Fantastic Four #523 [Direct Edition]
(April 2005)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly except semi-monthly in June
Publisher's Age Guidelines
PSR
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606044566 52311
Editing
Tom Brevoort (editor); Andy Schmidt (assistant); Stephanie Moore (assistant); Molly Lazer (assistant); Joe Quesada (editor in chief); Dan Buckley (publisher)

Issue Notes

© 2005 Marvel Characters, Inc.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Rising Storm Part 4 of 4 (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Wieringo (signed as Ringo!)
Inks
Karl Kesel (signed)
Colors
Richard Isanove (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Reprints

[Recap] (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Wieringo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards

Indexer Notes

Recap of story to date, creator credits and indicia.

Rising Storm Part 4 of 4 (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid
Pencils
Mike Wieringo
Inks
Karl Kesel
Colors
Paul Mounts
Letters
Randolph Gentile; Virtual Calligraphy

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Alicia Masters; Henry; Tony; Carrie; Sister Mary Catherine; Maisie; Lurleen; Galen [Galactus]
Reprints

Will Eisner March 6, 1917 - January 3, 2005 (Table of Contents: 3)

Will Eisner / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Molly Lazer
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Evans Aine II, Sandra Bullock, Nick Roberts, Paul DeKams and Steve Chung - and responses from Molly Lazer.
Preview of cover to Fantastic Four #524.
Preview of cover to Fantastic Four: Foes #2.
Preview of cover to Spider-Man / Human Torch #2.

VERB (Table of Contents: 5)

Nightcrawler; Verb / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]

Indexer Notes

Ad for VERB - a social marketing campaign to increase physical activity among youth.
Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Rising Storm Part 4 of 4
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. [Recap]
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Rising Storm Part 4 of 4
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Will Eisner March 6, 1917 - January 3, 2005
    Will Eisner
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four Fan Page
  6. 5. VERB
    Nightcrawler; Verb
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Vik-Thor Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore