Fantastic Four #172 [Regular Edition]
(July 1976)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Cry, the Bedeviled Planet! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (plot); Bill Mantlo (credited) (script)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited as George Perez)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra G.)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Job Number
JV373
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Forget the fact that the being shackled...
Feature Logo
Stan Lee Presents: The Fantastic Four!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (featured); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (featured); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (featured); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (featured)
Destroyer (villain); Galactus [Galan] (villain); Gorr; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (flashback); Man-Beast (flashback); Adam Warlock (flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The golden ape Gorr brings the Fantastic Four to Counter Earth where they try to fight off the Destroyer before he calls Galactus to feed. They fail and the world eater shows up.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Re-introduction of Galactus. He is the villain until #176. The High Evolutionary also plays a central role.

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Mighty Marvel Checklist

An Omnium-Gatherum of Odysseys Occult, Olios, and Occasions Obbligato! (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's on sale at last!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Captain America; Shang-Chi

Captain America and The Red Skull (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Editing
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
Reprints

Eagle-Eye GI Joe Meets the Interuder Strongman from Another World (Table of Contents: 5)

G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
military; war
Characters
GI Joe; The Commander; The Intruder

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for the GI Joe action figures.

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cry, the Bedeviled Planet!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Cry, the Bedeviled Planet!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. An Omnium-Gatherum of Odysseys Occult, Olios, and Occasions Obbligato!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. Captain America and The Red Skull
    Captain America; Hostess Twinkies
  6. 5. Eagle-Eye GI Joe Meets the Interuder Strongman from Another World
    G.I. Joe
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