Fantastic Four
#261
[Direct]
(December 1983)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-08-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Bob Budiansky (credited) (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-09-13.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Search for Reed Richards!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks
- John Byrne (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Watcher
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #242 -
in Fantastic Four (Federal, 1983 series) #9 -
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #153/154 (mars 1984) -
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #40 (Abril 1986) -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #33 (15 Novembre 1990) -
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005) - in Artist's Edition (IDW, 2010 series) #[12] - John Byrne’s Fantastic Four
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
-
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The Search for Reed Richards
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- 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
- Well, that was interesting.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner [Namor McKenzie]; Marrina [Marrina Smallwood]; Edwin Jarvis; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Watcher [Uatu]; Xxan Xxar; Lilandra Neramani (cameo); Gladiator [Kallark] (cameo); Karant Kiar (unnamed Skrull) (cameo); Galactus (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Fantastic Four enlist the aid of the Watcher in their search for Mr. Fantastic. They discover that Reed has been captured and is preparing to stand trial in a cosmic court for saving the life of Galactus who went on to destroy the Skrull homeworld.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #153/154 (mars 1984)
-
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #15 ([1986]) - in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #40 (Abril 1986)
-
in Marvel Spesial (Semic, 1987 series) #2/1987 ([juni] 1987) [pages 1 and 2] -
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #117 (5 octobre 1987) - in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #6/1987 ([oktober] 1987) [minus pages 1 and 2]
- in The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
- in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #33 (15 Novembre 1990)
- in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #4 - Los 4 Fantásticos: El Juicio de Galactus (Octubre 1991)
- in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005)
- in Artist's Edition (IDW, 2010 series) #[12] - John Byrne’s Fantastic Four
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017) [page 1 and a portion of page 2]
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #4.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- The Thing [as Mr. T]
Indexer Notes
Letters from Brenda Robnett, Jay Beauvilla, Mark Steven Long, David Plunkert, Stephen Darner, and Anthony Hochrein; editorial comment on fake John Byrne sketches.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page
Indexer Notes
The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Star Frontiers
Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Inks
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Comic ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Search for Reed Richards!
Fantastic Four -
1.
The Search for Reed Richards
Fantastic Four -
2.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
4.
Star Frontiers
Star Frontiers; TSR
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