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Marvel Comics - Marvel Comics - Fantastic Four #139 - 8.2 EGC (UK Price Variant) / #140 - 9.3 / #141 - 8.9 EGC / #142 - 8.7 EGC (UK Price Variant). Fantastic Four #139 (UK Price Variant) - 8.2 EGC - July 1974 Target: Tomorrow! – Part 2 of 2 Written by Gerry Conway, penciled by John Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finishes). Cover by John Buscema and Frank Giacoia. Miracle Man unleashes chaos by opening a deep rift in the Earth's crust, and Thing, Human Torch, Medusa, and Wyatt end up trapped inside! But if they manage to escape, a raging tornado awaits! The foe seems invincible... is there hope for our heroes? Perhaps a true miracle will be needed! Fantastic Four #140- 9.3 EGC - August 1974 Annihilus Revealed! – Part 1 of 2 Written by Gerry Conway, penciled by John Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finishes). Cover by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia. An ancient enemy from the Negative Zone hatches a plan to destroy the Fantastic Four! When Reed Richards receives a desperate message from his wife in Pennsylvania, the team races to the Keystone State… but Sue and Franklin are missing! Following traces of radiation from the Negative Zone, Mister Fantastic, Medusa, Human Torch, and Thing return to the Baxter Building… only to be ambushed by Annihilus! Annihilus's first appearance. Fantastic Four #141 - 8.9 EGC - September 1974 The End of the Fantastic Four! – Part 2 of 2 Written by Gerry Conway, penciled by John Buscema (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finishes). Cover by John Romita. The situation is dire: Reed, Sue, Ben, Johnny, Medusa, Franklin, Wyatt Wingfoot, and Agatha Harkness are all prisoners of Annihilus in the Negative Zone! What terrible plans does the Lord of the Negative Zone have in store for the Fantastic Four? Connecting young Franklin to his genetic transmuter, Annihilus absorbs the boy's powers to recharge his cosmic staff! Who can stop the energy transfer and save Franklin... before it's too late? Fantastic Four #142 (UK Price Variant) - 8.7 EGC - November 1974 No Friend Beside Him – Part 1 of 3 Written by Gerry Conway. Penciled by Rich Buckler (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finishes). Cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott. The Fantastic Four are at their lowest point in the Bronze Age after the shocking events of their last adventure. The team is fractured by the Franklin crisis, and members are starting to drift apart. At the invitation of his girlfriend Alicia Masters, the Thing boards a plane and flies to the Balkans to meet her. But as soon as he arrives, Ben is attacked by Darkoth, the Demon of Death! An epic battle erupts between the blue-eyed idol of millions and Darkoth! Meanwhile, in New York, Mister Fantastic and Medusa attend Reed's college reunion. But one of his classmates has become king of a Balkan country... and one of the most feared supervillains on Earth. Perhaps Reed should have declined the invitation! Doctor Doom makes a cameo appearance. Condition All comics are graded by EGC - European Grading Company , a comics grading service renowned for its accuracy and transparency. EGC uses a full decimal scale from 0 to 10 to evaluate the condition of comics, allowing for extremely detailed evaluations. Each comic is examined by three expert evaluators who jointly agree on the final rating. The EGC grading system is applicable to comics of any era, with no distinction between past masterpieces and new gems. The final rating is published both on the EGC website and delivered in a prestigious format to the comic's owner. It is freely viewable thanks to a QR code on the back, which allows you to view the evaluators' work.