(January 1978)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
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
0714860246201
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor)

The Way It Was! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Medusa; Trapster; Dr. Doom; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Sandman; Silver Surfer; Wizard; Galactus
Reprints

The Way It Was (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (layouts); Tony DeZuniga (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Please, Ben, it's not good for you to sulk.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; Namor, the Sub-Mariner (in flashback); Dr. Doom (in flashback); Wizard (in flashback); Sandman (in flashback); Trapster (in flashback); Medusa (in flashback); Mad Thinker (in flashback); Watcher (in flashback); Thundra (in flashback)
Synopsis
An album-issue retrospective on the FF.
Reprints

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

Baxter Building Bulletins / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ed Via, Ray Kolasa, Mike Antonucci.

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

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

Thor in "The Ding-a-Ling Family" (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Thor / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Way It Was!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Way It Was
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Baxter Building Bulletins
  4. 3. ["Remember years ago when we warned you..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. Thor in "The Ding-a-Ling Family"
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Clayton Graham
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice