Fantastic Four #241 [Direct]
(April 1982)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-01-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Lance Tooks (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #8.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stripped of their incredible powers the F.F. and the Black Panther battle a bizarre time-lost foe!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Black Panther
Reprints

Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Render Unto Caesar! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
John Byrne (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So, anyway, Reed, we thought you...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Black Panther; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Frankie Raye [Nova]; Gaius Tiberius Augustus Aggrippa (villain)
Synopsis
Nick Fury sends the Fantastic Four to Africa to investigate a power pocket near Wakanda and the team finds themselves trapped in a bizarre version of ancient Rome.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Fury Unleashed! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page

Indexer Notes

Letters from John A. Wilcox, Julie Watkins, John Goda, Brenda Robnett, and Kevin T. McKee.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 436,750. Single issue nearest to filing date: 438,190.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Stripped of their incredible powers the F.F. and the Black Panther battle a bizarre time-lost foe!"]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Render Unto Caesar!
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. ["Hello, it's me... ...Yes, I'm back again, the world's..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. Fury Unleashed!
    Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore