([July] 1980)

Marvel UK, 1980 Series
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Price
0.15 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Ltd.
Brand
Marvel Digest Series
Editing
Dez Skinn (editor)

If This Be Doomsday! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Galactus; Silver Surfer
Reprints

If This Be Doomsday! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Galactus has landed on Earth!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Galactus; Silver Surfer; Watcher; Alicia Masters; Punisher (introduction, a half-robot alien)
Synopsis
The Fantastic Four try to slow Galactus while the Watcher takes the Human Torch to find a weapon to defeat Galactus. Alicia Masters convinces Silver Surfer to help humanity.
Reprints
Keywords
elemental converter

Indexer Notes

Kirby's co-plotting is acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in many interviews. The credits read: "Written in the masterful manner of Stan Lee Illustrated in the magnificent mode of Jack Kirby."

The Punisher character in this issue is not the same as the latter Marvel hero.

The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The awesome Galactus has chosen Earth to provide him with the energy he needs to sustain himself!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Galactus; Silver Surfer; Alicia Masters; Watcher; Coach Sam Thorne; Whitey Mullins; Belle Thorne; Wyatt Wingfoot (introduction); Dean Asher; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Crystal; Gorgon]
Synopsis
With the aid of the Silver Surfer, the Fantastic Four force Galactus to leave Earth. Johnny Storm begins to attend Metro College and meets Wyatt Wingfoot.
Reprints
Keywords
ultimate nullifier

The Origin of... the Incomparable Inhumans! (Table of Contents: 3)

Inhumans / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Inhumans [Gorgon; Crystal; Black Bolt; Medusa; Karnak; Triton] (cameo); Randac (King of Attilan) (introduction)
Synopsis
Randac enters the Terrogen Mists.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Origin of the Inhumans Part 1.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. If This Be Doomsday!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. If This Be Doomsday!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. The Origin of... the Incomparable Inhumans!
    Inhumans
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