Fantastic Four
#20
[Direct Edition]
(August 1999)
Marvel,
1998 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 2.99 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Barcode
- 759606044566 02011
- Editing
- Bobbie Chase (editor); Brian Smith (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
The Return of the Ruined!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Yvette Diamonde; Ruined
- Reprints
in 
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Since the Last Time We Saw Paris -- Itza Been Ruined!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Chris Claremont
- Pencils
- Salvador Larroca
- Inks
- Art Thibert
- Colors
- Liquid! (as Liquid! Graphics)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Albert Deschesne
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Franklin Richards; Alyssa Moy; Caledonia; Puppy; Bounty; Marvel Girl [Valeria von Doom]; Ruined [B'arr (villain); Exalt (villain); Katar (villain, introduction); Stem (villain)]; Bacchae (villain); Margali Szardos; Yvette Diamonde; Reno (introduction); Arlisse
- Synopsis
- The Fantastic Four rescue Margali Szardos from the Ruined. At Pier Four, a teenage girl suddenly appears. Franklin recognizes her as Valeria, remembering her from his special dreams. Bounty arrives to arrest Caledonia. The Bacchae show up to take vengeance on the Fantastic Four.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Pier Four
Indexer Notes
The Ruined last appeared in issue #1. The Bacchae appear here following their cameo in FF #7. Margali appears here between Fantastic Four #16 and Fantastic Four 1999. Valeria Von Doom (Marvel Girl) appears here for the first time in our timeline, after a cameo in FF #15.
[Trading Card]
Captain America; Hulk; She-Hulk / insert or dust jacket / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
A tri-fold trading card, with educational information on the value of milk.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four Fan Page / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Stan Stroup, Michael Rimmer, Gary Scott Beatty, Tony Traughber.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Return of the Ruined!
Fantastic Four -
1.
Since the Last Time We Saw Paris -- Itza Been Ruined!
Fantastic Four -
2.
[Trading Card]
Captain America; Hulk; She-Hulk -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four Fan Page
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- Gerald
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