Fantastic Four
#285
[Direct]
(December 1985)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- 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 has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- 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
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #290 -
in Marvels universum (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #10/1989 -
in Secret Wars (Planeta DeAgostini, 1985 series) #32 -
in Secret Wars II (Marvel UK, 1986 series) #54 -
in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #4/1989 ([oktober] 1989) -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #59 (30 Dicembre 1991) -
in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009) - in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
-
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Hero
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- 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.
- Reprints
-
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #19 ([1987]) -
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #128 (septembre 1988) [-1 page] - in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #4/1989 ([oktober] 1989)
-
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #104 (Fevereiro 1991) - in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #59 (30 Dicembre 1991)
- in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
-
- Keywords
- Secret Wars II
Indexer Notes
Continued from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #5.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Shooter (signed); ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Checklist.
[no title indexed]
X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Arthur Adams (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Adams (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- JayJay Jackson (logo); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Magneto; Rogue; Colossus; Psylocke; Storm; Kitty; Nightcrawler; Wolverine]
- Reprints
- from Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 [Direct] (December 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Promo for Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men #1.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'm finished."]
Fantastic Four -
1.
Hero
Fantastic Four -
2.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
[no title indexed]
X-Men
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- Katie
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- Terry Collier
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Stéphane PETIT
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
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