Fantastic Four #305 [Direct]
(August 1987)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
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 (credited) (editor); Craig Anderson (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Thing vs. Torch (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Reprints
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All in the Family! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
High atop Four Freedoms Plaza, with the rumble and...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Crystal; Quicksilver; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; Doctor Doom
Synopsis
Crystal joins the Fantastic Four. Thing and Human Torch fight over Thing's motives.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #20.

Pro File on: Jim Shooter (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Forum / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from No Name, Harvey Rivera, Noell Reed Jr., Bill Sandberg, Jay Austin, Eric J. Larson, D. Mongelei, and Joe Frank.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Thing vs. Torch
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. All in the Family!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Pro File on: Jim Shooter
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Forum
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