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Issue Details

Issue #393
Published October 1994
Cover Price $1.50
Pages 36
Editing Ralph Macchio; Matt Idelson (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "Hope Strings Eternal"

Characters Puppet Master; The Thing
Genre Superhero
Pencils Paul Ryan (signed)
Inks Paul Ryan (signed)

6 page Fantastic Four story "Days of Recent Past"

Characters Ant-Man II; [the following all in flashback sequence] Mr. Fantastic; The Thing; Alicia Masters; Human Torch; She-Hulk (flashback); Lyja the Lazerfist; Paibok the Power Skrull; Devos the Devastator; Psi-Lord; Uatu the Watcher
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco (script; plot); Paul Ryan (plot)
Pencils Paul Ryan
Inks Dan Bulanadi
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Jeff Powell

16 page Fantastic Four story "Choices"

Characters The Thing; Puppet Master; Dean Hastings; Human Torch; Bridget O'Neil; Alicia Masters; Invisible Woman; Nathaniel Richards [as Doctor Doom]
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Paul Ryan
Inks Dan Bulanadi
Colors John Kalisz
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page letters page "Fantastic Forum"

Notes 6 letters of comment by Malcolm Davies, Mark Johnson, Jason Mendez, Bill Wilson, Michael Paisner, Satchel Williams

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Notes "Question of the Month"; "Newsline"; "Hype Box: GENERATION X #1"; "Now On Sale" (23 titles).

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Subscription Form"

Notes House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).

10 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 6 one-page and 2 two-page advertisements for: Cap'n Crunch (cereal, Quaker Oats Company), Kids Mutant Meal (food, Target), Supersnack Tins (collectibles, Nabisco, 2 pages), Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Power Pak (merchandise, Oriental Trading Company), 1.000.000 Comix (back issues, 1.000.000 Comix), Upper Deck Sweepstakes (contest, Upper Deck, 2 pages), Peanut Butter Crunch (cereal, Quaker Oats Company), Spider-Man/Venom Maximum Carnage (video game, Acclaim).