Fantastic Four #259 [Direct]
(October 1983)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-06-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Budiansky (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #28, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-07-12.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Three Against Doomsday! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (sourced)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Tyros [Terrax]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1983.

Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Choices (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
Belle Port, Connecticut. The sign on the front lawn reads...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo); Martha Winslow; Kate Dwyer; Danny Dwyer; Sharon Selleck; Tyros [Terrax]
Synopsis
Sue begins to plan for her family's move to Belle Port, Connecticut. On her way back to New York, she is accosted by a Doom robot and finds that Doom has sent Tyros to take down the Fantastic Four. Sue joins the Thing and the Torch in the fight against Tyros.
Reprints
Keywords
Connecticut

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers; TSR / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

New from Marvel Comics (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Alpha Flight / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Three Against Doomsday!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Choices
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers; TSR
  5. 4. New from Marvel Comics
    Alpha Flight
  6. 5. ["Al Milgrom Quits!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Roger Brochu
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore