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Issue: Hero Initiative: Mike Wieringo Book #1
Publication Date: August 2008
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/25/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 75960605301807258
Price: $4.99 CAD
$4.99 USD
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Content Items: 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Diamond order code: APR083897

Cover title: What If This Was the Fantastic Four?: A Tribute to Mike Wieringo.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy paper
Binding: saddle-stitched
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What If This Was the Fantastic Four?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Fantastic Four
Character(s): Spider-Man; Wolverine; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hulk
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Pages: 1
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Mike Wieringo 1963-2007

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Genres: biography
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bio and tribute to Mike Wieringo who died Aug. 12, 2007 of heart failure.
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This What If...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Fantastic Four
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From Issue: FlagFantastic Four #348 [Direct] published January 1991cover
From Issue: FlagFantastic Four #349 [Direct] published February 1991cover
From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #347 [Direct] published December 1990
was This Issue's Got Everything! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Recap of the original "New Fantastic Four" story in the FF with small reproductions of the original covers.
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All Possible Worlds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Fantastic Four
Character(s): New Fantastic Four [Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Wolverine [Logan]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; The Watcher [Uatu]; Super Skrull (villain); Blastaar (villain); Dr. Doom [Victor von Doom] (villain); Mephisto (villain); Sandman (villain); Venom [Eddie Brock] (villain); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (villain); Abomination [Emil Blonsky](villain); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Tony Stark [Iron Man] (cameo); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo); Dr. Strange [Dr. Stephen Strange] (cameo); Vision (cameo); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (cameo); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Jean Grey; Franklin Richards; D'Lilah (cameo flashback); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: When Reed, Sue and Johnny are killed by a Skrull, the replacement Fantastic Four are convinced into becoming the real Fantastic Four. Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk and Ghost Rider tackle the Fantastic Four’s old foes but find one of their greatest challenges comes when Dr. Doom teams up with the deadly Mephisto.
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Pages: 27
Disclose Notes: Jeff Parker explains in the recap that he accidentally made the Ghost Rider in this story Johnny Blaze when he should have been Danny Ketch.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): New Fantastic Four
Character(s): New Fantastic Four [Spider-Man; Wolverine; Ghost Rider; Hulk]; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing; Iron Man; Thor; Colossus; Rogue; Hawkeye; Gambit; Captain America; Quicksilver
Synopsis: When the Fantastic Four decide to try and get a spot on a sold out cruise ship, they convince Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ghost Rider and Hulk to give up their spots and become the New Fantastic Four while they are away.
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Credits

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): Human Torch; The Thing
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Pages: 1
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Original What If? Cover

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Fantastic Four
Character(s): Spider-Man; Wolveine; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hulk
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Presents what was supposed to be the cover art for this story when it was slated as a regular issue.
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The Hero Initiative

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Short article explains that most of the artists who worked on this book did so at a reduced rate (some at $1.00 per page) in order to produce it; Includes a photo of Wieringo.
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Tribute

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Creator's tributes to Mike Wieringo presented with pencilled art for this issue as well as two original sketches by Jeff Parker and Richard Case.
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Acknowledgements

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Back Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; The Thing; Mike Wieringo
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Presents the tribute to Mike Wieringo that appeared in most Marvel comics.

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