Volume: 1
Price: 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1983-08-23
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The Search for Reed Richards!
The Search for Reed Richards!
Fantastic Four
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Fantastic Four
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| Pencils: | John Byrne (signed) |
| Inks: | John Byrne (signed) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | typeset |
- Genre:superhero
Characters:
Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Watcher
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in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #242 -
in Fantastic Four (Federal, 1983 series) #9 -
in Marvels universum (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #1/1988 -
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #153/154 (mars 1984) -
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #40 (Abril 1986) -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #33 (15 Novembre 1990) -
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005) - in Artist's Edition (IDW, 2010 series) #[12] - John Byrne’s Fantastic Four
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
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Reprints (10)
This issue has 2 variants
Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
- Indicia Frequency: monthly
- Printer: ?
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Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Indexer Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-09-13.
The Search for Reed Richards
The Search for Reed Richards
Fantastic Four
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comic story /
22
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Fantastic Four
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comic story /
22
pages
| Script: | John Byrne (credited) |
| Pencils: | John Byrne (credited) |
| Inks: | John Byrne (credited) |
| Colors: | Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein) |
| Letters: | Jim Novak (credited) |
- Genre:superhero
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, that was interesting.
Characters:
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Marrina [Marrina Smallwood]; Edwin Jarvis; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Watcher [Uatu]; Xxan Xxar; Lilandra Neramani (cameo); Gladiator [Kallark] (cameo); Karant Kiar (unnamed Skrull) (cameo); Galactus (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis:
- The Fantastic Four enlist the aid of the Watcher in their search for Mr. Fantastic. They discover that Reed has been captured and is preparing to stand trial in a cosmic court for saving the life of Galactus who went on to destroy the Skrull homeworld.
- in Marvels universum (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #1/1988
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #153/154 (mars 1984)
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in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #15 ([1986]) - in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #40 (Abril 1986)
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in Marvel Spesial (Semic, 1987 series) #2/1987 ([juni] 1987) [pages 1 and 2] -
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #117 (5 octobre 1987) - in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #6/1987 ([oktober] 1987) [minus pages 1 and 2]
- in The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
- in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #33 (15 Novembre 1990)
- in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #4 - Los 4 Fantásticos: El Juicio de Galactus (Octubre 1991)
- in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005)
- in Artist's Edition (IDW, 2010 series) #[12] - John Byrne’s Fantastic Four
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017) [page 1 and a portion of page 2]
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Reprints (15)
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #4.
[no title indexed]
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
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letters page /
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Fantastic 4 Fan Page
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letters page /
1
page
Characters:
The Thing [as Mr. T]
Indexer Notes
Letters from Brenda Robnett, Jay Beauvilla, Mark Steven Long, David Plunkert, Stephen Darner, and Anthony Hochrein; editorial comment on fake John Byrne sketches.
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