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Cover: George Pérez & Pablo Marcos

Fantastic Four #196

Jul 1978 · Marvel · 0.35 USD
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“Who in the World Is the Invincible Man?”

The looming, pink-hooded figure of the Invincible Man dominates this striking 1978 cover by George Pérez and Pablo Marcos, his massive yellow hands reaching out as he boasts of the Fantastic Four's imminent end. Below, the team — the Thing, the Human Torch, the Invisible Girl, and Mr. Fantastic — reacts to a vengeful older man who claims they are his children and that they killed him, while a woman recoils in horror at being called a "hideous monster." It's a wonderfully dramatic composition that packs multiple confrontations into a single image, making issue #196 an irresistible read.

writer Marv Wolfman · artist Keith Pollard · artist, inker Pablo Marcos · colorist G. Wein · letterer Joe Rosen · cover George Pérez, Pablo Marcos

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Raw (Fine) $4
CGC 9.8 · 39 in census $123
CGC 9.6 · 35 in census $57*
CGC 9.4 · 10 in census $36
CGC 9.2 · 6 in census $25*
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $20*
CGC 8.5 · 7 in census $20
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CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 7.5 · 4 in census $20
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $20
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $20*
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Cast · 13 characters

Full credits

artist, inker Pablo Marcos
colorist G. Wein
letterer Joe Rosen
cover pencils George Pérez
cover inks Pablo Marcos

Reprints

↩ Reprints [Marvel Hostess Ads] #28 (1978)

Reprinted in Fantastic Four #85/86 (1978), Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] #2/1979 (1979), Spider-Man Comic #327 (1979), Fantastic Four #4 (1980), I Fantastici Quattro #232 (1980), Nova #83 (1984), Fantastic Four: The Overthrow of Doom #[nn] (2011), Fantastic Four - La Chute de Fatalis #[nn] (2012), Essential Fantastic Four #9 (2013), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #18 (2016), Fantastic Four Epic Collection #11 (2024), Fantastic Four Omnibus #6 (2025), Atlanticserien #2/1979, Fantastic Four #196

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