Mephisto vs. ...
#1
[Direct]
(April 1987)
Marvel,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1986-12-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #107.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Mephisto vs. the Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four; Mephisto / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Bolton (signed as
Bolton) - Inks
- John Bolton (signed as Bolton)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
Mephisto - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #27 (Dicembre 1991) -
in Mephisto vs. the Fantastic Four, X-Factor, the X-Men & the Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) [premiere edition] (2009) - in Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (Marvel, 2013 series) #3 (2014) [Mephisto figure only]
-
in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2015 series) #4 (janvier 2016) - in Mephisto: Speak of the Devil (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020) [recolored; new trade dress]
-
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Give the Devil His Due!
Fantastic Four; Mephisto / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Al Milgrom (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Wiacek (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See, Stretch--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also in flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
Victor Von Doom (flashback); Willie Lumpkin; Alicia Masters; Mephisto (villain, also in flashback); Franklin Richards (also in flashback); Dire Wraiths (cameo flashback); Fantastic Four [Human Torch; Invisible Woman; She-Hulk] (demons impersonating them); Alicia Masters (demon impersonating her); Willie Lumpkin (demon impersonating him) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- One by one, Mephisto traps the Fantastic Four and brings them into his realm. Fearing for the safety of her family and her son, Sue agrees to give her soul to Mephisto for their safety.
- Reprints
- in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Editions Lug, 1984 series) #19 - Méphisto (1988)
- in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #27 (Dicembre 1991)
- in Mephisto vs. the Fantastic Four, X-Factor, the X-Men & the Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series) [premiere edition] (2009)
- in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2015 series) #4 (janvier 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Special thanks to F.F. consultant Roger Stern.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Mephisto vs. the Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four; Mephisto -
1.
Give the Devil His Due!
Fantastic Four; Mephisto
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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