Fantastic Four #194 (1978) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue: #194
Publication date: May 1978
Key date: 1978-05-00
On-sale date: 1978-02-21
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0714860246205
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Death on record for: Darkoth, Desmond Pitt.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Doomed by Diablo!	cover	1	pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez; letters: Danny Crespi	Esteban Corazón de Ablo, Darkoth, Diablo, Ben Grimm, Desmond Pitt, The Thing
1	Vengeance Is Mine!	comic story	17	script: Len Wein, Pollard, Bill Mantlo; pencils: Keith Pollard, Dave Hunt; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: George Roussos; letters: Annette Kawecki	Esteban Corazón de Ablo, Darkoth Death, Diablo, Ben Grimm, Agatha Harkness, Impossible Man, Invisible Girl, Alicia Masters, Sub-Mariner, Desmond Pitt Death, Franklin Richards, Susan Storm Richards, The Thing, Namor
2	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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