Fantastic Four #536 [Newsstand]
(May 2006)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
071658024625 05
Editing
Tom Brevoort (editor); Andy Schmidt (assistant editor); Molly Lazer (assistant editor); Aubrey Sitterson (assistant editor); Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #536 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Road to Civil War (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike McKone
Inks
Andy Lanning
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Doom; Mjolnir
Reprints
Keywords
Civil War [Marvel]

Indexer Notes

Cover sports Road to Civil War trade dress.

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The Hammer Falls [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
J. Michael Straczynski (credited)
Pencils
Mike McKone (credited)
Inks
Andy Lanning (credited); Kevin Walker (credited as Kev Walker); Cam Smith (credited); Kris Justice (credited)
Colors
Paul Mounts (credited)
Letters
Rus Wooton of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Rus Wooton)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Doctor Doom (villain); Doombots (villain); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Doctor Strange (cameo); Black Bolt (cameo); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo); Peter Parker [Spider-Man] (cameo)
Synopsis
Reed tells Sue of a meeting he has had with the Illuminati concerning superhuman registration. A mysterious object has fallen to earth in Oklahoma and the Fantastic Four are called in to keep an army of Doombots from retrieving it. Things get more complicated when Doom himself joins in the struggle. And to complicate matters even further still, the object in question turns out to be the hammer of Thor.
Reprints
Keywords
Civil War [Marvel]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Molly Lazer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Pappas, Joshua Wiles, Gary Sheppard, Rob Landfert, Rob Parks, Dan Walsh.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Road to Civil War
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Hammer Falls [Part 1]
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four Fan Page
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