(May 1982)
Marvel,
1982 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.35 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1982-02-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
- Editing
- Jim Shooter (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- newsprint
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #8.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four / cover / 2 pages
- Script
- Fred Hembeck
- Pencils
- Fred Hembeck (signed)
- Inks
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to the party!
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Fred Hembeck; Edwin Jarvis; Beast; Wasp; Nova; Jack of Hearts; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Hulk; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Daredevil; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Man-Thing; Moon Knight; Scarlet Witch; Nightcrawler; Dr. Strange; Clea; Brother Voodoo; Havok; Black Bolt; Valkyrie; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Iron Fist; Spider-Man; Silver Surfer; Thor; Cyclops; Vision; Wolverine; Hellcat; Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Colossus; Kitty Pryde; Ka-Zar; Dazzler; Wonder Man; Impossible Man; Marvel Boy [Wendell Vaughn]; Union Jack; Captain Britain; She-Hulk; Binary [Carol Danvers]; Machine Man; Moondragon; Shanna; Nighthawk; Phantom Rider; Deathlok; Black Panther; Captain Universe; 3-D Man; Angel; Tigra; Storm; Triton; Black Widow; Hawkeye; Shang Chi; Medusa; Iceman; Nick Fury; Shroud; Red Wolf; Dum Dum Dugan; Whizzer; Pinky Pinkerton; Ikaris; Willie Lumpkin
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Wraparound Cover.
[no title indexed]
Fred Hembeck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you believe it?
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Fred Hembeck
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Introduction of the comic book.
When Titans Chuckle!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Fred Hembeck; Jim Shooter (plot assist)
- Pencils
- Fred Hembeck (layouts; Hembeck figures); Ron Wilson (pp. 1, 4); John Byrne (pp. 2, 6, 8, 17, 26-27, 31); Michael Golden (pp. 3, 28); John Romita Jr. (pp. 5, 27); Al Milgrom (pp. 7, 30); Mike Zeck (pp. 9, 26); Bob Layton (pp. 10, 26); Alan Weiss (pp. 11, 27); Sal Buscema (pp.12, 26); Mike Vosburg (pp. 13, 26); Kerry Gammill (pp. 14, 26); Bob Hall (pp. 15, 26-27); Keith Pollard (pp. 16, 27); Frank Miller (pp. 18, 26); Denys Cowan (p. 19); Marshall Rogers (pp. 20, 27); John Buscema (pp. 21, 25); Don Perlin (pp. 22, 26-27); Gene Day (pp. 23, 27); Walter Simonson (p. 24); Frank Springer (p. 26; Dazzler); Dave Cockrum (p. 27; X-Men); Steve Leialoha (p. 27; Spider-Woman); Bill Sienkiewicz (pp. 27, 29); Brent Anderson (pp. 27, 32)
- Inks
- Fred Hembeck (Hembeck figures); Chic Stone (pp. 1, 4); Terry Austin (pp. 2, 13, 20); Michael Golden (pp. 3, 28); John Romita (p. 5); Joe Rubinstein (pp. 6, 19); Al Milgrom (page 7, 30); Joe Sinnott (page 8, 17, 25-27); John Beatty (page 9, 26); Bill Anderson (page 9; Cap's shield in panel 2); Bob Layton (pp. 10, 26); Alan Weiss (pp. 11, 27); Sal Buscema (pp. 12, 26); Ricardo Villamonte (pp. 14, 26); Dan Green (pp. 15); Keith Pollard (pp. 16, 27); Klaus Janson (pp. 18, 26); Bob McLeod (p. 21); Don Perlin (pp. 22, 26); Gene Day (pp. 23, 27); Walter Simonson (p. 24); John Byrne (pp. 26-27, 31); Vince Colletta (p. 26; Dazzler); Dave Cockrum (p. 27; X-Men); Steve Leialoha (p. 27; Spider-Woman); Jim Mooney (p. 27; Spider-Man); Bill Sienkiewicz (p. 27, 29); Brent Anderson (p. 27, 32)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver; Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I've used up my last box of "Mr. Bubble", but it's gonna be worth it!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Alicia Masters; J. Jonah Jameson; Fred Hembeck; Spider-Man; Nova; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Hawkeye; Hercules; Wonder Man; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Beast; Black Panther]; Defenders [Hulk; Dr. Strange; Nighthawk; Valkyrie; Son of Satan; Gargoyle]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Crystal; Quicksilver; Triton; Gorgon; Karnak]; X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Angel; Iceman; Havok; Storm; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Kitty Pryde]; Legion of Monsters [Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Dracula; Werewolf by Night; Frankenstein's Monster; Morbius; Man-Thing]; Ikarus; Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Black Widow; Dragon Man; Captain Britain; Sandman; Mad Thinker; Rama Tut; Annihilus; Red Ghost; Molecule Man; Psycho-Man; Diablo; Hate-Monger; Mole Man; Skrulls; Puppet Master; Galactus; Miracle Man; Wizard; Trapster; Edwin Jarvis; Whizzer; Union Jack; Falcon; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Jack of Hearts; Dazzler; Iron Fist; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Darkstar; Vanguard; Tigra; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Namorita; She-Hulk; Doc Samson; Rick Jones; Machine Man; Moondragon; The Watcher; Silver Surfer; Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Snowbird; Daredevil; Devil-Slayer; Shroud; Eternity; Red Wolf; Torpedo; Paladin; 3-D Man; Moon Knight; Marvel Boy [Wendell Vaughn]; Aquarian; Shang Chi; Sons of the Tiger; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Ka-Zar; Shanna; H.E.R.B.I.E.; Dr. Doom; Willie Lumpkin; Wyatt Wingfoot; Tomazooma, the Living Totem; Agatha Harkness; Howard the Duck; Thundra; Brother Voodoo; Impossible Man; Aunt May Parker [as Captain Universe]; Guardians of the Galaxy [Starhawk; Nikki; Martinex; Yondu; Charlie-27; Vance Astro]
- Synopsis
- The Marvel Universe throws a roast for the Fantastic Four but someone sinister is trying to break up the festivities.
- Reprints
- in Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) (2007)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013), #2 (2013)
-
in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #59 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 1 (Marzo 2015) [Páginas 2, 6, 8, 17, 26-27 y 31] - in House of Hem (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #9 (2019) [page 20 only]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #21 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 26-27 features a two-page spread wherein each character is penciled and inked by the same artists as those characters' pages in the rest of the book, with additional artists as noted. Art credits indexed 2005 by Steven Tice. Credit confirmation and additions 2005 by Fred Hembeck, including the Bill Anderson page 9 shield credit, Bill's first published work. Al Milgrom credits confirmed 2005 by Al Milgrom.
[no title indexed]
Fred Hembeck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is probably the silliest comic book the Fantastic Four have ever appeared in.
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Fred Hembeck; Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Willie Lumpkin; Alicia Masters
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Recap of "silliest moments" in the Fantastic Four series from #9, 11, 16, 29 and 34.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Welcome to the party!"]
Fantastic Four -
1.
["Can you believe it?"]
Fred Hembeck -
2.
When Titans Chuckle!
Fantastic Four -
3.
["This is probably the silliest comic book the Fantastic Four have ever appeared in."]
Fred Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Kauldi Gilibert
- Michael Hoskin
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
- BobBob Zarfin
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