Fantastic Four #7 [Direct Edition]

(May 1997)

Into the Negative Zone! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Brandon Choi (credited); Jim Lee (credited) (plot)

Pencils

Brett Booth (credited)

Inks

Tom McWeeney (credited)

Colors

Jess Ruffner (credited as Jessica Ruffner); Wildstorm FX (credited) (computer colors)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited); Dave Lanphear of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's Dave Lanphear)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, I'll leave you all alone.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (mainstream) (also in flashback); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm] (mainstream) (also in flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (mainstream) (also in flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (mainstream) (also in flashback)
X-Men (mainstream): Rogue [Anna Marie] (mainstream) (flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (mainstream) (flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (mainstream) (flashback)
Galactus [Galan]; Agatha Harkness (mainstream) (flashback); Alicia Masters; Alicia Masters (mainstream) (flashback); Franklin Richards (mainstream) (flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (mainstream) (flashback); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Watcher [Uatu]; Blastaar (first appearance, Heroes Return Universe)

Universe

Marvel : Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)

Synopsis

The Fantastic Four explore the Negative Zone in order to seek the origins of their powers. There, they are attacked by Blastaar and are rescued by the Watcher. In the zone, they also see images of their existence in another universe and told by the Watcher that they need to restore their previous lives. In outer space, Galactus tells Silver Surfer that it is time to harvest the lifeforce of Earth...

Reprints

• in Marvel Heroes Reborn (Panini UK, 1997 series) #7 (18 March 1998)
• in Fantastic Four (Panini France, 1998 series) #7 (septembre 1998)
• in Mega Marvel (Egmont, 1997 series) #6/1998 (1998)
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #7 (Juli 1999)
• in Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
• in Heroes Reborn Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) ([August] 2019)

Keywords

Heroes Reborn

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