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|name= The Fabulous Idiot
|image = TFI.jpg
|image=TFI.jpg
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]]
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]]
|main character= Dr. [[Ivan Asimoff]]
|main character= [[Ivan Asimoff]]
|featuring=  
|featuring=  
|enemy=  
|enemy=  
|setting= The planet [[Sigma (planet)|Sigma]]
|setting= [[Sigma (planet)|Sigma]]
|editor= [[Alan McKenzie]]
|editor= [[Alan McKenzie]]
|writer= [[Steve Parkhouse]]
|writer= Steve Parkhouse
|artist= [[Steve Parkhouse]]<br />[[Geoff Senior]]
|artist= [[Steve Parkhouse]], [[Geoff Senior]]
|colourist=  
|colourist=  
|letterer=
|letterer=  
|publication= [[DWMS Summer 1982]]
|publication= [[DWMS Summer 1982]]
|release date= [[1982]]
|release date= 1982
|publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]
|publisher= Marvel Comics
|format=Comic - 1 part (4 pages) - B&W
|format = Comic - 1 part (4 pages) - B&W
|parts=1|pages=4|bw=1
|parts=1|pages=4|bw=1
|prev= The Fires Down Below (comic story)
|prev= The Fires Down Below (comic story)
|next= A Ship Called Sudden Death (comic story)
|next= A Ship Called Sudden Death (comic story)
|reprint0=DWUS Issue 14
|series2        = ''DWMS'' comic stories
}}
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|next2          = A Ship Called Sudden Death (comic story)
|reprint0 = DWUS Issue 14
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'''''The Fabulous Idiot''''' was a comic story released in ''[[DWMS Summer 1982]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
At home in a small city on the tiny planet of Sigma, Dr. Ivan Asimoff sits in his room writing one of his science-fiction stories. Caught up in his 'adventures', he faints when he opens the door and is faced with a life-size alien being, delivered as the new cover illustration for his book from his artist.
At home in a small city on the tiny planet of Sigma, Dr. Ivan Asimoff sits in his room writing one of his science-fiction stories. Caught up in his "adventures", he faints when he opens the door and is faced with a life-size alien being, delivered as the new cover illustration for his book from his artist.
 
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* Dr. [[Ivan Asimoff]]
* Dr. [[Ivan Asimoff]]
* Asimoff's aunty
* [[Asimoff's aunty]]
* Asimoff's cover artist
* [[Asimoff's cover artist]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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''to be added''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''The Fabulous Idiot'' is presented along with another new story featuring the [[Freefall Warriors]] (both first appeared in the DWM comic story ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'').
* ''The Fabulous Idiot'' is presented along with another new story featuring the [[Freefall Warriors]] (both first appeared in the DWM comic story ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'').
* Asimoff's aunty, mentioned briefly in ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'', is seen for the first and only time.
* Asimoff's aunt, who is mentioned briefly in ''[[The Free-Fall Warriors]]'', is seen for the first and only time — but she is only referred to by Asimoff as "Aunty" and never given a name.


=== Original print details ===
=== Original print details ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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The Fabulous Idiot was a comic story released in DWMS Summer 1982.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

At home in a small city on the tiny planet of Sigma, Dr. Ivan Asimoff sits in his room writing one of his science-fiction stories. Caught up in his "adventures", he faints when he opens the door and is faced with a life-size alien being, delivered as the new cover illustration for his book from his artist.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Fabulous Idiot is presented along with another new story featuring the Freefall Warriors (both first appeared in the DWM comic story The Free-Fall Warriors).
  • Asimoff's aunt, who is mentioned briefly in The Free-Fall Warriors, is seen for the first and only time — but she is only referred to by Asimoff as "Aunty" and never given a name.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

Publication with page count and closing captions
  1. Doctor Who Summer Special 1982 (4) The End

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added