Appearing in "Improbable As It May Seem--The Impossible Man Is Back In Town!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Billy (First appearance)
- Galactus (Only in recap)
- Gorr (Only in recap)
- Jeremy (First appearance)
- ⏴ Stan Lee ⏵
- ⏴ Jack Kirby ⏵
- ⏴ George Pérez ⏵
- ⏴ Roy Thomas ⏵
- Joe Sinnott (First appearance)
- ⏴ John Verpoorten ⏵
- ⏴ Marv Wolfman ⏵
- ⏴ Archie Goodwin ⏵
- ⏴ Gerry Conway ⏵
- ⏴ Marie Severin ⏵
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Poppupians
- Taa-ans (Only in recap)
- Cosmic Beings (Only in recap)
- New Men (Only in recap)
- Gorillas (Only in recap)
Locations:
Items:
- Paste-Gun
- Thing Exoskeleton (scrap)
Synopsis for "Improbable As It May Seem--The Impossible Man Is Back In Town!"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- Although the exoskeleton worn by the Thing was destroyed last issue, it is repaired and used by the Thing again in Avengers Annual #14.
- The Impossible Man's first trip to Earth is mentioned countless times in this story. This happened back in Fantastic Four #11.
- Unknown to the Fantastic Four at this time, the Reed Richards from Counter-Earth has stowed away on board their ship, as revealed in Fantastic Four #178.
- This story also makes mention that the Fantastic Four officially licenses Marvel Comics to produce comic books based on their adventures. This has been the case since Fantastic Four #10.
- Unlike other real-life people (such as politicians and celebrities) that whose appearances are considered topical references due to the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616, this set of rules do not apply to Marvel staff members who appear in Marvel stories who are all depicted as working for Marvel in the prime of their careers. This became the standard when Jack Kirby began making appearances in stories following his death in 1994.
Chronology Notes[]
Events in this story occur behind the scenes that affect the chronology of the following characters:
Mister Fantastic:
Invisible Girl:
Human Torch:
Thing:
Impossible Man: