Fantastic Four Annual #26 [Direct]
([July] 1993)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.95 USD; 3.75 CAD; 2.20 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1993-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Pat Garrahy (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (rocket fuel)

Issue Notes

Polybagged with "Wildstreak" trading card (#8; Marvel 1993 Annual trading card set).
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Ryan (signed as Ryan)
Inks
Harry Candelario (signed as CANDELARIO)
Colors
Chris Matthys ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Franklin, watch my back!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wildstreak; The Thing; Franklin Richards

[Contents Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mark Pacella (signed as MARK PACELLA)
Inks
Dan Panosian (signed as Dan Panosian)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Wildstreak

Indexer Notes

Contents page with illustration of Wildstreak.

Dreadface Lives! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 45 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited) (words o' plenty)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited) (cameraman)
Inks
Bud LaRosa (credited) (lights and special effects)
Colors
Ariane Lenshoek (credited) (all the rest)
Letters
Steve Dutro (credited) (zounds - what sounds!)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sunlight laughs, giggling like a joyous child --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Dreadface; Emanuel King; Franklin Richards [Psi-Lord]; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; Wildstreak (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Introduction of Wildstreak.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Mark's Remarks / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited); Barry Dutter (credited)
Pencils
Rick Parker (credited)
Inks
Rick Parker (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

"Mark's Remarks" by Mark Gruenwald, News Items, "The Bull's Eye" (cartoon by Barry Dutter & Rick Parker), "Hypeline: On Sale This Week" (checklist with 29 titles).

The Riddle of the Celestials (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Len Kaminski (credited) (genius)
Pencils
Brian Pelletier (credited) (maestro)
Inks
Bud LaRosa (credited) (child prodigy)
Colors
Chris Matthys (credited) (one with the cosmos)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited) (tortured reclusive)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Attend, Kosmos--!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Celestials; Kubik; Kosmos; Beyonder (cameo); Galactus (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ralph Macchio credited as "just along for the ride" for an unknown role.

Multiple Title Sale! (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

House Advertisements (One-Pager) for current Marvel Comics series (subscription page).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

advertisement / 9 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Total of 5 one-page and 2 two-pages advertisements for: Super Mario Bros. (movie, Hollywood Pictures), 1993 Fleer Ultra (trading cards, Fleer, 2 pages), ETM Mega Hits (comic back issues, ETM, 2 pages), Flashback (game, Delphine Software), East Coast Comics (comic back issues, East Coast Comics), 1993 Score Baseball Cards (trading cards, Score), Crunch'n'Munch (cereal, AHFP).

Wildstreak (Table of Contents: 7)

Wildstreak / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wildstreak

Indexer Notes

No. 8 of the "1993 Annuals" trading card series which was exclusively polybagged with Marvel's 1993 annuals. The front depicts new super hero Wildstreak, and the back gives statistics (real name, height, first appearance, profile, etc.).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Franklin, watch my back!"]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. [Contents Page]
  3. 2. Dreadface Lives!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mark's Remarks
  5. 4. The Riddle of the Celestials
    Fantastic Four
  6. 5. Multiple Title Sale!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Wildstreak
    Wildstreak
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