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.
Episode 292: What If? #11 - What If The Fantastic Four Were The Original Marvel Bullpen?
Episode 291: Marvel Two-in-One #44 - The Wonderful World Of Brother Benjamin J. Grimm
Episode 290: Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3 - When Strike The Monitors
Episode 289: Fantastic Four #199 - The Son Of Doctor Doom
Episode 288: Marvel Two-in-One #43 - The Day The World Winds Down
Episode 287: Fantastic Four #198 - Invasion!
Episode 286: Marvel Two-in-One #42 - Entropy, Entropy...
Episode 285: Fantastic Four #197 - The Riotous Return Of The Red Ghost
Episode 284: Marvel Two-in-One #41 - Voodoo And Valour
Episode 283: Fantastic Four #196 - Who In The World Is The Invincible Man?
Episode 282: Marvel Two-in-One #40 - Conjure Night
Episode 281: Fantastic Four #195 - Beware The Ravaging Retrievers
Episode 280: Marvel Two-in-One #39 - The Vision Gambit
Episode 279: Fantastic Four #194 - Vengeance Is Mine
Episode 278: Marvel Two-in-One #38 - Thing Behind Prison Bars
Episode 277: Fantastic Four #193 - Day Of The Death Demon
Episode 276: Marvel Two-in-One #37 - Game Point
Episode 275: Fantastic Four #192 - He Who Soweth The Wind
Episode 274: Marvel Two-in-One #36 - A Stretch In Time
Episode 273: Fantastic Four #191 - Four No More!
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