CATALOG RECORD

Fantastic Four #536

Marvel · Series began 1998 · May 2006

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Dates

Cover date: May 2006
On sale: March 29, 2006
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #536 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 75960604456653611
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2nd printing

2nd Printing - Bryan Hitch Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960604456653621
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07165802462505
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Story arc: Civil War

This is part 4 of 29. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Mike McKoneinks: Andy Lanning, Kris Justice, Kevin Walker, Cam Smithscript: J. Michael Straczynski, Molly Lazercolors: Paul Mountsletters: Rus Wooton

Stories

The Hammer Falls [Part 1] · 23 pages
Reed tells Sue of a meeting he has had with the Illuminati concerning superhuman registration. A mysterious object has fallen to earth in Oklahoma and the Fantastic Four are called in to keep an army of Doombots from retrieving it. Things get more complicated when Doom himself joins in the struggle. And to complicate matters even further still, the object in question turns out to be the hammer of Thor.

Publisher’s description

A mysterious object has fallen from the heavens to crash in the Midwest, and Reed Richards has been called in to try to piece together the mystery surrounding it. What is it--and how will it lead into CIVIL WAR and the return of a Marvel mainstay?

Characters

Peter ParkerTony StarkIron ManBen GrimmThe ThingReed RichardsJohnny StormHuman TorchMister FantasticSusan Storm RichardsStephen StrangeDoctor StrangeNamorSub-MarinerInvisible WomanVictor Von DoomDoctor DoomBlack BoltBlackagar Boltagon

Reprinted in

Civil War: The Road to Civil War (2007), Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus (2010), Civil War: Fantastic Four (2010), Civil War (2016), Thor by Straczynski & Gillen Omnibus (2023), Thor Modern Era Epic Collection (2024)