THE COMPLETE FANTASTIC FOUR COVER & IMAGE GALLERY - PART ELEVEN...

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The above cover is another one that I first saw on the original

American edition of the FF (#164, which I re-acquired a good few

years ago), but I didn't obtain the above issue until several years after

it first went on sale.  The reason being that, try as I might to find a copy,

it just wasn't available in any of my local newsagents at the time.  I seem

to have a notion that, when I finally tracked one down, it wasn't in the

best of condition, and that I later replaced it with a superior copy.

However, I could be confusing it with an issue of the X-MEN

weekly, so couldn't swear to it.  Ah, fickle memory!

Another missing ish was #35, which, again, took me several

years to find, so my collection of The COMPLETE FANTASTIC

FOUR was (if you'll pardon the pun) 'incomplete' for around six or

seven years.  It's always good to fill those missing gaps in a series -

it's almost like winning the Lottery.  (Well, a tenner anyway.)

As you can see, issue #32 started reprinting The INVADERS,

which, to be honest, seemed like an odd fit for a mag dedicated to

the FF.  I'm surprised they didn't choose The THING's adventures

from MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE, but perhaps it was felt that a bit of

variety in content might attract new readers.  It didn't work, as the

mag folded a mere five issues later.  We'll take a look at them

in the next (and final) post in this series.

Don't miss it, or your life won't be (wait for it) complete!

  

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