Descrizione
I FANTASTICI 4
FANTASTIC FOUR
prima serie Editoriale Corno
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1972
Perfettamente consenzienti e consapevoli che chi va con lo squilibrato finisce prima o poi pure lui in camicia di forza imbottito di punture e pasticche, sotto l’ istigazione dei perversi influssi di MEDUSA e GORGON i remissivi F4 si lasciano trascinare come sciocchi ignavi fino al capolinea delle più scalcinate sacche di disumanità, alle prese con la genia anomala ed aberrante dei membri della famiglia reale di Agon (meglio conosciuti come GLI INUMANI qui nella loro PRIMA apparizione assoluta al completo), tra l’altro sempre molto più umani degli esponenti del casato dei monarchi inglesi che come tutti sanno sono invece in realtà dei rettiliani
Contiene inoltre : CAPITAN MARVEL – DOTTOR DESTINO
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1972
CONDIZIONI BUONISSIME, USURA IN COSTOLA CON LACERAZIONE NEGLI ULTIMI 2 CM INFERIORI, QUALCHE PICCOLA STRIATURA NELLE PARTI SUPERIORE ED INFERIORE DI COPERTINA, FIRMA A BIRO NEL MARGINE BIANCO INFERIORE DELLA SECONDA DI COPERTINA, GRAFFETTE UN PO’ OSSIDATE NELLA PARTE ESTERNA, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI BUSTA
LEGENDA STATO DI CONSERVAZIONE
condizioni ECCELLENTI (o anche EDICOLA e/o MAGAZZINO) = si intende un oggetto nuovo e perfetto oppure usato senza difetti e praticamente ancora come nuovo, tenendone per quest’ultimo caso in conto ovviamente la datazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 8,5 e 9,8 (non assegniamo punteggi superiori a 9,8 perchè trattasi di tipi ideali a ns avviso più teorici e scolastici che reali e concreti, ogni manufatto umano in natura ha una percentuale insita e congenita seppur infinitesimale di imperfezione)
condizioni OTTIME = oggetto nuovo (o talora anche usato ma maneggiato e conservato con molta cura) in cui non si riscontra alcun difetto rilevante e degno di nota, tutt’al più qualche minimo segno di lettura o di uso ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 7 e 8,5
condizioni BUONISSIME = oggetto usato (ed in taluni casi anche fondo di magazzino soggetto a piccole usure del tempo) con lievi imperfezioni e difetti poco vistosi, generalmente molto marginali ed appena percepibili ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 5,5 e 7
condizioni MOLTO BUONE = oggetto usato con imperfezioni vistose e difetti abbastanza spiccati, pur se non completamente invalidanti (generalmente specificati nel dettaglio alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto); corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 4 e 5,5
condizioni PIU’ CHE BUONE / MEDIOCRI = oggetto usato con imperfezioni e difetti evidenti, smaccati, madornali ed invalidanti, assolutamente non collezionabile tuttavia idoneo per la semplice lettura o documentazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale inferiore a 4
per eventuali ulteriori dettagli aggiuntivi e specifici si prega di fare sempre riferimento alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto
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Other Characters:
- Dorrie Evans (on the telephone only)
- Inhumans (otherwise known as House of Agon / the Inhuman Royal Family)
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Synopsis
Elsewhere, the Sandman and the Trapster attempt to break out of their prison cell. Sandman tries to punch his way through the glass window, but as soon as he does, a secondary pane of glass slides overtop of it. The Trapster wonders if Medusa will attempt to rescue them.
The Invisible Girl manages to tame the Dragon Man and discovers that the creature behaves as if he were actually a small child. Sue and Johnny bring the Dragon Man back to the Baxter Building.
Johnny leaves and tries to call Dorrie Evans for a date. Dorrie has other plans, and Johnny grows miffed. He goes for a walk down the streets of Midtown Manhattan. He finds a skittish red-haired woman sitting in the back of an alleyway. Johnny is completely mystified by her and tries to approach. The woman shoos him away and suddenly a strong gust of wind blows through the air separating the two.
When Johnny recovers his senses, the girl is gone. Confused, he returns to the Baxter Building.
Johnny is frustrated and gets into an argument with Sue and Ben.
Angrily, he snaps back and leaves the building to search for the mysterious redhead. He finds her in another alleyway and discovers that her name is Crystal. Crystal sees Johnny demonstrate his powers and deduces that they are similar to one another.
She decides to take Johnny back to her home. Crystal’s pet is an over-sized bulldog named Lockjaw.
Lockjaw has forked antennae on his brow, which generates a charge of energy. The energy opens up a portal to Crystal’s homeland and the three enter the rift.
At the Baxter Building, the Dragon Man begins to lose control again. Reed and Ben attempt to contain him, while Sue renders him inert with a tranquilizer gun.
Afterwards, Ben stalks off to reflect upon what it is like to live as a monster.
Crystal meanwhile, introduces Johnny to her people – the Inhumans.
He first meets Karnak, who demonstrates his martial prowess by judo-flipping Johnny over his shoulder. He then encounters Black Bolt, Gorgon and Triton. The most surprising member of the Inhumans however is Crystal’s sister, Medusa – a woman whom Johnny remembers as a member of the Frightful Four. Karnak claims that Johnny tricked Crystal into believing that he was an Inhuman like she, and a fight breaks out.
Despite his powers, Johnny cannot defeat all his adversaries, so he burns a hole through the ceiling and flies off. He creates the “4” signal in the air with his flame to alert the rest of the Fantastic Four.
Reed sees the signal and the team boards their new Airjet-Cycle.
They track Johnny down and encounter Gorgon, Karnak and Medusa. The super-powered combatants begin to fight when suddenly, Black Bolt, leader of the Inhumans, arrives on the scene.
Notes
- First appearance of the Inhumans (Black Bolt, Crystal, Karnak, Lockjaw and Triton).
- Medusa is revealed as Crystal’s sister in this issue.
- First appearance of the Airjet-Cycle.
- The Trapster and the Sandman have been incarcerated since their capture at the end of Fantastic Four #43 (in Italy in F4C #38), however the Trapster briefly broke out to terrorize the wedding of Reed and Sue as seen in Marvel: Heroes & Legends #1 (in Italy in MARVEL SPECIALE 35 ANNI). Nobody remembers that the Trapster was ever free thanks to the Time Displacer device that Reed used to banished the villains who attacked his wedding circa Fantastic Four Annual #3 (in Italy in F4C #39).
- This issue marks the end of Johnny’s relationship with Doris Evans which began in Strange Tales #113 (in Italy in F4C #12-13). When she is next seen in Fantastic Four #134 (in Italy in F4C #132), she is married with two children.
- Although this story establishes that Crystal is sister to Medusa, the rest of the royal family is identified as cousins to Medusa as specified in Thor #149 (in Italy in THC #47).
- Inhumans Special #1 (unpublished in Italy) identifies that the neighborhood the Inhumans are hiding within is New York’s Bowery neighborhood.
- The Inhumans are an offshoot of humanity that were genetically modified by the alien Kree as revealed in Thor #147 (in Italy in THC #46). They were bred to be cannon fodder to use against enemies of the Kree as specified in Inhumans #3 (in Italy in F4C #176-177). Inhumans Vol 3 #2 (in Italy in WIZ #61) goes further to explain that the Inhumans apparently “unique” mutations were really to make them resemble various alien races that the Kree considered enemies for the purposes of infiltration. Although not explained here, their powers come from exposure to Terrigen Mist as revealed in Thor #146 (in Italy in THC #46).
- It should be noted here that although Karnak appears to have super-human powers, unlike his fellow cousins he was never exposed to the Terrigen Mist as explained in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #4. His ability to detect the weakness in other objects is the result of training as a monk.
- The Inhuman royal family’s official name is the House of Agon, a term first coined in Marvel Two-In-One #71 (unpublished in Italy). Agon is the name of Black Bolt’s father who ruled the Inhumans before Black Bolt before his death as per Avengers#95 (in Italy in THC #110)
Trivia
- At one point during this storyline, Reed snaps at Sue and tells her to “stop sounding like a wife”. He makes the exact same comment in Fantastic Four #47 (in Italy in F4C #43).
- Upon seeing the Airjet-Cycle, several New Yorkers are quoted as saying, “Look! It’s a stripped-down whirlybird! It’s a turbo-powered racing car! It’s a flying bicycle!” This is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the famous line from the Adventures of Superman radio program of the 1940s, “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Superman!”
“When A Galaxy Beckons” / QUANDO UNA GALASSIA CHIAMA (2a parte)
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Continued from last issue…
Mar-Vell once more at gun-point flees into space with his teleportation powers.
There, he is contacted by Zo who tells him that his time is up in getting revenge against Yon-Rogg and that he must do Zo’s bidding immediately.
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Synopsis
Zo has come forth to Mar-Vell and seen him the balance of the universe and what would happen if Zo’s will is not done.
He explains to Mar-Vell that the followers of the Kree god Tam-Bor, who have built a idol to their god, uses a magnetic force that threatens to destroy the whole universe.
Continued to next issue…
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Villains:
- Prince Rudolfo
- Faceless One (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Ramona
Synopsis
Prince Rudolfo the disposed ruler of Latervia manages to escape from his cell.
Dr. Doom confronts the “prince” and reveals that he knows that he did not capture the true prince but a robot duplicate, however before he can learn much about Rudolfo’s plans, an over protective Doombot destroys the Rudolfo robot.
In a secret cave, the real Rudolfo continues his plot to over throw Doom and retake his kingdom, and has gotten the aid of an alien creature known as the Faceless One.
Meanwhile, the free Doomsman wanders the Latverian countryside and enters into a neighboring nation. There the Doomsman is attacked by that countries armies, however the Doomsman destroys the attacking tanks with the greatest of ease. It is confronted by the Faceless One and Rudolfo who take it in and convince it to join their ranks.
Meanwhile back at Castle Doom, Dr. Doom lets Ramona free so that he can search for his missing Doomsman.
Seeing a holstered weapon, she contemplates killing Dr. Doom, but realizes that over anything else, she cannot become a killer.
Rudolfo’s resistance army is armed with laser weapons from the Faceless One and are sent to attack Dr. Doom’s castle.
While Dr. Doom is busy repelling his attackers, the Faceless One flies his spheroid ship into Castle Doom with the Doomsman. Realizing this, Dr. Doom returns to his castle to fight off the Faceless One, who has been led into the castle by Ramona.
Battling Doom one-on-one, the Faceless One admits that he is using Rudolfo’s resistance army to achieve his own ends. With the two equally matched, the Faceless One commands the Doomsman to enter and slay his creator.
