Fantastic Four
#197
[Regular Edition]
(August 1978)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-05-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860246208
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (credited) (Editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Return of Reed Richards' Super-Powers!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Pérez (signed as
PEREZ) - Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as
SINNOTT) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't look so startled, you stretching fool! The Red Ghost is back!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]
Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Four (Yaffa / Page, 1979 ? series) #197 -
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #233 (19 Marzo 1980) -
in Fantastic Four: The Overthrow of Doom (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011) - in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #9 ([August] 2013) [black and white]
-
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The Riotous Return of the Red Ghost!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard (credited) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (credited) (finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Grossman)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited as Costanza)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Nick Fury
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Victor von Doom; Alicia Masters; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Franklin Richards; Servo-Guards - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1979 [1 sida bortredigerad] -
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #85/86 (Juillet 1978) -
in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1979 ([februar] 1979) [minus page 12] -
in Fantastic Four (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #4 (1980) - in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #233 (19 Marzo 1980)
-
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #84 (5 janvier 1985) [Moins/minus 1 page] - in Fantastic Four: The Overthrow of Doom (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #9 ([August] 2013) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- Atlantic Ocean; Cynthian Associates headquarters; Cynthian Associates's Spaceship; Doctor Doom's Castle; Doom's Hyper-Sound Piano; Doomstadt; Latveria; Liquid Prison; Power Compressor; Power Dampener; Upstate New York
[no title indexed]
Baxter Building Bulletins / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from General Jack and Al Schroeder III.
Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J!
Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Return of Reed Richards' Super-Powers!
Fantastic Four -
1.
The Riotous Return of the Red Ghost!
Fantastic Four -
2.
[no title indexed]
Baxter Building Bulletins -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
Spider-Man Meets the Home Wrecker
Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man -
5.
Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J!
Spalding Sports Equipment
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Darrel McCann
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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