Fantastic Four #221 [Direct]
(August 1980)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 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]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Bob Budiansky (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

... Shall Earth Survive? (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Sin)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed as Sin)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; snow

Tower of Crystal... Dreams of Glass! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited as C. Gafford)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Primus (an alien)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Second half of a story originally prepared for a Coca-Cola promotion that fell through. See also The Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #9 and The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1979 series) #2.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins
Characters
Howard the Duck

Indexer Notes

Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist!; house ad for Howard the Duck (magazine) #6.

The Incredible Hulk vs. the Roller Disco Devils! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe (credited as Irving Watanabe)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Roller Disco Devils have been terrifying the town.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Roller Disco Devils
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic Four Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Stern; Jim Shooter
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter from Carol A. Strickland; Special Announcement for Stan Lee appearances at Phringecon.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ... Shall Earth Survive?
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Tower of Crystal... Dreams of Glass!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. The Incredible Hulk vs. the Roller Disco Devils!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four Fan Page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore