Fantastic Four #375 [Direct]
(April 1993)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.95 USD; 3.75 CAD; 2.00 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Pat Garrahy (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

375th Anniversary Special Issue. Holo-Grafix Foil Cardstock cover.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Rise of Doom! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Ryan (signed as Ryan)
Inks
Paul Ryan (signed as Ryan)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Ms. Marvel; Mister Fantastic; Lyja the Laserfist; Invisible Woman; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]
Reprints
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It's Always Darkest Before the ... DOOM! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Ryan (credited) (plot); Tom DeFalco (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils
Paul Ryan (credited)
Inks
Danny Bulanadi (credited as Dan Bulanadi)
Colors
Gina Going (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited as Morelli); Rick Parker (credited as Parker)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mere moments ago...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Secret Defenders [Wolverine; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Strange; Ghost Rider [Danny Ketch]]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Ms. Marvel [Sharon Ventura]; Lyja the Lazerfist; Uatu the Watcher; Doctor Doom; Inhumans [Medusa; Karnak; Black Bolt; Triton; Gorgon]; Matt Murdock; Makio Yakaki; Agatha Harkness; Franklin Richards; Nathaniel Richards
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan [late career]); Barry Dutter; ?
Pencils
Rick Parker (signed)
Inks
Rick Parker (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Heroes! Remember Einstein's theory about space being curved and...
Characters
Tom DeFalco; Ralph Macchio

Indexer Notes

"Stan's Soapbox" by Stan Lee; "Hypeline: On Sale This Week" (19 titles), miscellaneous news items, plus Barry Dutter/Rick Parker cartoon.

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

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

4 letters of comment by Jason Riley, Michael D. Krabbenhoft, Joey Marchese, Joe Menta Jr.

[Marvel Subscription Form] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement (One-Pager) for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5)

advertisement / 9 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 3 one-page and 3 two-page advertisements for: Kool-Aid (soft drink, Kraft), Fleer Basketball (trading cards, Fleer, 2 pages), Fleer Baseball (trading cards, Fleer, 2 pages), ETM Mega Hits (back issues, ETM, 2 pages), X-Men (video, Polygram), Make Your Own Music Video (software, SEGA).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Rise of Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. It's Always Darkest Before the ... DOOM!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. ["Hi, Heroes! Remember Einstein's theory about space being curved and..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Forum
  5. 4. [Marvel Subscription Form]
    Marvel Subscriptions
  6. 5. [Ads]
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