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Issue Details

Issue	#176
Published	November 1976
Cover Price	$0.30
Pages	36
Editing	Roy Thomas
Notes	Letters page article by Roy Thomas (see sequence 2).

Cover Details

Characters	Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; The Thing; Impossible Man
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Letters	Dan Crespi?
Notes	Letters page article by Roy Thomas (see sequence 2).

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

Characters	FEATURE: Fantastic Four--Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; The Thing; GUESTS: Impossible Man; Stan Lee; George Perez; Roy Thomas; Jack Kirby; Joe Sinnott; John Verpoorten; Marv Wolfman; Archie Goodwin; Gerry Conway; Marie Severin; Other Marvel Staffers; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Galactus; Gorr; CAMEOS: Sandman; Wizard; Trapster
Synopsis	Impossible Man arrives on earth and invades the Marvel offices wanting a comic book to be based on him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	George Perez
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Colors	Michele Wolfman
Letters	Joe Rosen
Notes	This is a change-of-pace story with the Impossible Man.
Reprinted	in FANTASTIC FOUR #54 (Marvel, 1998 series)

1 page text article "The Story Behind the Story"

Script	Roy Thomas
Letters	Typeset
Notes	An in depth explanation of this offbeat issue of FF.