Fantastic Four Annual #20 [Direct]
([May] 1987)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1987-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Fearsome Fate of Franklin Richards-- --At the Hands of Doctor Doom! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom; Franklin Richards
Reprints
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Double Double (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Paul Neary
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
John Wellington
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom; Doom's mother (cameo, in a flashback); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Crystal]; Franklin Richards; Mephisto (cameo, in a flashback); Power Pack (cameo, in a flashback)
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Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 4. Continued between Fantastic Four #305 (August 1987) & 306 (September 1987). The story is 40 pages in all.

Double Dealing! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Paul Neary
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
John Wellington
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Crystal]; Franklin Richards; Kristoff von Doom; Mephisto; Nachmann (Latverian man)
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Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 4.

Double Down! (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Paul Neary
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
John Wellington
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom; Doom's mother (cameo); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Crystal]; Franklin Richards; Kristoff von Doom; Mephisto
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Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 4.

Double Play! (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Paul Neary
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
John Wellington
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Crystal]; Franklin Richards; Kristoff von Doom
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Indexer Notes

Part 4 of 4.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Fearsome Fate of Franklin Richards-- --At the Hands of Doctor Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Double Double
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Double Dealing!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Double Down!
    Fantastic Four
  5. 4. Double Play!
    Fantastic Four
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