Fantastic Four #253 [Canadian]

(April 1983)

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

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

Quest (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

Look upon the ever-changing face of a universe parallel to our own.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Annihilus; Kestorians

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Fantastic Four try to help the Kestorians find a new planet to populate but things aren't exactly as they seem.

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #145/146 (juillet 1983)
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #14 ([1985])
• in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #34 (Noviembre 1985) [Páginas 1-11], #35 (Diciembre 1985) [Páginas 12-22]
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #113 (5 juin 1987) [-1 page]
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #25 (15 Luglio 1990)
• in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #3 ([January] 2005)
• in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #23 (2021)

Keywords

Negative Zone

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Marvel Masters: Who are you trying...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Jim Fucinari, Phil Jones, Mark Waldman, Marc Christensen and Daniel Pei.

U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Ed Shukin (business manager)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 443,238. Single issue nearest to filing date: 430,727.

Reactor (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Reactor; Parker Brothers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)