| Issue | #3 |
| Published | March 1998 |
| Cover Price | 1.99 USD |
| Pages | 38 |
| Editing | Mark Powers (editor); Jason Liebig (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief) |
| Notes | Heroes Return. |
| Characters | Thing, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Mr. Fantastic, Red Ghost's Super-Apes (Mikhlo, Peator, Igor). |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alan Davis (?) |
| Inks | Mark Farmer (?) |
| Notes | Heroes Return. |
| Characters | Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Human Torch; Invisible Woman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Brief introduction to the major characters, with a re-cap of the events from Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #2. |
| Characters | Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, Human Torch; SC: Franklin Richards; V: Red Ghost, Red Ghost's Super-Apes, Crucible (I); GA: Silver Surfer, Alicia Masters, Mole Man; OC: Herbie, Cathy Polombo, Devin Chapman (I), Isabel Aguirre (I), Gordon Clay (I). |
| Synopsis | Reed does research on Iconoclast; Reed battles the Red Ghost's Super-Apes; the Silver Surfer and the Mole Man sense danger; two reporters investigate the monastery where Dr. Doom once sought refuge, to find the monks have all been killed by Crucible. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Scott Lobdell |
| Pencils | Alan Davis |
| Inks | Mark Farmer |
| Colors | Liquid! |
| Letters | Richard Starkings and Comicraft |
| Notes | Cameo appearance by Iconoclast. Crucible's true identity is revealed in issue #12. |
| Characters | Inhumans (Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak, Lockjaw). |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alan Davis |
| Inks | Mark Farmer |