Fantastic Four #172 (1976) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Cry, the Bedeviled Planet!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Destroyer, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
1	Cry, the Bedeviled Planet!	comic story	17	script: Roy Thomas, Bill Mantlo; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Petra G.; letters: Joe Rosen	Bruce Banner, Destroyer, Galactus, Galan, Gorr, Ben Grimm, High Evolutionary, Hulk, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Man-Beast, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards
2	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
3	An Omnium-Gatherum of Odysseys Occult, Olios, and Occasions Obbligato!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	Captain America; Shang-Chi

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.10 GBP
30¢	price 0.30 USD

Collection	Year
Essential Fantastic Four #8 ISBN 978-0-7851-4538-7	2010	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #129	1976	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #16 ISBN 978-0-7851-8845-2	2014	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four: Crusaders & Titans #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-8436-2	2013	On eBay ›
Counter-Earth Must Die ISBN 978-1-302-95544-1	2024	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #6 ISBN 978-1-302-96233-3	2025	On eBay ›

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