- "That's where you're wrong, Wizard. I'm not one man -- but two -- and one of them is mightier by far than any of you -- because one of them is -- The Brute!"
- ―The Brute
| "Call My Killer -- The Brute!" | |
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| Fantastic Four | |
| Title: | "Call My Killer -- The Brute!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 178 |
| Cover price: | .30 |
| Cover date: | January, 1977 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Archie Goodwin |
| Writers: | Roy Thomas |
| Pencilers: | George Pérez |
| Inkers: | Dave Hunt |
| Cover artists: | John Romita |
| Cover inker: | Joe Sinnott |
| Colorists: | Dave Hunt |
| Letterers: | Joe Rosen |
| Editors: | Roy Thomas |
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| Next: | Fantastic Four #179 |
"Call My Killer -- The Brute!" is the 178th issue of the first Fantastic Four ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Roy Thomas with artwork by George Pérez and inks and coloring by Dave Hunt. It was lettered by Joe Rosen. The story was edited by Roy Thomas. This issue shipped with a January, 1977 cover date and carries a cover price of .30 per copy.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
- Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
- Invisible Girl, Susan Richards
- Human Torch, Johnny Storm
- The Thing, Ben Grimm
Supporting characters
Villains
- Brute, Reed Richards
- Galactus (In flashback only)
- Sandman, William Baker
- Trapster, Peter Petruski
- Wizard, Bentley Wittman
Minor characters
- Abe Bean
- Gerald Ford
- High Evolutionary, Herbert Wyndham (In flashback only)
- J. Jonah Jameson (Behind the scenes only)
- Jimmy Carter
- McCallister
- Ronald Reagan
Organizations
Races & Animals
- Altered humans
- Cosmic beings (In flashback only)
- Humans
- Poppupians
- Shape-shifters
Locations
- Counter-Earth (In flashback only)
- Negative Zone
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Baxter Building
- Gracie Mansion
- Times Square
Items
- Cosmic rays (In flashback only)
- Daily Bugle newspaper
- Force fields
- Paste-gun (Destroyed)
Vehicles
Powers
- Elasticity
- Energy projection
- Flight
- Force field projection
- Pyrokinesis
- Shape-shifting
- Superhuman strength
- Thermal propulsion
- Transformation
Miscellaneous
- Alien animals
- Alien monsters
- Asteroids
- Bondage
- Flashback
- Military units
- Smoking
- Space travel
- Suspended animation
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Fantastic Four were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. They first appeared in Fantastic Four, Volume 1 #1 in November, 1961. By and large, the roster of the Fantastic Four has remained the same over the years, consisting of Reed Richards as Mister Fantastic, Susan Storm as the Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm as the Human Torch and Ben Grimm as the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing. Occasional transitory members of the FF have included Crystal Amaquelin, Luke Cage, Scott Lang, and T'Challa.
- Dave Hunt is credited as a guest inker in this issue.
- The origin of The Brute, who is Reed Richards of Counter-Earth.
- One of the TV shows that the Impossible Man is entranced by is Happy Days. The characters of Richie Cunningham and Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli appear on-screen.
- Reference is made to actor John Wayne in this issue, who was famous in the 1950s and 1960s for his westerns and war films.
- Ben Grimm gets to use his trademark phrase "It's clobbering time!" while throwing a Southpaw haymaker at The Brute.