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Issue: Fantastic Four #1
Publication Date: January 1998
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Issues: #1 of 159 Issues (366 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 01/1998
Volume: 3
Pages: 54
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 75960604456600111
Price: $4.20 CAD
$2.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior (#1-42); glossy interior (#43-588)
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagMarvel : Les Incontournables #4 published May 2008
FlagFantastic Four: Heroes Return - The Complete Collection #1 published January 2019
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Heroes Return

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): THE RUINED: B'arr [Herve Dubois, possessed] (villain); Exalt [Laurent Levessaur, possessed] (villain); Stem [Aaron Starr] (villain); Katar of the Bloody Blades (villain)
First Line: The Legend Begins Anew!
Reprinting
In Content Item: Flag100% Marvel : Fantastic Four #1 published November 1999
as Vive les Fantastiques ! [Illustration on Cover, Front]modifiée [edited]
In Content Item: Flag100% Marvel : Fantastic Four #1 published November 1999
as Couvertures originales [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]right side only
In Content Item: Flag100% Marvel : Fantastic Four #1 published November 1999
as Les Auteurs [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]right side only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover with gatefold featuring character information and story up until this issue.
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Previously in Fantastic Four

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Brief introduction to the major characters, with a re-cap of the events from Onslaught to Heroes Reborn: The Return.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Page 1 of recap shows front cover of wraparound featuring the Fantastic Four group shot, and the thumbnails next to each character's profile is taken from either that image, or another image from this issue (this artwork is Alan Davis/Mark Farmer/Liquid!), while Page 2 features artwork that appears to be from previous issues and likely contains art by other artists.
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Vive la Fantastique!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Ruined [B'arr; Exalt; Stem] (villains, intro); Mole Man [Harvey Rupert Elder] (villain); Moloids (villains); Yvette Diamonde [Martyr] (intro, villain); Laurent Levesseur (intro, possessed); Herve Dubois (intro, possessed); Aaron Starr; Tintin; Arlise (intro); Yancy Street Gang (in Paris!)
First Line: Somewhere... near the very core of the Earth...
Synopsis: In Paris, Yvette Diamonde protests construction over a historic site. Several people are possessed by ancient beings called The Ruined. The Fantastic Four sets things right. Yvette finds that she has permanently acquired new powers -- just like the Fantastic Four once did.
Reprinting
In Content Item: Flag100% Marvel : Fantastic Four #1 published November 1999
as Vive les Fantastiques ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 44
Disclose Notes: The events in this story follow the Fantastic Four's return from the Pocket Universe in Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4. The Ruined appear next in issue #20.

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