Fantastic Four Annual #23 [Direct]

(1990)

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)

Inks

Geof Isherwood (credited)

Colors

Richard Rasche (credited)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Franklin Richards

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Into the Time Stream (August 2014)

Indexer Notes

Illustration from page 13 panel 5 of first story, cropped, and with dialogue removed. Also titles, credits, and indicia.

When Franklin Comes Marchin' Home (Table of Contents: 2)

The Fantastic Four / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Simonson (credited) (pages 1-18); Bob Harras (credited) (pages 19-25, uncredited)

Pencils

Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)

Inks

Geof Isherwood (credited)

Colors

Richard Rasche (credited)

Letters

Pat Brosseau (credited) (pages 1-11); Rick Parker (credited) (pages 12-25)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Thing [Sharon Ventura]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Power Pack [Counterweight [Jack Power]; Destroyer [Alex Power]; Energizer [Katie Power]; Molecula [Julie Power]]; Ahab [Roderick Campbell] (antagonist); Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Meggan Braddock; Forge; Phoenix [Rachel Grey Summers]; Franklin Richards; Franklin Richards

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

• in X-Men: Days of Future Present (Marvel, 1991 series) (May 1991)
• in X-Men - Rescapé du futur (Semic S.A., 1994 series) (mars 1994)
• in X-Men: Days of Future Past (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Into the Time Stream (August 2014)

Indexer Notes

Continued in New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series) #6.

Cast in Fire, Carved in Stone (Table of Contents: 3)

Volcana / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

James Brock (credited as James Brock Jr.)

Pencils

Mark McKenna (credited)

Inks

Mark McKenna (credited)

Colors

Brad Vancata (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited as John Morelli)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Beyonder (flashback); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (antagonist) (villain, also flashback); Moonstone [Karla Sofen] (antagonist); Volcana [Marsha Rosenberg]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman] (flashback)

Reprints

• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #113 (30 Marzo 1994)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Into the Time Stream (August 2014)

Beyond and Back (Table of Contents: 4)

Kosmos; Kubik / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Len Kaminski (credited)

Pencils

Greg Capullo (credited)

Inks

Larry Mahlstedt (credited)

Colors

Suzanne Dell'Orto (credited)

Letters

Ken Lopez (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

D'Spayre; Dark Phoenix; Death; Eternity; Galactus [Galan]; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham]; In-Betweener; Kosmos (introduction); Kubik; The Living Tribunal; Mangog; Mephisto; Overmind; Shuma-Gorath; Stranger; Thanos; Watchers; The Uni-Mind; Eon; Celestials; The Vishanti; Lord Chaos; Master Order

Synopsis

Kosmos, a new power entity, erupts from the Cosmic Cube that was a melding of Beyonder and Molecular Man. Kubik, also evolved from a cosmic cube, arrives to give Kosmos a tour of the universe and tells her he is there to be her teacher.

Reprints

• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #110 (15 Febbraio 1994)
• in Fantastic Four Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Into the Time Stream (August 2014)

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