Fantastic Four Annual #17 [Newsstand]
([May] 1983)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1983-05-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Barcode
0714860291535
Editing
Carl Potts; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #25, with shipping date of 1983-05-10.
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #17 [Direct].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Inks
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1983.

A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Legacy (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
John Byrne (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (also flashback); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (also flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (also flashback)
Julie Angel; Roberta; Sharon Selleck; Tiny (first appearance, resembles Li'l Abner); Emmett (first appearance); Chet Rollins (first appearance); Barney White (first appearance); Grey Landers; Skrulls (flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Special thanks go to Jim Salicrup, Tom DeFalco and Al Milgrom.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Unscramble the Fun (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Spread the Good News! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Comic Book Sale! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Mile High Comics / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ad Page for Comics and Novelties] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

E-X-tra E-X-tra Spending Money! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Creation Comic Book Convention (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Creation Comic Book Conventions / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Marvel Magazine (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Thing Is on the Move… (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

The Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

BurgerTime Home Video Game (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

BurgerTime Video Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tutankham (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Tutankham Video Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Legacy
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers
  5. 4. Unscramble the Fun
    Bubble Yum
  6. 5. Spread the Good News!
  7. 6. Comic Book Sale!
    Mile High Comics
  8. 7. Prizes or Cash
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  9. 8. [Ad Page for Comics and Novelties]
  10. 9. E-X-tra E-X-tra Spending Money!
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. Creation Comic Book Convention
    Creation Comic Book Conventions
  12. 11. A Marvel Magazine
  13. 12. The Thing Is on the Move…
    The Thing
  14. 13. BurgerTime Home Video Game
    BurgerTime Video Game
  15. 14. Tutankham
    Tutankham Video Game
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Samuels