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Issue Details

Issue #520
Published January 2005
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort; Andy Schmidt (Assistant Editor); Nicole Wiley (Assistant Edtor); Molly Lazer (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "Rising Storm Part 1 of 4"

Characters Human Torch; Galactus
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Wieringo (signed)
Inks Karl Kesel (signed)
Colors Paul Mounts (signed)

1 page Fantastic Four recap "The Fantastic Four"

Characters Invisible Woman; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Mister Fantastic; The Thing; Human Torch
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mike Wieringo
Inks Karl Kesel
Letters typeset
Notes Recap of the events which led to the start of this issue with credits and indicia and cover art of issue #519.

21 page Fantastic Four story "Rising Storm [Part 1 of 4]"

Characters The Thing; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; Mister Fantastic; Galactus; Karragan the Unforgiving; Franklin Richards (flashback); Quasar
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Waid
Pencils Mike Wieringo
Inks Karl Kesel
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Randy Gentile [as Virtual Calligraphy's Randy Gentile]

1 page letters page "Fantastic Four Fan Page"

Notes 5 letters of comment by John Anselmo, Aaron Kessel, John Karpinski, KingJason7, Andrew Wales, plus mini cover art of next issue.

12 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 10 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Spider-Man 2 (dvd, Columbia Pictures), TY2: The Tasmanian Tiger Bush Rescue (game, EA Games), Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (dvd, Warner Bros.), Spider-Man Tees (t-shirts, Extreme Concepts), Kangaroo Jack G'Day U.S.A.! (dvd, Warner Bros.), The Incredibles (game, Disney Interactive), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II (game, LucasArts, 2 pages), DC Underoos (underwear, Fruit of the Loom), Marvel 2005 Calendars (calendars, The Time Factory), Amazing Island (game, SEGA), Flavor Blasted Colorchanging Gold Fish (snack, Pepperidge Farm).