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12January 2002
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Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine #12

Marvel · January 2002 · on sale 2001-11-21

First appearance: Sporr
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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine (Marvel, 2001 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
January 2002
Key date
2002-01-00
On-sale date
2001-11-21
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$2.99; 4.50 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
75960605064201211

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sporr - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Eric StephensonDoctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing
1Victor von Doom, Emperor of Earth!comic story22script: Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Stan Lee; pencils: Erik Larsen, Ron Frenz, John Romita, Dan Jurgens, Steve Rude, Jorge Lucas; inks: Joe Sinnott, Tom Palmer, Al Milgrom, Steve Rude, Jorge Lucas, Bruce Timm; colors: Eric Stephenson; letters: Richard Starkings, ComicraftBalder, Black Bolt, Black Panther, The Blip, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Captain America, Crystal, Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Fin Fang Foom, Nick Fury, Galactus, Galan
2-letters page1letters: typeset
3House Advertisementpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-5607-9		2011On eBay ›
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91337-3		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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