Fantastic Four #285 [Newsstand]
(December 1985)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860246212
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited as Michael Carlin) (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Secret Wars II Crossover
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #285 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Inks
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm finished.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
Alicia Masters
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Hero (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Al Gordon (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Janet, did you finish up that report yet?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Hercules (cameo flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo flashback)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (also in flashback); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (flashback)
Beyonder (flashback); Edwin Jarvis (flashback); Alicia Masters (flashback); Thomas Hanson (death in flashback); Janet Darling (also in flashback); Cooley (flashback); Ms. Welsh (flashback); Joss Kincaid (flashback); Campbell (flashback); Don (also in flashback); Mr. Hanson (flashback); Mrs. Hanson (flashback); Dr. Anderson
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
A young boy attempts to emulate the Human Torch and accidentally kills himself.
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Keywords
Secret Wars II

Indexer Notes

Continued from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #5.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I'm finished."]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Hero
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
This issue was modified by
  • Terry Collier
  • Peter Croome
  • Ramon Schenk
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