Fantastic Four #60 (489) [Newsstand]

(October 2002)

Inside Out (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Mark Waid (credited)

Pencils

Mike Wieringo (credited)

Inks

Karl Kesel (credited)

Colors

Paul Mounts (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited); Albert Deschesne of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's Albert Deschesne)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (origin) (also flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (origin) (also flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (origin) (also flashback)
Fantastic Four: Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (origin) (also flashback)
Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Mr. Shertzer; Mr. Webber; the Datavore; Leviates (insectoid aliens); Skrulls (flashback, cameo); Dr. Miro (cameo); Jamal; Cody

Synopsis

Mr. Shertzer, an employee with a PR firm, is assigned to spend some time with The Fantastic Four.

Awards

• Squiddy Award - Best Comics Short Story (2002)

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 - Imaginauts ([June] 2003)
• in Fantastic Four Vol.3, No. 60 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2003 series) #60 (July 2003)
• in Marvel Elite (Panini France, 2001 series) #31 (juillet 2003)
which is reprinted
• in Fantastic Four - Antithèse (Panini France, 2021 series) (mai 2021)
• in Best of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Fantastic Four (Panini France, 2005 series) #1 - L'appel des ténèbres (septembre 2005)
• in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #2 - Los 4 Fantasticos: Imaginautas (Septiembre 2010)

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

4 Thoughts / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Marc Sumerak (credited)

Pencils

Mike Wieringo (signed as Ringo)

Inks

Karl Kesel (signed as KESEL)

Colors

Richard Isanove (signed as Isanove)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Welcome, one and all, to a brand new era of excitement for Marvel’s First Family!

Indexer Notes

Editorial by Marc Sumerak about the new direction of the series, plus cover previews of Fantastic Four #61-63.

[House Advertisement] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement (1/2 page) for: "The Call of Duty" miniseries.

Ultimate Savings! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement (One-Pager) for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page with Ultimates illustration).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5)

advertisement / 10.5 pages (report information)

Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Total of 8.5 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Frosted Flakes (cereals, Kellogg), Backyard Baseball (game, Infogrames), Tang (soft drink, KF Holdings), Looney Tunes (merchandise, WB), Kellogg's cereals (cereal, Kellogg's), Marvel ReCharge 2 (collectible card game, Marvel, 2 pages), Fruitopia (soft drink, Coca Cola), Spider-Man Monopoly (board game, USAopoly, 1/2 page), Fruit by the Foot (cereal, General Mills), RitzBits Sandwiches (snack, KF Holdings).
On the Baltimore Comic-Con Variant, the back cover RitzBits advertisement is replaced by a Baltimore Comic-Con announcement as well an index of the names and locations of 43 Baltimore/Washington area comic retailers.