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Issue Details

Issue #500
Published September 2003
Cover Price $3.50
Pages 52
Editing Tom Brevoort; Marc Sumerak (Assistant Editor); Andy Schmidt (Assistant Editor)
Notes Double-Size. Story continued from FANTASTIC FOUR #70 (Marvel, 1998 series).

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Invisible Woman; The Thing; Human Torch; Mister Fantastic
Genre Superhero
Pencils Paolo Rivera (signed, painting)
Inks Paolo Rivera (signed, painting)
Colors Paolo Rivera (signed, painting)
Notes Double-Size. Story continued from FANTASTIC FOUR #70 (Marvel, 1998 series).
Reprinted in Fantastic Four [Director's Cut] (Marvel, 2003 series) #500; in Fantastic Four [Trade Paperback] (Marvel, 2003 series) #2

1 page Fantastic Four recap "The Fantastic Four"

Characters Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Mister Fantastic; The Thing; Human Torch; Invisible Woman; Doctor Doom
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Wieringo
Inks Karl Kesel
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters typeset
Notes Recap of the events which led to the start of this issue with credits and indicia.
Reprinted in Fantastic Four [Director's Cut] (Marvel, 2003 series) #500

38 page Fantastic Four story "Unthinkable Part Four"

Characters Mister Fantastic; Doctor Strange; Human Torch; Doctor Doom; Franklin Richards; The Thing; Invisible Woman; Valeria Richards; Haazareth
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Mike Wieringo
Inks Karl Kesel
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Rus Wooton [as Virtual Calligraphy's Rus Wooton]
Reprinted in Fantastic Four [Director's Cut] (Marvel, 2003 series) #500; in Fantastic Four [Trade Paperback] (Marvel, 2003 series) #2

3 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisements"

Notes House Advertisements for: RUNAWAYS series, SENTINEL series, TROUBLE #1.

9 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 9 one-page advertisements for: Warioworld (game, Nintendo); Bring Home Your Heroes (dvd, WB), Dragonball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (game, Atari), The Incredible Hulk (video/dvd, Buena Vista), Sphero Master Locks (locks, Master), Hulk/Super-Heroes (popsicles, Good Human-Breyers Ice Cream), Daredevil (dvd, 20th Century Fox), X-Men 2: Wolverine's Revenge (game, ActiVision), Strawberry Blasted Honey-comb (cereal, KF Holdings).