Fantastic Four #179 [Whitman]
(February 1977)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246202
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Fabulous F.F. at the Mercy of the Deadliest Super-Villain of All -- Reed Richards!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Metalloid
Reprints
Keywords
marionettes; robots

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits from Sinnott's personal records. Cover credits confirmed 2006 by Al Milgrom.

A Robinson Crusoe in the Negative Zone! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited) (plot; script pages 1-3); Roy Thomas (credited) (script)
Pencils
Ron Wilson (credited) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited) (pages 1-27); Jim Novak (page 30, uncredited); Irv Watanabe (page 31, uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A place without time, a time...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Brute [Reed Richards]; Thundra; Tigra; the Impossible Man; Metalloid; Annihilus (cameo)
Reprints
Keywords
Negative Zone

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

Baxter Building Bulletins / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema; ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
High Evolutionary; Galactus

Indexer Notes

Letters from Charlie Locke, Howard Covey, Marlon Gunter and Susan Gorski with an accompanying illustration. This sequence appears between pages 11 and 12 of the previous sequence.

Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Ricochet to Freedom! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain America; Ricochet Racers; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The Fabulous F.F. at the Mercy of the Deadliest Super-Villain of All -- Reed Richards!"]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. A Robinson Crusoe in the Negative Zone!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Baxter Building Bulletins
  4. 3. Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
  6. 5. Ricochet to Freedom!
    Captain America; Ricochet Racers; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by
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  • David Bruce