Fantastic Four Annual
#23
[Direct Edition]
(1990)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- annually
- Publisher's Age Guidelines:
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Marvel Comics
- Brand:
- Marvel [black, no background]
- Editing:
- Ralph Macchio (Editor); Michael Heisler (Assistant Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding:
- Squarebound (#1-15, 21-27); Saddle-stitched (#16-20)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
Days of Future Present Part One of Four
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?; typeset
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Ahab
- Reprints:
-
in X-Men: Days of Future Present (Marvel, 1991 series) (May 1991) - in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 ([December] 2013)
-
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When Franklin Comes Marchin' Home
Fantastic Four / comic story / 25 pages
- Script:
- Walter Simonson (pp 1-18); Bob Harras (pp 19-25)
- Pencils:
- Jackson Guice
- Inks:
- Geof Isherwood
- Colors:
- Richard Rasche
- Letters:
- Pat Brosseau (pp 1-11); Rick Parker (pp 12-25)
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; Ben Grimm [the Thing]]; Franklin Richards; Franklin Richards (adult); Banshee; Forge; Phoenix [Rachel Summers]; Meggan; Power Pack [Alex Power; Julie Power; Jack Power; Katie Power]; Ahab (villain)
- Synopsis:
- A very powerful Franklin Richards arrives from the future, finds that things with his family are not as he remembers them and, much to the current Fantastic Four's chagrin, he "fixes" them.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Continued in New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series) #6.
Cast in Fire, Carved in Stone
Volcana / comic story / 20 pages
- Script:
- James Brock Jr.
- Pencils:
- Mark McKenna
- Inks:
- Mark McKenna
- Colors:
- Brad Vancata
- Letters:
- John Morelli
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Volcana; Moonstone [Doctor Karla Sofen]; Doctor Doom
- Reprints:
-
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #113 (30 Marzo 1994) - in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Into the Timestream (August 2014)
-
Beyond and Back
Kosmos; Kubik / comic story / 10 pages
- Script:
- Len Kaminski
- Pencils:
- Greg Capullo
- Inks:
- Larry Mahlstedt
- Colors:
- Suzanne Dell'Orto
- Letters:
- Ken Lopez
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Kosmos [Beyonder]; Kubik; Watchers; Dark Phoenix; Mangog; The Overmind; The Uni-Mind; High Evolutionary; The Stranger; Eon; Celestials; The Vishanti; Thanos; Mephisto; Satanish; D'Spayre; Death; Lord Chaos; Master Order; In-Betweener; The Living Tribunal; Galactus; Eternity
- Reprints:
- in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #110 (15 Febbraio 1994)
- in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Into the Timestream (August 2014)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Days of Future Present Part One of Four
Fantastic Four -
1.
When Franklin Comes Marchin' Home
Fantastic Four -
2.
Cast in Fire, Carved in Stone
Volcana -
3.
Beyond and Back
Kosmos; Kubik
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