Fantastic Four #1 [Newsstand]
(January 1998)

Marvel, 1998 Series
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Volume
3
Price
2.99 USD; 4.05 CAD
Pages
54
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
725274024629 01
Editing
Mark Powers (editor); Jason Liebig (assistant editor, uncredited); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:

Heroes Return (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis
Inks
Mark Farmer
Colors
Liquid!
Letters
typeset
Editing
Jason Medley (credited as Comicraft's Jason Medley) (design)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Legend Begins Anew!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm (featured); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (featured); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (featured); Johnny Storm (featured)
THE RUINED: B'arr [Herve Dubois, possessed] (villain); Exalt [Laurent Levessaur, possessed] (villain); Stem [Aaron Starr] (villain); Katar of the Bloody Blades (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Heroes Return; wraparound covers

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover with gatefold featuring character information and story up until this issue.

Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #1 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1998 series) #1 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1998 series) #1 [Sunburst variant]
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Previously in Fantastic Four (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Davis (art on pg.1 of recap)
Inks
Mark Farmer (art on pg.1 of recap)
Colors
Liquid! (art on pg.1 of recap)
Letters
typeset
Editing
Jason Medley (credited as Comicraft's Jason Medley) (design)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (featured)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (featured); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (featured); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (featured)
Synopsis
Brief introduction to the major characters, with a re-cap of the events from Onslaught to Heroes Reborn: The Return.

Indexer Notes

Page 1 of recap shows front cover of wraparound featuring the Fantastic Four group shot, and the thumbnails next to each character's profile is taken from either that image, or another image from this issue (this artwork is Alan Davis/Mark Farmer/Liquid!), while Page 2 features artwork that appears to be from previous issues and likely contains art by other artists.

Vive la Fantastique! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell (credited)
Pencils
Alan Davis (credited)
Inks
Mark Farmer (credited)
Colors
Liquid! (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited); Albert Deschesne (credited as AD)
Editing
Jason Medley (credited) (design)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere... near the very core of the Earth...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (featured); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (featured); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (featured); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (featured)
Franklin Richards (supporting); The Ruined [B'arr; Exalt; Stem] (villains, intro); Mole Man [Harvey Rupert Elder] (villain); Moloids (villains); Yvette Diamonde [Martyr] (intro, villain); Laurent Levesseur (intro, possessed); Herve Dubois (intro, possessed); Aaron Starr; Tintin; Arlise (intro); Yancy Street Gang (in Paris!)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
In Paris, Yvette Diamonde protests construction over a historic site. Several people are possessed by ancient beings called The Ruined. The Fantastic Four sets things right. Yvette finds that she has permanently acquired new powers -- just like the Fantastic Four once did.
Reprints
Keywords
acquiring superpowers; alternate dimensions; France; Paris; returns of heroes; underground adventures; Western Europe

Indexer Notes

The events in this story follow the Fantastic Four's return from the Pocket Universe in Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4. The Ruined appear next in issue #20.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Heroes Return
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Previously in Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Vive la Fantastique!
    Fantastic Four
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