contemplates how he would get rid of the other member of the Cabal.
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: The Cabal #1 published June 2009
was ... And I'll Get the Land [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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#1 70th Anniversary Variant by Marko Djurdjevic

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Subject Matter
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The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #1 [70 Years of Marvel] published May 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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1
Dark Reign Strikes Marvel's First Family in an Explosive Way!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing; Iron Patriot [Norman Osborn]; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]
Reprinting
FlagDark Reign: Fantastic Four #5 published September 2009
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1

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