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Issue Details

Issue #54
Published June 2002
Cover Price $3.50
Pages 100
Editing Tom Brevoort; Marc Sumerak (Assistant Editor)
Notes Ongoing issue #483. The covers of issues #51 to #54 by Mike Wieringo link to form a giant image. Cardboard Cover. This is a special triple-sized "100 Page Monster" issue.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters The Thing
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Wieringo
Inks Mike Wieringo
Colors Liquid! Graphics
Notes Ongoing issue #483. The covers of issues #51 to #54 by Mike Wieringo link to form a giant image. Cardboard Cover. This is a special triple-sized "100 Page Monster" issue.

23 page Fantastic Four story "A Choice of Dooms!"

Characters Mister Fantastic; Senso; Ben Grimm [The Thing]; Guardsmen; Inhumans; Gorgon; Triton; Black Bolt; Karnak; Crystal; Medusa; Invisible Woman; Lockjaw; Doctor Doom; Human Torch; The Hidden Ones; Richard's baby daughter; Franklin Richards; Luna
Genre Superhero
Script Rafael Marin; Carlos Pacheco (plot); Karl Kesel (dialogue)
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Al Vey; Scott Koblish
Colors Liquid! Graphics
Letters Richard Starkings & Comicraft's Albert Deschesne

48 page Fantastic Four story "Let There Be ... Life!"

Characters The Thing; Human Torch; Mister Fantastic; The Negative Zone; Annihilus; Crystal; Dr. Molinari; Invisible Girl; Franklin Richards
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Sinnott
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes The Birth of Franklin Richards
Reprinted from Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #6

17 page Fantastic Four story "Improbable As It May Seem --- The Impossible Man Is Back in Town!"

Characters The Thing; Mister Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; Galactus (cameo); Impossible Man; Marvel Bullpen [Stan Lee; Jack Kirby; George Perez; Roy Thomas; Joe Sinnott; John Verpoorten; Archie Goodwin; Gerry Conway; Marie Severin]; Frightful Four; Sandman; Trapster; Wizard
Genre Superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils George Perez
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Michele Wolfman
Letters Joe Rosen
Reprinted from FANTASTIC FOUR #176 (Marvel, 1961 series)

11 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 11 one-page advertisements for: Islands of Adventure (theme park, Universal), Pizza Luchables (snack, KF Holdings), Spider-Man (movie, Columbia), Tobacco is Whacko (anti-drugs, Lorillard), Lucky Charms (cereals, General Mills), Justice League (video/DVD, WB), The Dark Knight (video/DVD, WB), Pop Tarts (cereal, Kellogg), Juicy Fruit (chewing gum, Wrigley's), Tang (soft drink, KF Holdings), Spider-Man video game (game, Naki).