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Issue Details

Issue #386
Published March 1994
Cover Price $1.25
Pages 38
Editing Ralph Macchio; Pat Garrahy (Assistant Editor)
Notes Story crossover with STARBLAST series (Chapter 11). Comic has additional fold-out backcover with "Marvel Vision" info.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Invisible Woman; The Thing; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Human Torch; Triton; Ant-Man II; Lyja the Laserfist
Genre Superhero
Pencils Paul Ryan (signed)
Inks Paul Ryan (signed)
Notes Story crossover with STARBLAST series (Chapter 11). Comic has additional fold-out backcover with "Marvel Vision" info.

22 page Fantastic Four story "And Then Came Despair"

Characters Psi-Lord; Tiger Shark; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Tamara; Invisible Woman; The Thing; Human Torch; Lyja the Lazerfist; Ant-Man II; Triton; Xlyym; Fabricant; Stingray; Nathaniel Richards; Reed Richards (flashback); Annihilus (flashback)
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco (plot; script); Paul Ryan (plot)
Pencils Paul Ryan
Inks Danny Bulanadi
Colors Michael Rockwitz; Joe Andreani
Letters David Sharpe [as Dave Sharpe]
Notes Starblast Part 11; Story follows the events of NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER #48. (Marvel, 1990 series); For a complete Starblast checklist, please see the series information page for the Starblast limited series.

1 page letters page "Fantastic Forum"

Notes 5 letters of comment by Seth Harris, Brian Knep, Robert B. Calva, Liam Flanagan, Phil Smith.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Notes "Profile: Ron Garney"; "Now On Sale" (24 titles), "The Bullpen Beat" by Steve Saffel, plus Rick Parker cartoon ("The Bull's Eye").

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Subscription Form"

Notes House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Vision"

Notes House Advertisement with preview information at next month's "hottest titles".

10 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 8 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Cap'n Crunch (cereal, Quaker Oats), X-AM (clothing, Sun Apparel), Hi-C Fruit Punch (soft drink, Coca Cola, 2 pages), Weird Science (tv, USA Network), ETM Top 12 Picks (comics mail order, ETM), Mile High Comics (comics mail order, MHC), Sometime it's hard to be a hero (helpline, Boys Town National Hotline, 1/2 page), Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art (art school, Kubert's, 1/2 page), '94 Fleer Ultra X-Men (trading cards, Fleer), NBA Jam (game, Acclaim).