Fantastic Four Annual
#22
[Newsstand]
(1989)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.00 USD; 2.75 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- annually
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Annual
- Barcode
- 071486029151 95
- Editing
- Ralph Macchio (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 [Direct].
The Awesome Conclusion to Atlantis Attacks [Chapter Fourteen]
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Set; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Vision - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in 
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1113/w200/1113153.jpg?-636785998031547517)
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[Credits]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
For Crown and Conquest!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Colors
- John Wilcox (credited as John A. Wilcox)
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere beneath an ocean misleadingly called Pacific:
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse] (cameo); Dr. Henry Pym; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
The Avengers: Black Panther [T'Challa]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (leaves the group); Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Sersi [Circe]; Thor [Thor Odinson]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
New Mutants: Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith] (cameo flashback); Cannonball [Sam Guthrie] (cameo flashback); Rictor [Julio Richter] (cameo flashback); Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa] (cameo flashback); Warlock (cameo flashback); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (cameo flashback)
SURF: Eel (cameo flashback); Sharkskin (cameo flashback); Undertow (cameo flashback)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo flashback); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (cameo flashback); Havok [Alex Summers] (cameo flashback); Longshot (Mojoverse) (cameo flashback); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (cameo flashback); Rogue [Anna Marie] (cameo flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo flashback)
Andromeda [Andrea McPhee]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Dagger [Tandy Bowen]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo flashback); Demogorge (on video screen); Diamondback [Rachel Leighton] (cameo flashback); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Dorma (cameo flashback); Ghaur (villain); Llyra (villain); Marrina (cameo flashback); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector] (cameo flashback); Naga (villain); Namorita; Punisher [Frank Castle] (cameo flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo flashback); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo flashback); Lemurians (villain) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- With Ghaur and Llyra on the verge of sacrificing the chosen seven brides of Set to power the Serpent Crown, the Avengers and Fantastic Four invade their underwater base. While the Avengers battle the Lemurians, the Fantastic Four and Namor make their way into Ghaur's throne room and put a stop to his plans. With their friends freed, the heroes dump the giant Serpent Crown into a deep crevasse to end its threat.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Atlantis Attacks continued from Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #14.
Savior of the Lost Artifacts
Fantastic Four / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Lockjaw; Uatu - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- With their new headquarters nearing completion, Reed and Sue try to discover who saved much of their equipment and personal items from destruction.
- Reprints
-
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #38 -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #71 (30 Giugno 1992) -
in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #295 hors série (5 juillet 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
Story takes place within Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #249.
Mission: Impossible Man
Fantastic Four / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Gregory Wright
- Pencils
- Hilary Barta
- Inks
- Hilary Barta
- Colors
- Gregory Wright
- Letters
- Willie Schubert
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Annihilus (cameo); Impossible Man; Stan Lee; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Fantastic Four tries to save Stan Lee from the Impossible Man who is trying to break into show biz.
From the Journals of Doctor Doom
Doctor Doom / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Kang [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Mad Thinker; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Doom sounds off as to why he is smarter than some of the other foes of the Fantastic Four.
The Saga of the Serpent Crown Chapter 14: Game, Set, and Match
The Saga of the Serpent Crown / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Peter Sanderson (credited)
- Pencils
- Mark Bagley (credited)
- Inks
- Keith Williams (credited)
- Colors
- Marc Siry (credited)
- Letters
- Jade Moede (credited)
- Editing
- Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Gregory Wright (credited) (managing editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Earth's Watcher, I was present when the saga of the serpent crown...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (flashback); Gaea; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn] (flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback); Set (flashback); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback); Watcher [Uatu]; Myron Wilburn (flashback)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Watcher wraps up the origins of the Serpent Crown for Gaea.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Awesome Conclusion to Atlantis Attacks [Chapter Fourteen]
Fantastic Four -
1.
[Credits]
-
2.
For Crown and Conquest!
Fantastic Four -
3.
Savior of the Lost Artifacts
Fantastic Four -
4.
Mission: Impossible Man
Fantastic Four -
5.
From the Journals of Doctor Doom
Doctor Doom -
6.
The Saga of the Serpent Crown Chapter 14: Game, Set, and Match
The Saga of the Serpent Crown
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- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Stangas
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