Fantastic Four #9 [Direct Edition]
(September 1998)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Volume
3
Price
1.99 USD; 2.80 CAD
Pages
38
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606044566 00911
Editing
Mark Powers (editor); Jason Liebig (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Torch and Spidey Together Again! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Salvador Larroca (signed)
Inks
Art Thibert (signed as T-Bear)
Colors
Liquid! (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]
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Previously in Fantastic Four (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; the Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman]; Franklin Richards; Alyssa Moy; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Indexer Notes

Brief introduction to the major characters, with a re-cap of the events from Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #1-8.

A Day in the Life (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Salvador Larroca
Inks
Art Thibert
Colors
Liquid!
Letters
Comicraft; Albert Deschesne (credited as AD); Richard Starkings (credited as RS)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Franklin Richards (cameo); Alyssa Moy (cameo); Caledonia (intro, origin, cameo) [Alysande Stuart]; Puppy (intro, cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kraven the Hunter; Guladkin; Stan Lee; Neal Conan (cameo); Manoli Wetherell (cameo); Kay Cera (cameo)
Synopsis
Neal Conan and Manoli Wetherell, from NPR-TV, interview the Fantastic Four. Johnny, Caledonia (a former slave Johnny rescued in the Core Continuum), Spider-Man, and Kraven the Hunter hunt for a creature in Four Freedoms Plaza, and find a puppy for Franklin.
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Keywords
NPR-TV

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Caledonia, an alternate universe counterpart of Alysande Stuart (see Excalibur #6-22), and Puppy, Franklin's pet, who bears a striking resemblance to Lockjaw. For Neal and Manoli, see Uncanny X-Men #226-227 and Sovereign Seven #10-12.

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Torch and Spidey Together Again!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Previously in Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. A Day in the Life
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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