Fantastic Four #18 [Direct Edition]
(June 1999)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Volume
3
Price
1.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606044566 01811
Editing
Bobbie Chase (editor); Brian Smith (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Jailbreak in Shadow City! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Salvador Larroca
Inks
Art Thibert
Colors
Liquid!
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Lockdown; Rosetta Stone
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art Thibert credit from the French reprint of this cover which is signed by both artists. Here, the signatures are hidden by the "feature" blurb.

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Bedlam Breakout (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Salvador Larroca
Inks
Art Thibert
Colors
Liquid!
Letters
Richard Starkings; Comicraft
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards] (briefly as Torque)]; Alyssa Moy (flashback); Lockdown [Jomo Kimanye] (guest-star); Rosetta Stone [Nefer Neith Sinue] (guest-star); Twisted Sisters [Coil; Gyre; Helix; Ringlet]; Dr. Edwina Dantes (introduction); Prince Bayan (introduction)
Synopsis
Lockdown and Rosetta Stone imprison the Fantastic Four. Reed breaks them out. Sue frees herself from the virtual reality scenario and from Mannequin's shape, then frees the others. They consider taking action against the scenario and flee before they are recaptured.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 2. Lockdown and Rosetta Stone's true names are revealed. They both appear next in Contest of Champions II #3. Ringlet is incorrectly called Ringtoss. Sue frees herself from the Mannequin. The Twisted Sisters appear next in X-Men #105.

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dave Andress, Richard Vasseur, Frankie Hagan.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Jailbreak in Shadow City!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Bedlam Breakout
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four Fan Page
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