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Issue Details

Issue #578
Published June 2010
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort; Lauren Sankovitch (associate)

Cover Details - "Here, you die. In the Negative Zone, you can live."

Characters Mr. Fantastic; the Thing; Human Torch; Annihilus
Genre super-hero
Script Jonathan Hickman
Pencils Alan Davis
Inks Mark Farmer
Colors Javier Rodriguez
Letters typeset

Half page advertisement "Magic Tree House"

Synopsis An advertisement for Random House Children's Books' _Games and Puzzles from the Tree House_.
Notes Upper half of inside front cover.

Half page advertisement "Calendar Mysteries"

Synopsis An advertisement for Ron Roy's "Calendar Mysteries" book series.
Notes lower half of inside front cover

1 page credits

Letters typeset

23 page Fantastic Four story "Prime Elements 4: The Cult of the Negative Zone"

Characters Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Valeria Richards; Andromeda Attumasen; Mr. Fantastic
Synopsis Johnny inadvertently lets a group of Annihilus's assassins into the Negative Zone, where they kill a group of Blastaar's people. The city of Old Atlantis is moved to the surface of the Antarctic.
Genre super-hero
Script Jonathan Hickman
Pencils Dale Eaglesham
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Rus Wooton [as VC's Rus Wooton]

1 page advertisement "Marvel Studios Iron Man 2"

Synopsis An advertisement for Iron Man statues from Kotobukiya.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 3 and 4 of the Fantastic Four story.

Half page advertisement "Iron Man 2"

Synopsis An advertisement for the the theatrical release of the Marvel Studios film, "Iron Man 2".
Notes This advertisement is between page 6 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 Warriors Four (Marvel, 2010 series) #2.
Notes This advertisement is between the Iron Man 2 advertisement and page 7 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "Marvel"

Synopsis An advertisement for children's clothing from Kids Headquarters, featuring licensed Marvel characters.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 7 and 8 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "The ultimate action figures are finally here."

Synopsis An advertisement for Jakks Pacific professional wrestling action figures.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 10 and 11 of the Fantastic Four story.

Half page advertisement "Marvel Spider-Sense Spider-Man"

Synopsis An advertisement for Sherwood candies featuring Spider-Man.
Notes This advertisement is on the upper half of the page between page 15 of the Fantastic Four story and the Marvel Super Hero Squad promotional.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "You really shouldn't have made them angry!"

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Marvel Super Hero Squad (Marvel, 2010 series) #5.
Notes This advertisement is on the lower half of the page between the Spider-Sense candy advertisement and page 16 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Even the Heroic Age has Secrets!"

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Secret Avengers (Marvel, 2010 series).
Notes This advertisement is between pages 18 and 19 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Siege"

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Siege (Marvel, 2010 series) #4.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 22 and 23 of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page Fantastic Fan Mail letters page

Synopsis Letters of comment from Andrew J. Shaw; Mason Tripp; Chip Snyder; Sais Ruiz Reyes; and Ed Kaerva.
Script Jonathan Hickman
Letters typeset
Notes This letter column follows the final page of the Fantastic Four story.

1 page advertisement "Iron Man 2"

Synopsis An advertisement for Jay Franco's children's bedclothes, featuring Iron Man.
Notes inside back cover

1 page advertisement "One part typical teen. One part awesome boogie pack."

Synopsis An advertisement for the Cartoon Network's animated series, "Generator Rex."
Notes back cover