Fantastic Four #12 [Direct Edition]
(October 1997)

Marvel, 1996 Series
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Volume
2
Price
2.99 USD; 4.20 CAD
Pages
54
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-08-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606043613 01211
Editing
Ruben Diaz (credited) (editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Comic has an extra-gatefold cover with recap and ads. Double-sized issue.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Heroes Reunited Part 1 of 4 (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Galactus (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn))
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art forms a quadtych with the covers of Avengers (Marvel, 1996 series) #12, Iron Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #12 and Captain America (Marvel, 1996 series) #12.

Previously in Fantastic Four (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Brett Booth (illustrations)
Inks
Tom McWeeney (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing]; Doctor Doom; Firelord; Terra; Plasma
Synopsis
Brief introduction to the major characters and recap of the story so far.

Indexer Notes

inside gatefold cover

Doomsday! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Brandon Choi (credited); Jim Lee (credited) (plot)
Pencils
Ron Lim (credited); Brett Booth (credited)
Inks
Mike S. Miller (credited as Mike Miller); Tom McWeeney (credited); Homage Studios (credited)
Colors
Wildstorm FX (credited); Jess Ruffner (credited as Jessica Ruffner) ("with")
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Dave Lanphear of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's Dave Lanphear)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While appearing to be nothing more than a nondescript office building...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Iron Man [Tony Stark]
The Avengers: Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (death); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm] (death); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (death); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (death while in the form of Ben Grimm)
Inhumans: Black Bolt (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)) (death); Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff] (death); Gorgon (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)) (death); Karnak (death); Medusa (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)) (death)
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Dum Dum Dugan (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)); Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine (death); Colonel Nick Fury (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)) (death)
Air Walker; Black Panther [T'Challa] (death); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Firelord; Galactus (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)); Mole Man (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (death); Plasma; Silver Surfer (Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)); Terrax the Tamer; Ambassador Dubcek; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Reynolds
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"Heroes Reunited": Part 1 of 4. Story continued in Avengers (Marvel, 1996 series) #12.

[Marvel Subscription Form] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 9 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Heroes Reunited Part 1 of 4
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Previously in Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. Doomsday!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. [Marvel Subscription Form]
    Marvel Subscriptions
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. [Ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Gino Scola
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore