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Issue: Fantastic Four #1

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Publication Date: January 1998

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Issues: #1 of 159 Issues (366 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Variant Sunburst Variant Cover

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 3

Pages: 54

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 75960604456600121

Price: $4.20 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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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Variants3

3 Fantastic Four #1 [Direct Edition]

Fantastic Four #1 [Newsstand]

2 Fantastic Four #1 [Variant Sunburst Variant Cover]

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- Sunburst variant [Illustration on Cover, Front]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images2

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (4 total)

Sunburst variant

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

100% Marvel : Fantastic Four #1 published November 1999
as Couvertures originales [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Heroes Return. Often called the "Sunburst" variant.

Previously in Fantastic Four

Reprise on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

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.

Vive la Fantastique!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 44

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.