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Issue Details

Issue #176
Published November 1976
Cover Price $0.30
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas
Notes Letters page article by Roy Thomas (see sequence 2).

Cover Details

Characters Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; The Thing; Impossible Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Sinnott
Letters Dan Crespi?
Notes Letters page article by Roy Thomas (see sequence 2).

17 page Fantastic Four story "Improbable As It May Seem--The Impossible Man Is Back In Town!"

Characters FEATURE: Fantastic Four--Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; The Thing; GUESTS: Impossible Man; Stan Lee; George Perez; Roy Thomas; Jack Kirby; Joe Sinnott; John Verpoorten; Marv Wolfman; Archie Goodwin; Gerry Conway; Marie Severin; Other Marvel Staffers; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Galactus; Gorr; CAMEOS: Sandman; Wizard; Trapster
Synopsis Impossible Man arrives on earth and invades the Marvel offices wanting a comic book to be based on him.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils George Perez
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Michele Wolfman
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes This is a change-of-pace story with the Impossible Man.
Reprinted in FANTASTIC FOUR #54 (Marvel, 1998 series)

1 page text article "The Story Behind the Story"

Script Roy Thomas
Letters Typeset
Notes An in depth explanation of this offbeat issue of FF.