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Issue: Fantastic Four Special Edition #1
Publication Date: May 1984
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Tom DeFalco (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Disclose Notes: Reprints Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 with new 5 pages and illustrations by John Byrne.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; baxter interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Pin-up
 
Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Pin-up
 
Interior Page
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Pin-up
Ben Grimm as The Thing
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Sub-mariner vs. The Human Race!

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): John Byrne (signed)
Inker(s): John Byrne (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as Sub-Mariner vs. The Human Race! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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Fantastic Four Special Edition

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Annual #1 published September 1963
was The Undersea Legions of Sub-Mariner! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Partial reprint of the original cover. Includes the indicia.
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Sub-Mariner versus the Human Race!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee; John Byrne (pages 18-22)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; John Byrne (pages 18-22)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers; John Byrne (pages 18-22)
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): Artie Simek; ? (pages 18-22)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Sub-Mariner [Namor] (origin recap); Dorma (first appearance); Krang (first appearance); Adlai Stevenson; Nikita Krushchev; Leonard McKenzie (flashback); Fen (flashback); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback)
Synopsis: The Sub-Mariner locates the remnants of his undersea race and plans a new attack against the surface world.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as Sub-Mariner versus the Human Race! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Annual #1 published September 1963
was Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Pages 1-17, 19-37
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 41
Disclose Notes: The original page 18 is cut and replaced by 5 new unnumbered pages by Byrne retelling the Namor's origin.

Namor's undersea race is seen for the first time since his revival in Fantastic Four #4.
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Reed Richards, Mister Fantastic

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page!
Character(s): Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes Megazine #1 published October 1994
as The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as Fantastic Four and Sub-Mariner [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sue Storm, The Glamorous Invisible Girl

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page!
Character(s): Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Johnny Storm, The Human Torch!!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page!
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ben Grimm, The Thing

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page!
Character(s): The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Prince Namor of Atlantis, The Sub-Mariner!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fantastic Four Pin-Up Page!
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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