The Fantastic Four close out the decade with another set of dramatic, funny, and wild adventures in the Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 6.
The team brings an end to the 70s with Fantastic Four #164-203, Fantastic Four Annual #11-13, Marvel Two-in-One #20, Marvel Two-in-One Annual #1, and stories from What If ? #1, 6, and 11.
All stories are written by Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Bill Mantlo, Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Roger Slifer, and Jack Kirby.
Fantastic art is provided by Kirby, George Perez, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Keith Pollard, Rich Buckler, Ron Wilson, Bob Hall, Jim Craig, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Vince Colletta, Sam Grainger, John Tartaglione, George Roussos, Dave Hunt, Tony DeZuniga, Pablo Marcos, Bob Wiacek, Mike Royer, and Bill Wray.
Highlights in the Omnibus include a brief cure for The Thing and a brief stint in the Four for fill-in Luke Cage, another classic Hulk vs. the Thing slugfest, a battle between Galactus and the High Evolutionary, an evil Counter-Earth Reed Richards, and appearance by Thundra, Tigra, the Mad Thinker, Annihilus, The Frightful Four (with new member the Brute), the rarely seen Eliminator, Salem’s Seven and Agatha Harkness, Klaw, and the Molecule Man.
“The Four is No More!” for a brief period of time in the later part of the collection, as the title shifts to individual one-shot stories before the family makes amends, battling a number of colorful foes both as a team and solo including Doctor Doom, Galactus, Mole Man, Diablo, the Red Ghost, Darkoth, the Texas Twister, and Quasimodo.
There is also a three part time travel crossover involving the Thing, the FF, and the Liberty Legion across Ben Grimm’s Marvel Team-Up and the two annuals in the collection. For fans of Ben’s team-ups, the first Marvel Team-Up Omnibus is also coming to a comic shop near you this month.
The Omnibus also contains three What If? issues featuring the Four with stories revolving around Spider-Man joining the group, the Fantastic Four switching powers, and a truly fantastic tale where Stan Lee becomes Mr. Fantastic, Sol Brodsky the Human Torch, Jack Kirby the Thing, and Flo Steinberg the Invisible Girl.
The Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 6 consists of 1,072 pages for a suggested retail price of $125.00.
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