Fantastic Four
#278
[Newsstand]
(May 1985)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.65 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985-02-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 0714860246205
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #64.
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #278 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #278 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Kristoff von Doom
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #276 -
in Fantastic Four Special (Juniorpress, 1983 series) #13 -
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #18 ([1987]) -
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #53 (Abril 1987) -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #52 (15 Settembre 1991) -
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #6 (2006) - in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
-
- Keywords
- Baxter Building
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True Lies
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- John Byrne (credited)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited)
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited)
- Letters
- John Workman (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The time has come!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; Wyatt Wingfoot; Doombots (villain); Kristoff (villain); Doctor Doom (villain, origin); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Psycho-Man (cameo); Hate Monger (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Kristoff is brainwashed by the Doombots into believing that he is Doom and destroys the Baxter Building. The full origin of Doctor Doom is told.
- Reprints
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #3 (February 1986) which is reprinted
-
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #3 - in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #18 ([1987])
-
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #125 (juin 1988) [-1 page] - in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #52 (15 Settembre 1991)
- in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #6 (2006)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
-
- Keywords
- Baxter Building
Indexer Notes
First line spoken by Doctor Doom.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Forum / letters page / 0.8 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mark Klobas, Roger W. Norris, Joe Frank, and Dennis Steele.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four -
1.
True Lies
Fantastic Four -
2.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Forum -
4.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
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