Fantastic Four #518

Dates

Cover date

November 2004

On sale

September 15, 2004

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #518 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

  Direct Edition

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Barcode 75960604456651811

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• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07165802462508

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Avengers Disassembled

This is part 25 of 33. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Thor (1998) #80 (582)
2. Iron Man (1998) #84 (428)
3. Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #15
4. Thor (1998) #81 (583)
5. Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #16
6. Iron Man (1998) #85 (430)
7. Captain America (2002) #29
8. Captain America & the Falcon (2004) #5
9. Thor (1998) #82 (584)
10. Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #17
11. Avengers (1998) #500
12. Iron Man (1998) #86 (431)
13. Captain America & the Falcon (2004) #6
14. Thor (1998) #83 (585)
15. Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #18
16. Fantastic Four (1998) #517
17. Avengers (1998) #501
18. Captain America (2002) #30
19. Iron Man (1998) #87 (432)
20. Iron Man (1998) #88 (433)
21. Captain America & the Falcon (2004) #7
22. Thor (1998) #84 (586)
23. Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #19
24. Captain America (2002) #31
25. Fantastic Four (1998) #518
26. Avengers (1998) #502
27. Thor (1998) #85 (587)
28. Captain America (2002) #32
29. Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #20
30. Fantastic Four (1998) #519
31. Avengers (1998) #503
32. Iron Man (1998) #89 (434)
33. Avengers Finale (2005) #1

Creators

Stories

• Fourtitude [Part 2 of 3] · 21 pages

Publisher’s description

With public opinion of the FF at an all-time low and with all of Manhattan endangered by a mysterious alien overlord, which member of the team will make a decision that will radically change the Fantastic Four for some time to come?

Characters

Reprinted in

Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four by Waid & Wieringo Ultimate Collection (2011), Fantastic Four by Waid & Wieringo Omnibus (2018), Fantastic Four by Waid & Wieringo: Rising Storm (2025)