Fantastic Four #173 (1976) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	An Earth in Peril -- at the Hands of Galactus!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, John Romita; inks: Joe Sinnott, John Romita; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Galactus
1	Counter-Earth Must Die -- at the Hand of Galactus!	comic story	17	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema, Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Phil Rache; letters: Joe Rosen	Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; High Evolutionary (guest-star); Gorr (guest-star); Torgo (guest-star); The Destroyer (villain); Galactus (villain); Air-Walker (flashback); Firelord (flashback); Silver Surfer (flashbac
2	-	letters page	1	script: Roy Thomas	the Thing
3	A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.10 GBP
30¢	price 0.30 USD

Collection	Year
Essential Fantastic Four #8 ISBN 978-0-7851-4538-7	2010	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #16 ISBN 978-0-7851-8845-2	2014	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four: Crusaders & Titans #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-8436-2	2013	On eBay ›
Counter-Earth Must Die ISBN 978-1-302-95544-1	2024	On eBay ›

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