Fantastic Four
#189
[Regular Edition]
(December 1977)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 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
- 0714860246212
- Editing
- Len Wein (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
The Torch That Was!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Quasimodo
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Four (Yaffa / Page, 1979 ? series) #189 -
in Essential Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1998 series) #9 ([August] 2013) [black and white] - in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #17 (2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art is an homage to the cover of Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #4.
![Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #189 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/22/w200/22055.jpg?-8465116916947616850)
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The Torch That Was!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Quasimodo; Mad Thinker; Lockjaw; Wyatt Wingfoot; Professor Phineas Horton (in flashback)
- Synopsis
- Re-intro the Golden Age Torch with an origin recap.
- Reprints
- from Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (November 1966)
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #77/78 (Décembre 1977) -
in Marvel Comic-Stars (Condor, 1981 series) #1
-
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, World, you can stop holding...
- Characters
- Torpedo
Spider-Man in "Legal Eagle"
Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Spidey, it's Ralph G. Fake, the...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Legal Eagle [Ralph G. Fake]; Mary Jane Watson
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #20 (November 1977 - December 1977)
-
Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J!
Spalding / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey look!
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Rick Barry; Dr. J [Julius Erving]
- Keywords
- basketball
Indexer Notes
Comic ad for Spalding basketballs on the back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Torch That Was!
Fantastic Four -
1.
The Torch That Was!
Fantastic Four -
2.
["Okay, World, you can stop holding..."]
Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
Spider-Man in "Legal Eagle"
Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cakes -
4.
Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J!
Spalding
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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