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Issue#1: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 1 thru 15. Each issue reviewed in the index has a two-page summary and a reduced-size reprint of the original cover. Index contributors and consultants include George Olshevsky, Peter Garcia, Chuck Huber, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Mougin, Murray Ward, Mark Gruenwald, and Peter Sanderson. Cover by John Byrne. The cover portrays the Fantastic Four and their long-time foes as they were first drawn by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers in the silver age. The back cover by Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky is an alternative version to the cover of Fantastic Four 3. The splash page features an essay on the history of the Fantastic Four and a reduced-size version of the splash page from Fantastic Four 1. The back inside cover describes the plan and purpose for the Marvel Index series. (Notes: There are twelve issues in the Fantastic Four Index. There are not any ads in the index issues.) 32 pages Cover price $1.25. Issue#2: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 16 thru 30 and Annual 1. Each issue reviewed in the index has a two-page summary and a reduced-size reprint of the original cover. Index contributors and consultants include George Olshevsky, Peter Garcia, Chuck Huber, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Mougin, Murray Ward, and Mark Gruenwald. Painter cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. The back cover by Jack Kirby is an alternative version to the cover of Fantastic Four Annual 1. 32 pages Cover price $1.25. Issue#3: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 31 thru 45 and Annuals 2 and 3. Each issue reviewed in the index has a two-page summary and a reduced-size reprint of the original cover. Index contributors and consultants include George Olshevsky, Peter Garcia, Chuck Huber, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Mougin, Murray Ward, and Mark Gruenwald. Cover by Dave Simons. The wraparound cover depicts Mister Fantastic and Doctor Doom each holding one end of the ultimate nullifier. 32 pages Cover price $1.25. Issue#4: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 46 thru 64 and Annual 4. Issue#6: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 85 thru 106 and Annuals 7 and 8. Issue#7: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 107 thru 125 and Annual 9. Issue#8: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 126 thru 141, Annual 10, and Giant-Size Super-Stars 1. Issue#9: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 142 thru 160, and Giant-Size Fantastic Four 2 & 3. Issue#10: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 161 thru 176, Annual 11, and Giant-Size Fantastic Four 4 thru 6. Issue#11: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 177 thru 198. Issue#12: This issue covers Fantastic Four (1st series) 199 thru 214, and Annuals 12 and 13. Each issue reviewed in the index has a one-and-a-half page summary and a reduced-size reprint of the original cover. Index contributors and consultants include George Olshevsky, Peter Garcia, Chuck Huber, Dennis Mallonee, Murray Ward, and Mark Gruenwald. Cover by Rich Howell and Jack Abel. The front cover depicts the Fantastic Four and Franklin in the clutches of the Sphinx, while the back cover shows the FF and Herbie the Robot battling Quasimodo, Terrax the Tamer, and the Super-Skrull. The front cover is very similar to the cover of Fantastic Four 208. (Note: This is the final issue of the index. A short paragraph on the last page indicates that issue 13 will be published as an update to the series at a later date; however, that issue was never published.) 32 pages Cover price $1.25.