Fantastic Four
#169
[25¢]
(April 1976)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-01-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #126.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Bedlam in the Baxter Building!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed as
BUCKLER) - Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Sinnott)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- First the Thing cuts out for good -- and now...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Power Man [Luke Cage]]
- Reprints
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #184 -
in Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #126 (January 1976) [black & white copy] -
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #59 (Avril 1976) - in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #8 ([July] 2010) [black and white]
- in Fantastic Four: Crusaders and Titans (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #16 (2014)
-
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Five Characters in Search of a Madman!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (credited) (breakdowns)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited) (finished art)
- Colors
- Phil Rachelson (credited as Phil Rache)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- JV252
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y'know something?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Ben Grimm; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #58 (Mars 1976)
-
in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #7/1978 ([juli] 1978) -
in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #7/1978 ([juli] 1978) [minus 1 page] -
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #6 ([1982]) -
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #71 (5 décembre 1983) - in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #8 ([July] 2010) [black and white]
- in Fantastic Four: Crusaders and Titans (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #16 (2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Vs. the Puppet Master, although he isn't revealed until 170.
[no title indexed]
Baxter Building Bulletins / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Doug Zimmerman, (The Other) Jeff Beck, Randy Young, Kip Ericksen, and Jeff Barnett.
A Labyrinthian List of Lambent Labors, Laudable Lagniappes, and Learned Legends Long-Lapsed into Looniness!
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow!
- Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]- Characters
- Nova [Richard Rider]
Indexer Notes
Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items.
Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Man Mountain Marko
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #5 (March 1976 - April 1976)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Bedlam in the Baxter Building!
Fantastic Four -
1.
Five Characters in Search of a Madman!
Fantastic Four -
2.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
[no title indexed]
Baxter Building Bulletins -
4.
A Labyrinthian List of Lambent Labors, Laudable Lagniappes, and Learned Legends Long-Lapsed into Looniness!
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox -
5.
Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
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