Fantastic Four
#222
[Direct]
(September 1980)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-06-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
- Editing
- Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Bob Budiansky (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Our Son -- Possessed!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Sienkiewicz)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Sinnott)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Four (Yaffa / Page, 1979 ? series) #222/223 -
in De Fantastiske Fire (Winthers Forlag, 1978 series) #23 -
in Fantastiska Fyran (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1980 series) #7/1981 ([juli] 1981) -
in Fantastiske Fire (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #7/1981 ([juli] 1981) -
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #11 (Noviembre 1983) -
in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
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The Possession of Franklin Richards!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Doug Moench (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the Baxter Building, headquarters of the world-famed Fantastic Four...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Nicolas Scratch; Agatha Harkness; Desadia; Gabriel; Lorrie; Wong; Agatha Harkness
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #111/112 (Septembre 1980) -
in Fantastic Four (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #20 (1981) - in Fantastiska Fyran (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1980 series) #7/1981 ([juli] 1981)
- in Fantastiske Fire (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #7/1981 ([juli] 1981)
-
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #96 (5 janvier 1986) -
in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #1 (Maggio 1987) [le prime 9 pagine; ; part 1], #2 (Giugno 1987) [le ultime 8 pagine; ; part 2] - in Raccolta l'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #1 ([Giugno 1988]) [le ultime 8 pagine], #1 ([Giugno 1988]) [le prime 9 pagine]
- in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Like the Original X-Men? Then You'll Love the New X-Men!
X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Marvel Girl [Phoenix; Jean Grey]; Beast; Iceman; Wolverine; Storm; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Professor X]
Indexer Notes
Ad for the Uncanny X-Men comic.
Whatever Knows Fear Burns at the Touch of the Man-Thing
Man-Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Man-Thing (V.2) series.
Be Elite! (It's Neat!) Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (signed)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
The Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself Some-Big-Bucks Contest!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (signed)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Captain Marvel Defends the Earth!
Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom ?; Joe Sinnott ?
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe (credited as Irving Watanabe)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Phae-Dor
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #50 (September 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Chris Wells, Kurt Olsson, and Clam Sawyer; also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Our Son -- Possessed!
Fantastic Four -
1.
The Possession of Franklin Richards!
Fantastic Four -
2.
Like the Original X-Men? Then You'll Love the New X-Men!
X-Men -
3.
Whatever Knows Fear Burns at the Touch of the Man-Thing
Man-Thing -
4.
Be Elite! (It's Neat!) Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber!
-
5.
The Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself Some-Big-Bucks Contest!
-
6.
Captain Marvel Defends the Earth!
Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies -
7.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Darrel McCann
- Stéphane PETIT
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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