AVX: VS #1 (June 2012): "The Thing vs. Namor, the Sub-Mariner", page 6, panel 2:
Namor (fighting the Thing underwater): "I rule here! You cannot win! So, I propose..."
Fantastic Four (thinking): "Namor... when you gonna get it through your skull that no member of the Fantastic Four wants to marry you! Not that I'm not flattered..."
Captain America (vol. 1) #149 (May 1972): "All the Colors -- of Evil!", page 19, panel 6:
Falcon (crashing through a window to help Captain America against Batroc's Brigade): "...no longer alone!"
Captain America: "Falcon!?"
Falcon: "You expected the Fantastic Four?"
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (2013):
Headline: "Wizard Overload Forms Frightful 16. FF Outnumbered."
Note: The Wizard is featured on the front page of the Daily Bugle, flanked by Klaw and the Trapster.
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #1 (July 2000): "The Burrowers", page 7, panel 2:
Punisher: "You hang out with the Fantastic Four and the Avengers and guys like that. I'm not exactly welcome in those circles."
Daredevil: "For good reason."
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #10 (Mar. 2005): "Last Stand: Part 2", page 9, panel 2:
Black Cat (to Spider-Man): "You're also a super hero and, as much as I'm trying, I'm never really going to be one of the good guys like you or Captain America or the Fantastic Four."
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13 (June 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder, Part One", page 3, panel 5:
student in Peter Parker's class: "You know what would make science class cool? ...If you explained how super heroes' powers worked. Like if you explained mutants and cosmic rays and Gamma bombs and stuff... People are into that."
Ms. Marvel (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 1977): "This Woman, This Warrior!", page 15, panel 2:
Scorpion/Mac Gargan (to Ms. Marvel): "Lady, you're crazy! I heard about the Kree -- how they've got Sentries who fought the Fantastic Four and the Avengers -- how their science is a million years ahead of Earth's -- but you sure ain't one of them!"
The New Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 2005): "Breakout! Part One", page 2, panel 4:
Siri (figure in shadows): "Our intelligence says that the Fantastic Four are out of the country, and the X-Men are preoccupied.The Avengers called it quits. We believe the time is now."
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #135 (July 1980): "Dark Phoenix", page 7, panel 1:
NYPD police captain (to Senator Edward Kelly): "With all due respect, Senator, we're out of our league here. My officers aren't equipped to fight super-powered mutants. Tackling the X-Men would be suicide. You want results-- Call the Avengers, or the Fantastic Four, or SHIELD."
X-Men (vol. 1) #98 (Apr. 1976): "Merry Christmas, X-Men...", page 9, panel 4:
Peter Corbeau: "Blazes, man, I even ran a query thru the Fantastic Four and Avengers charts. The result was the same: nothing."
Note: Discussing his inability to locate the binary star system Prof. Xavier has been dreaming of, Dr. Corbeau says he even ran the query through the Fantastic Four and Avengers charts, but found nothing.
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