No Such Thing As The X-Factor
Hello, and welcome to episode 252 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four.
This week, we're returning to the many, many subplots in progress in the main title, with Fantastic Four #182. Between revolution in the Negative Zone, child abduction in Whisper Hill, spousal impersonation in the Baxter Building, and the removal of as many extraneous characters as the writers can get away with, this is one heck of a full issue.
The fullness starts with the credit box, which lists Archie Goodwin, Len Wein, Jim Shooter, and Bill Mantlo as writers, alongside Sal Buscema (who we really like, despite the evidence to the contrary) and Joe Sinnott. They come together to present the misadventures of the Mildly Disturbed Thinker, and the long-awaited return of... ZANTE!
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Episode cover design by Samuel Savage.
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Episode 349: Fantastic Four #224 - The Darkfield Illumination
Episode 348: Marvel Two-in-One #68 - Discos and Dungeons
Episode 347: Fantastic Four Annual #15 - Time for the Prime Ten
Episode 346: Fantastic Four #223 - That A Child May Live
Episode 345: Marvel Two-in-One Annual #5 - When A Stranger Calls
Episode 344: Marvel Two-in-One #67 - Passport to Oblivion
Episode 343: Fantastic Four #222 - The Possession of Franklin Richards
Episode 342: Marvel Two-in-One #66 - A Congress of Crowns
Episode 341: Fantastic Four #221 - Tower Of Crystal... Dreams Of Glass
Episode 340: Marvel Two-in-One #65 - Serpents From The Sea
Episode 339: Fantastic Four #220 - And The Lights Went Out All Over The World
Episode 338: What If? #21 - What If... Sub-Mariner Had Married the Invisible Girl?
Episode 337: Marvel Two-in-One #64 - The Serpent Crown Affair Part 1 - From the Depths
Episode 336: Fantastic Four #219 - Leviathans
Episode 335: Marvel Two-in-One #63 - Suffer Not A Warlock To Live
Episode 334: Fantastic Four #218 - When A Spider-Man Comes Calling
Episode 333: Marvel Two-in-One #62 - The Taking of Counter-Earth
Episode 332: Fantastic Four #217 - Masquerade!
Episode 331: Marvel Two-in-One #61 - The Coming Of Her
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