Fantastic Four #268 [Newsstand]
(July 1984)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-04-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860246207
Editing
Bob Budiansky (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #44, with shipping date of 1984-03-27.
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #268 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Masque of Doom! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eliot R. Brown (photo)
Inks
Eliot R. Brown (photo)
Colors
Eliot R. Brown (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Doom's mask
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #268 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1961 series) #268 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1961 series) #268 [Canadian]
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The Masque of Doom! (Table of Contents: 1)

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
The members of the Fantastic Four have faced much together.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (origin)]; Alicia Masters; Doctor Bruce Banner [Hulk] (cameo); Doctor Octopus (cameo); Michael Langkowski [Sasquatch] (cameo); Michael Morbius (cameo)
Synopsis
Sue begins her recovery from a miscarriage. Doom's mask becomes animate and attempts to escape from the Baxter Building.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Iron Fist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[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) (Expand) /

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

Special 1984 Low Price Offer (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Masque of Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Masque of Doom!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Iron Fist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Flight
  6. 5. Special 1984 Low Price Offer
    Marvel Subscriptions
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  • Peter Croome
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