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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 (365 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Sunburst variant

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

Editor(s): Mark Powers (editor); Jason Liebig (assistant editor, uncredited); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

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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

Format Notes:

Variants3

3 Fantastic Four #1 [Direct Edition]

Fantastic Four #1 [Newsstand]

2 Fantastic Four #1 [Sunburst variant]

Reprinted In1

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

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

Reprinted From0

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

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

Sunburst variant

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Alan Davis

Inker(s): Mark Farmer

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantastic Four

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 January 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): ?

Penciller(s): various

Inker(s): various

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantastic Four

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Brief introduction to the major characters, with a re-cap of the events from Onslaught to Heroes Reborn: The Return.

Vive la Fantastique!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Scott Lobdell

Penciller(s): Alan Davis

Inker(s): Mark Farmer

Colorist(s): Liquid!

Letterer(s): Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Albert Deschesne [as AD]

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantastic Four

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Franklin Richards; Ruined [B'arr; Exalt; Stem] (villains, intro); Mole Man; Moloids; Yvette Diamonde (intro); Laurent Levesseur (intro); Herve Dubois (intro); Aaron Starr; Tintin; Arlise (intro); Yancy Street Gang (in Paris!)

Synopsis: In Paris, Yvette Diamonde protests construction over a historic site. Several people are transformed into 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

Reprint Notes:

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.