Fantastic Four #5 [Newsstand]
(May 1998)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Volume
3
Price
1.99 USD; 2.70 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
074470024620 05
Editing
Mark Powers (editor); Jason Liebig (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Indicia incorrectly gives "April 1998" date.
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #5 [Direct Edition].

Behold The Coming of... Crucible! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Salvador Larroca (signed)
Inks
Art Thibert (signed as TH)
Colors
Liquid! (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; the Thing]; Crucible
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #5 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1998 series) #5 [Direct Edition]
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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]

Indexer Notes

Brief introduction to the major characters, with a re-cap of the events from Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #3-4.

Broken Reed (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell (plot); Chris Claremont (script)
Pencils
Salvador Larroca
Inks
Art Thibert
Colors
Liquid!
Letters
Albert Deschesne (credited as AD); Comicraft; Richard Starkings (credited as RS)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (origin); Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Franklin Richards (cameo); Alyssa Moy (intro, origin, cameo); Crucible (villain); Isabel Aguirre (cameo); Gordon Clay (cameo); Genoshan Freedom Brigade (cameo); Warwolves (behind the scenes, cameo)
Synopsis
Reed and Ben head for Stockholm to attend an international symposium of physicists, with Reed's friend Alyssa Moy. Crucible attacks. Reed notices a resemblance between Crucible and Doctor Doom. Crucible steals Reed's rationality and mental talents for himself.
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Indexer Notes

The Crucible storyline is resolved in issues #10-12. The concern over the warping and twisting of the fabric of reality comes to a head in issues #24-25.

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
Comicraft; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Strobel, Tony Ingram, Matthew Huynh, Clay Loveland, Mike Nash.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Behold The Coming of... Crucible!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Previously in Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Broken Reed
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four
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