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Issue: Fantastic Four #173

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Publication Date: August 1976

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Issues: #173 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

Title:

Variant: U.S. Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860246408

Price: $0.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S., then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #116, 200, 358)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Variants3

Fantastic Four #173 [U.S. Cover Price]

Fantastic Four #173 [30¢]

Fantastic Four #173 [British]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- An Earth in Peril -- at the Hands of Galactus! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Counter-Earth Must Die -- at the Hand of Galactus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

An Earth in Peril -- at the Hands of Galactus!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Galactus

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Atlanticserien #9/1978 published September 1978
as Ett rymdäventyr med Galactus [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover

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Pages: 1

Counter-Earth Must Die -- at the Hand of Galactus!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; High Evolutionary (guest-star); Gorr (guest-star); Torgo (guest-star); The Destroyer (villain); Galactus (villain); Air-Walker (flashback); Firelord (flashback); Silver Surfer (flashback); Thor (flashback)

First Line: Oh yeah?

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four try to find another planet to sacrifice so Galactus won't eat Counter Earth. After they are all captured, the Evolutionary decides to save his world by challenging Galactus in a fight to the death.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Atlanticserien #9/1978 published September 1978
as Motjorden måste dö! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 17

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): the Thing

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letter from Lee Cushing.

A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic!

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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First Line: Hoo Boy!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox and Items.

Captain America and the Red Skull

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain America; Hostess Twinkies

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Bulletman, the Human Bullet Blasts into the GI Joe Super Adventure Team

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: military, superhero

Feature(s): GI Joe

Character(s): GI Joe; Mike Power; Bulletman

Reprinting

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Pages: 1

Notes: Comic ad for Bulletman and GI Joe.