Descrizione
I FANTASTICI 4
FANTASTIC FOUR
prima serie Editoriale Corno
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1971
nell’ episodio principale di questo numero i F4 si fanno un viaggetto in Egitto, ma non certo a Sharm o a Hurghada con alpitour, bensì con la macchina del tempo in quello dell’ antichità, dove comanda il faraone despota Rama-Tut venuto dal futuro (che in realtà è Kang ovvero il padre di Reed Richards ma non lo sa ancora nemmeno lui stesso) e tanto per cambiare si piglia una sonora sbandata per la poco appariscente ma assai arrapante Donna Invisibile che sarebbe poi la sua nuora
contiene inoltre : 2 episodi de LA TORCIA UMANA
(nel primo – di categoria tessile – c’è come guest-star d’ eccezione L’ UOMO RAGNO / SPIDERMAN, il secondo – più decisamente di impronta edilizia – è invece compartito con il più familiare ed intimo compare di merende e di cantiere BEN GRIMM alias LA COSA)
CONDIZIONI MOLTO BUONE, COSTOLA PARECCHIO USURATA CON FRAMMENTINI MANCANTI NELLE DUE ESTREMITA’, PICCOLO SEGNETTO A BIRO NELL’ANGOLO DESTRO DEL MARGINE BIANCO SUPERIORE DELLA PRIMA PAGINA INTERNA, ALBO NON DI RESA E NON RIFILATO
LEGENDA STATO DI CONSERVAZIONE
condizioni ECCELLENTI (o anche EDICOLA e/o MAGAZZINO) = si intende un oggetto nuovo e perfetto oppure usato senza difetti e praticamente ancora come nuovo, tenendone per quest’ultimo caso in conto ovviamente la datazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 8,5 e 9,8 (non assegniamo punteggi superiori a 9,8 perchè trattasi di tipi ideali a ns avviso più teorici e scolastici che reali e concreti, ogni manufatto umano in natura ha una percentuale insita e congenita seppur infinitesimale di imperfezione)
condizioni OTTIME = oggetto nuovo (o talora anche usato ma maneggiato e conservato con molta cura) in cui non si riscontra alcun difetto rilevante e degno di nota, tutt’al più qualche minimo segno di lettura o di uso ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 7 e 8,5
condizioni BUONISSIME = oggetto usato (ed in taluni casi anche fondo di magazzino soggetto a piccole usure del tempo) con lievi imperfezioni e difetti poco vistosi, generalmente molto marginali ed appena percepibili ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 5,5 e 7
condizioni MOLTO BUONE = oggetto usato con imperfezioni vistose e difetti abbastanza spiccati, pur se non completamente invalidanti (generalmente specificati nel dettaglio alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto); corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale compreso tra 4 e 5,5
condizioni PIU’ CHE BUONE / MEDIOCRI = oggetto usato con imperfezioni e difetti evidenti, smaccati, madornali ed invalidanti, assolutamente non collezionabile tuttavia idoneo per la semplice lettura o documentazione ; corrisponde a un range di grading internazionale inferiore a 4
per eventuali ulteriori dettagli aggiuntivi e specifici si prega di fare sempre riferimento alla voce CONDIZIONI nella parte inferiore della descrizione di ogni singolo oggetto
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“Prisoners of the Pharoah!” / RAMA TUT , IL FARAONE DEL FUTURO !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Rama-Tut (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Various Ancient Egyptians
- Mole Man (In a photograph only)
- Skrulls (In a photograph only)
- Dr Doom (In a photograph only)
- Puppet Master (In a photograph only)
‘Locations:
- New York State
- New York City
- Doctor Doom’s Castle (Upstate New York)
- Great Sphinx in Ancient Egypt (approximately 2960 BC)
- Earth-6311 (First appearance)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Fantasti-Car MK II
- Pogo Plane MK I
- Rama-Tut’s Time Ship
Synopsis
While studying an Egyptian exhibit, Reed Richards reads off a hieroglyph about a substance which apparently restored the blindness of a pharaoh during a mostly unrecorded era of the Egyptian empire. Telling Alicia of this discovery the Fantastic Four decide to use Dr. Doom’s time machine to travel into the past and retrieve this element in order to restore Alicia’s vision.
There the FF are attacked by an Egyptian army that take them prisoner when their powers fail them.
Brought before their master, the Pharaoh known as Rama-Tut, the FF learn that he is a time traveler from the year 3000 who came to this time because his future was one without conflict and adventure and he had grown bored.
He explains that upon arriving in Egyptian times, he lost his vision but soon restored it with a radioactive isotope from his ship and was able to conquer the area and rule. Hoping to entice the Fantastic Four to travel back in time he planted the hieroglyph so that he may battle the historic figures.
Making Sue his “queen” and putting the other members of the Four into slavery, all seems lost until the Thing spontaneously returns to normal.
Escaping he is able to get a hold of Rama-Tut’s Diod-Ray and free Sue, however the radiation from the weapon returns him to his Thing-form.
Freeing the others, the FF bust up Rama-Tut’s operation forcing him to flee in his time ship, leaving the FF to find the isotope that could restore Alicia’s vision.
However, upon traveling through Dr. Doom’s time machine, Reed realizes that it won’t transport radioactive substances, and so they return from their mission empty handed.
Notes
- Rama-Tut is one of many incarnations of the time traveler Nathaniel Richards, past incarnations include Iron Lad and Kid Immortus. Rama-Tut would later go on to become the Scarlet Centurion, Kang the Conqueror and finally Immortus. He appears next in Cable (Vol 1) #57 (in Italy in WOLV #114).
- The events in Doctor Strange Vol 2 #53 (in Italy in THPP #42), West Coast Avengers Vol 2 #22 (in Italy in STARMAGORO #7), Rise of Apocalypse #3 (in Italy in L’ASCESA DI APOCALISSE) and Rise of Apocalypse #4 (in Italy in L’ASCESA DI APOCALISSE) all take place between the events depicted in this story.
- As revealed in Rise of Apocalypse Vol 1 (in Italy in L’ASCESA DI APOCALISSE) the ascension of En Sabah Nur, making him the first mutant on Earth happened at this time. Rama-Tut attempted to make En Sabah Nur his heir, instead the future mutant who would become Apocalypse was partiall responsible for the rebellion against Rama-Tut.
- It is later revealed that Rama-Tut doesn’t come from a possible future of Earth-616 but that of a parallel universe, designated Earth-6311
also known as “Other-Earth”. This world did not enter a dark age in the
6th century like on most worlds and technology continued to advance as
revealed in Fantastic Four #273 (in Italy in F4ST #45). This connection to Rama-Tut’s future world is established in What If? (Vol. 2) #39 (unpublished in Italy). - Fantastic Four Annual #11 (in Italy in F4C #211)
explains that although the time machine used by the Fantastic Four here
is referred to as the Time-Platform created by Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four #5 (in Italy first in PROVOLINUS and after in F4C #3),
it is actually a replica created by Reed Richards. The original time
machine is still located at Doom’s American castle, as seen in Avengers Annual #2 (in Italy in THC #70). - The group narrowly missed seeing the time lost Avengers West Coast,
who were forced to travel backward in time. Trapped in this era, they
hoped to hitch a ride back to the present with the Fantastic Four when
they defeated Rama-Tut. This story reveals that it was the interference
of the Avengers that prevented Rama-Tut from employing his futuristic
robots and weapons to quell the uprising in his kingdom.
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“The Sandman Strikes!” / L’ UOMO SABBIA COLPISCE !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
Locations:
Synopsis
Summoned by Reed Richards to the Baxter Building, the Human Torch is informed that his next mission is to stop the Sandman who has just escaped from prison.
Finding the crook, the Torch is told that Sandman will only face Spider-Man, as Spider-Man is the hero who had put him behind bars.
The Torch then disguises himself as Spider-Man issues a challenge to the villain to fight him one on one, however the Sandman gets the drop on “Spider-Man” and attacks him from behind.
The Torch flames on, burning his imitation Spider-Man suit in the process, and tries to fight Sandman again, and even when doused in water and unable to use his flame powers, the Torch manages to gain the upper hand and defeat Sandman, turning him over to the authorities.
The real Spider-Man, who had been making his way towards the scene of the battle does not arrive until the fight is over. Spider-Man expresses relief that the Torch is okay, but he is also worried that the Torch may be a more successful teenage superhero than he is.
Notes
- In this issue, the Torch states that the excess heat in his body, doubles his normal strength. This power helps him defeat the Sandman. If this is a power of the Human Torch, it has diminished or been ignored in his further adventures.
- Page One states Spider-Man appears in this issue, “By special arrangement with Amazing Spider-Man Magazine”.
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“In the Clutches of the Puppet Master!” / NELLA STRETTA DEL BURATTINAIO
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Alicia Masters
- Mr Fantastic (Cameo)
- Invisible Girl (Cameo)
Locations:
Synopsis
Having survived his last battle with the Fantastic Four, the Puppet Master plans to get revenge on the group.
Creating puppets of both the Human Torch and the Thing, and using his step-daughter Alicia as the catalyst the Puppet Master manipulates the two into fighting each other.
The fight takes them across the city, where the Puppet Master goes in for an up close view of the fight.
Spotted by Alicia, she informs the Torch of the Puppet Masters machinations, and the Torch uses his flame powers to destroy the puppets he’s using to control them. The Thing is about to pummel the Puppet Master until Alicia talks him into letting him go.
Trivia
- Idlewild Airport will change its name to John F. Kennedy International Airport a few month’s after this story shortly after the President’s assassination.
