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Issue Details

Issue #561
Published January 2008
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort; Jeanine Schaefer (associate)

Cover Details - "The Galactus Engine"

Characters the Thing; Invisible Woman; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Mr. Fantastic
Genre superhero
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Bryan Hitch ?
Letters typeset

1 page advertisement "Prince of Persia"

Synopsis An advertisement for UbiSoft's computer game, "Prince of Persia."
Notes inside front cover

1 page Fantastic Four recap

Letters typeset

27 page Fantastic Four story "The Galactus Engine"

Characters Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing; Invisible Woman; Mister Fantastic]; Doctor Doom; Bruce Robert Banner, Jr.; Psionics; Alex Ultron; Lightwave; Natalie X; the Hooded Man; Susan Richard [future version]; Galactus; She-Hulk; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Alyssa Castle; Ted Castle
Synopsis Reed, Sue, and Ben rescue Johnny and Doom. The Galactus engine is used to transport the future population of the Earth to Nu-World. Doom kills the future version of Sue.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Millar
Pencils Bryan Hitch
Inks Bryan Hitch; Andrew Currie; Cam Smith
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Rus Wooton [as VC's Rus Wooton]
Reprinted in Fantastic Four Adventures (Panini UK, 2010 series) #9 (October 2010)

1 page Got Milk? advertisement "Bounce Back"

Synopsis An advertisement from America's Milk Processors promoting milk consumption, featuring professional basketball player Dwight Howard.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 1 and 2 of the Fantastic Four story.

2 page advertisement "What's the worst that could happen?"

Synopsis An anti-illegal drug use advertisement from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, featuring anthropomorphic slugs playing with salt.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 13 and 14 of the Fantastic Four story.

Half page statement of ownership

Synopsis 1. Publication number: 539-10 3. Filing Date: September 30, 2008 7. Complete mailing address of known office of publication: 417 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016 9. Full names and complete mailing addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: Publisher: Dan Buckley, 417 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. Editor: Tom Brevoort, 417 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. Managing Editor: Justin F. Gabrie, 417 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10. Owner: Hundred Percent (100%) of the Common Storck of Marvel Enterprises, Inc. is owned by Marvel Enterprises Inc. Complete Mailing Address: Marvel Enterprises, Inc 10 East 40th St., New York, N.Y. 10016. 15.A. Total number of copies printed: Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 46,340. Actual no. of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 15,813.
Letters typeset
Notes This advertisement appears on the left side of the page, between page 24 of the Fantastic Four story and the Punisher War Zone advertisement.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Punisher War Zone (Marvel, 2008 series).
Notes This advertisement is on the right side of the page, between the statement of ownership and page 25 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "From the creators of Finding Nemo and Cars"

Synopsis An advertisement for the DVD and Blu-ray release of the Disney-Pixar animated film, "Wall-E."
Notes This advertisement follows the final page of the Fantastic Four story and is on the inside back cover.

1 page advertisement "Avoid Gas Hogs!"

Synopsis An advertisement for Honda Motors' "Fit" automobile.
Notes back cover