(December 1977)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860268612
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Archie Goodwin (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

What If the Fantastic Four Had Different Super-Powers? (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rick Hoberg (signed as Hoberg)
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch; Mandroid; Big-Brain; Ultra-Woman; Dragonfly
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Rick Hoberg.

What If the Fantastic Four Had Different Super Powers? (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Jim Craig (pages 1-9); Rick Hoberg (pages 10-33)
Inks
Sam Grainger
Colors
Phil Rachelson
Letters
John Costanza (credited as Costanza) (pages 1-9); Joe Rosen (pages 10-33, uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is a question only I can answer...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Watcher; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Fantastic Four [Big-Brain [Reed Richards]; Mandroid [Johnny Storm]; Dragonfly [Ben Grimm]; Ultra-Woman [Sue Storm]]; Doctor Doom; Skrulls (cameo); Mole Man (cameo); Sub-Mariner [Namor] (cameo); Miracle Man (cameo)
Synopsis
The Fantastic Four get different powers and become Big-Brain (Reed), Ultra-Woman (Sue), Mandroid (Johnny), and Dragonfly (Ben).
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kristy Marx, Don Glut and Rick Hoberg are thanked for plotting contributions. Additional art and lettering information 2005 by Steven Tice.

Legal Eagle (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cake / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson

Indexer Notes

Hostess Cup Cake ad.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Why Not? / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tim Rogerson, Lewis Himmelhock, Michael Thompson and Jan Langdon.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What If the Fantastic Four Had Different Super-Powers?
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. What If the Fantastic Four Had Different Super Powers?
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Legal Eagle
    Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cake
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Why Not?
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ralf Haring
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Mark Q
  • Richard Rider
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore