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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #25
Publication Date: January 2023
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/23/2023
Volume: 25
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9781302949396
UPC/EAN: 978130294939657500
Price: $93.75 CAD
$75.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 63 (22 stories, 2 covers)
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Disclose Notes: Collects Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #269-277, Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #18, The Thing (Marvel, 1983 series) #19 and #23 and "The Last Galactus Story" from Epic Illustrated (Marvel, 1980 series) #26-34.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
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Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: Smythe-sewn hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Family Reunion!

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Nathaniel Richards
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Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Volume 25

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Marvel Masterworks Contents

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The Last Galactus Story

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Introduction

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The Wedding of Black Bolt and Medusa!

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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
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Prolog: Ten Lunar Orbits Ago

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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
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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!

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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
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Continued from the previous story.
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Who Is Terminus?

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]
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Skyfall

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; Terminus (villain)
Sue gets mad when Reed won't let her go on a mission. Terminus arrives on Earth.
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Fantastic Four #270

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Planet-Fall

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; Wyatt Wingfoot; Terminus (villain); Annihilus (cameo flashback); The Thing (cameo flashback)
New York, New York. Voices echo in a large, almost unfurnished loft...
Johnny and Alicia get closer. Franklin tries to comfort his mommy. Reed, Jen and Wyatt battle Terminus.
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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]]; Gormuu
Our most powerful missiles are useless -- we're doomed!
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Cover designed in the style of Jack Kirby from the 50s / 60s.
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Happy Birthday Darling!

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Ben Grimm [Thing] (flashback)]; Alicia Masters; Wyatt Wingfoot; Franklin Richards; Giles Peacock; Mrs. Peacock; Gormuu (flashback, villain)
Mr. Fantastic recalls his battle with Gormuu and the Fantastic Four visit the Richards' estate in California. Trying to discover the mystery of his memory loss, Reed opens his father's old lab and finds a time platform.
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Bulk of the comic is a pre-FF tale done in the Lee/Kirby style.
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Cowboys & Idioms!

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Cowboys and Idioms

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Nathaniel Richards (cameo); Bret Colby
A sub-basement of a California mansion.
The Fantastic Four travel to an "Old West" alternate universe seeking Reed's father.
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Family Reunion!

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Nathaniel Richards
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Fathers and Others

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Cassandra; Nathaniel Richards; Bret Colby
The place: Planet Earth. The time: The present
The Fantastic Four thwart a revolt against Nathaniel Richards.
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Nightmares!

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The Thing; Death
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Rocky Grimm Space Ranger Part IX: Monster Mash

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The Thing; Tarianna; The Takers; Llrrllllnnllyyrrl; Dracula; Death; The Mummy; Frankenstein's Monster
The Thing battles various monsters on The Secret Wars Planet.
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Continued in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 Series) #274
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Fantastic Four #274

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the Thing
It’s clobberin’ time!
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Monster Mash Part Two

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Alma Chambers; Frankenstein's Monster; Gregor Lupus; Monster Master [Dr. Akerman]; Kemp; Spider-Man's Black Costume
Belle Porte, Connecticut, a pleasant little community
Thing, Frankenstein's Monster, and a werewolf battle a mad scientist on the Beyonder's World. Spider-Man’s black costume escapes.
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Story continues in part from Thing #19 and continues in part in Thing #20. Adkins interior inks credit provided 2006 by Al Gordon.
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Fantastic Four #275

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She-Hulk; T. J. Vance
Hey, guys -- what's big and green and has a staple in her navel?
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The Naked Truth

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Alicia Masters; Bill Watkins (WXIT radio station employee); Dan Cooley (helicopter pilot); the Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Franklin Richards; John Byrne (mini-portrait in credits box); T.J. Vance (The Naked Truth magazine editor); Wyatt Wingfoot; Hideko
The Baxter Building, New York City.
She-Hulk and Wyatt Wingfoot try to come to terms with a sleaze publisher who took photographs of She-Hulk sunbathing topless.
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Set in New York. Inspired by a She-Hulk pinup by Kevin Nowlan in Marvel Fanfare #18 (January 1985).
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Evening of the Witch

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Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Elspeth Cromwell
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Suffer a Witch to Live...

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Alicia Masters; Wyatt Wingfoot; Franklin Richards; Elspeth Cromwell (villain); Mephisto (cameo); Dr. Strange (cameo); Hyram Fieldstone (cameo); Lois Fieldstone (cameo); Joe Palooka (cameo); Ann Palooka (cameo); Dick Tracy (cameo); Mr. Lockhorn (cameo); Mrs. Lockhorn (cameo); Skeezix (cameo); Jiggs (cameo); Henry Mitchell (cameo); Blondie (cameo); Dagwood Bumstead (cameo); Herb Woodley (cameo)
Winter wraps her off-white blanket over Manhattan,E
Professional exorcist Elspeth Cromwell attacks the Richardses, believing them to be demons. She unwittingly unleashes Mephisto on Earth.
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Fantastic Four #277

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Dire Wraith; Mephisto
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Back from Beyond

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Doctor Strange; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; Wyatt Wingfoot; Dire Wraith (villain); Mephisto (villain)
The sheep meadow, Central Park, New York, New York.
Thing returns to earth from the Beyonder's world and battles a Dire Wraith. The Richardses and Doctor Strange battle Mephisto for Franklin's soul but it is Franklin himself who takes down the Devil.
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Two concurrent stories: upper tier featuring Thing's return and lower tier the Richardses battle with Mephisto. Story continues in part in Thing #23.
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The Thing #23

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That's it! I've had enough! Who needs the Fantastic Four anyway?!
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Art credits confirmed in Amazing Heroes #63.
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Remembrances

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The Thing; Alicia Masters; Mr. Fantastic; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Invisible Girl; Franklin Richards
The Thing quits the Fantastic Four.
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Epic Illustrated #26

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The Shattered Stars (Chapter One)

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The Shadows in the Stone (Chapter Two)

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Return of the Exile (Chapter Three)

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The Rhyming Robot (Chapter Four)

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The End of the Earth (Chapter Five)

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The Hidden Stars (Chapter Six)

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Tunnel in the Sky (Chapter Seven)

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The Dweller in Darkness (Chapter Eight)

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The Face of the Foe (Chapter Nine)

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Marvel Press Poster #12 - The Sensational She-Hulk

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Marvel Age #19 The Last Galactus Story House Ad

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Marvel Age #20 The Last Galactus Story House Ad

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Epic Illustrated #26 The Last Galactus Story Promotional Poster

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Epic Illustrated #26 Cover Art

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Epic Illustrated #31 The Last Galactus Story Chapter 6 Page 1 Original Art

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Epic Illustrated #31 The Last Galactus Story Chapter 6 Page 2 Original Art

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Epic Illustrated #31 The Last Galactus Story Chapter 6 Page 3 Original Art

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Epic Illustrated #31 The Last Galactus Story Chapter 6 Page 4 Original Art

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Epic Illustrated #31 The Last Galactus Story Chapter 6 Page 5 Original Art

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Epic Illustrated #31 The Last Galactus Story Chapter 6 Page 6 Original Art

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Epic Illustrated Table of Contents the Last Galactus Story Teasers

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Epic Illustrated Editorials the Last Galactus Story

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Marvel Fanfare #18 Nova Pinup

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Marvel Fanfare #18 She-Hulk Pinup

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Marvel Fanfare #18 Doctor Doom Pinup

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Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #5 TPB Cover Art

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Biographies

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Marvel Masterworks

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Back Cover

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Back cover with mosaic of covers reprinted in this issue.

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