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Issue Details

Issue #577
Published May 2010
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort; Lauren Sankovitch (associate)

Cover Details - "How does one best serve the universal collective?"

Characters Fantastic Four [the Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman]; Medusa; Black Bolt
Genre super-hero
Script Jonathan Hickman
Pencils Alan Davis
Inks Mark Farmer
Colors Javier Rodriguez
Letters typeset

1 page advertisement "Healthy Heroes!"

Synopsis An advertisement for Rexall Sundown's "Marvel Heroes" multivitamin and mineral supplement, featuring licensed Marvel characters.
Notes inside front cover

23 page Fantastic Four story "Prime Elements 3: Universal Inhumans"

Characters Black Bolt; Medusa; Watcher; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; the Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman]; the Summoner; Oola Udonta; Aladi Ko Eke; Onomi Whitemane; Avoe
Synopsis The FF journey to the moon and learn that the Kree created subspecies of four other races in the same manner that they created the Inhumans and that those four races and the Inhumans are ready to come to earth to live.
Genre super-hero
Script Jonathan Hickman
Pencils Dale Eaglesham
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Rus Wooton [as VC's Rus Wooton]

1 page credits

Letters typeset
Notes This recap is between pages 2 and 3 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "Oprtix 3-D Bubbles"

Synopsis An advertisement for Imperial Toys' "Oprtix 3-D Bubbles."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 3 and 4 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "Marvel Sleepwear by AME"

Synopsis An advertisement for American Marketing Enterprises children's sleepwear, featuring licensed Marvel characters.
Notes This advertisement is between page 6 of the Fantastic Four story and the "How to Train Your Dragon" advertisement.

1 page advertisement "How to Train Your Dragon"

Synopsis An advertisement for Cressida Cowell's "How to Train Your Dragon" novels.
Notes This advertisement is between the AME sleepwear advertisement and page 7 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "Iron Man 2"

Synopsis An advertisement for FAB Starpoint school supplies, featuring Iron Man.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 9 and 10 of the Fantastic Four story.

Half page advertisement "New From Paper Magic!"

Synopsis An advertisement for Pager Magic Groups' "Marvel Heroes Stickerfitti" stickers.
Notes This advertisement is on the upper half of the page between page 13 of the Fantastic Four story and the "Thor and the Warriors Four" promotional.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "The New Gods of Mischief!"

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Thor and the Warrior Four (Marvel, 2010 series) #1.
Notes This advertisement is on the lower half of the page between the "Stickerfitti" advertisement and page 14 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Time for Waiting is Over!"

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #523.
Notes This advertisement is between page 20 of the Fantastic Four story and the Black Widow advertisement.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The femme fatale strikes!"

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Black Widow: Deadly Origin (Marvel, 2010 series), Black Widow: Web of Intrigue (Marvel, 1999 series), and Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow (Marvel, 2010 series).
Notes This advertisement is between the Uncanny X-Men promotional and page 21 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page Fantastic Fan Mail letters page

Synopsis Letters of comment from Mathias Lewis; Steve Oelrich; Jeff Coburn; Brian Edwards; and Jordan F. Cooper.
Script Jonathan Hickman
Letters typeset
Notes This letters column follows the final page of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "Firefly"

Synopsis An advertisement for Dr. Fresh's "Firefly" children's toothbrushes, featuring Marvel and Mattel licensed characters.
Notes inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Monsuno"

Synopsis An advertisement for Jackks Pacific's "Monsuno."
Notes back cover