CATALOG RECORD
Fantastic Four Annual #21
first appearance (cameo) of Speedball
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Speedball (Robbie Baldwin) — cameo flashback, first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- [September] 1988
- On sale
- May 24, 1988
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #21 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602915185
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Evolutionary War
This is part 9 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Silver Surfer Annual (1988) #1
- X-Men Annual (1970) #12
- Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #4
- The New Mutants Annual (1984) #4
- The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #8
- The Avengers Annual (1967) #17
- X-Factor Annual (1986) #3
- The Punisher Annual (1988) #1
- Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #21
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #22
- The West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
- Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014) #4
- Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024) #nn
Creators
Stories
- Crystal Blue Persuasion! · 30 pages
The Inhumans arrive on earth to tell Crystal that Quicksilver has returned to the fold and that she is required to return and reconcile with her husband. The Fantastic Four object and battle the Inhumans. Meanwhile, on the moon, the High Evolutionary sends his Gatherers and Eliminators to steal the Terrigen Mists from the Inhumans. The Fantastic Four and Inhumans return to the Moon and drive the Evolutionary's forces off. Rather than see Johnny quit the Fantastic Four, Crystal decides to stay with her people.
- Crystal · 10 pages
Crystal gets reacquainted with her estranged husband little knowing that Quicksilver has dealings with Doctor Doom.
- High Evolutionary Chapter Five: Silver and Crimson · 6 pages
Wyndham creates his High Evolutionary armor to protect himself from a werewolf.
Characters
Reprinted in
Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014)