Fantastic Four #393 [Direct Edition]
(October 1994)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 2.05 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
759606024629 39311
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Matt Idelson (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Hope Strings Eternal (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Ryan (signed as PC Ryan)
Inks
Paul Ryan (signed as PC Ryan)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Puppet Master; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Alicia Masters
Keywords
marionettes
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Days of Recent Past (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Ryan (credited) (plot); Tom DeFalco (credited) (script, plot)
Pencils
Paul Ryan (credited)
Inks
Danny Bulanadi (credited as Dan Bulanadi)
Colors
John Kalisz (credited)
Letters
Jeff Powell (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback); Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards] (flashback); Lyja the Laserfist (flashback); Alicia Masters (flashback); She-Hulk (flashback); Paibok the Power Skrull (flashback); Devos the Devastator (flashback); Psi-Lord [Franklin Richards] (flashback); Uatu the Watcher (flashback)
Reprints

Choices (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Paul Ryan (credited)
Inks
Danny Bulanadi (credited as Dan Bulanadi)
Colors
John Kalisz (credited)
Letters
Steve Dutro (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ignoring the cool and gentle rain...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Puppet Master; Dean Hastings; Bridget O'Neil; Alicia Masters; Nathaniel Richards [as Doctor Doom]
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Bullpen Marvel Comics Bulletins [version 2]

Indexer Notes

"Question of the Month"; "Newsline"; "Hype Box: GENERATION X #1"; "Now On Sale" (23 titles).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

6 letters of comment by Malcolm Davies, Mark Johnson, Jason Mendez, Bill Wilson, Michael Paisner, Satchel Williams

[Marvel Subscription Form] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 6)

advertisement / 10 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 6 one-page and 2 two-page advertisements for: Cap'n Crunch (cereal, Quaker Oats Company), Kids Mutant Meal (food, Target), Supersnack Tins (collectibles, Nabisco, 2 pages), Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Power Pak (merchandise, Oriental Trading Company), 1.000.000 Comix (back issues, 1.000.000 Comix), Upper Deck Sweepstakes (contest, Upper Deck, 2 pages), Peanut Butter Crunch (cereal, Quaker Oats Company), Spider-Man/Venom Maximum Carnage (video game, Acclaim).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hope Strings Eternal
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Days of Recent Past
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Choices
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Forum
  6. 5. [Marvel Subscription Form]
    Marvel Subscriptions
  7. 6. [Ads]
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  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
  • Gino Scola
  • Richard Thomson
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