Fantastic Four #229 [Direct]
(April 1981)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (Editor); Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (Editor-in-Chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Beware the Seeker of Darkness -- for He Shall Destroy Us All! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as SIEN)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed as SINN)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Ebon Seeker
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #229 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1961 series) #229 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1961 series) #229 [British]
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The Thing from the Black Hole (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (layouts); Joe Sinnott (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Alicia Masters; Fire-Frost; Ebon Seeker
Reprints

The Rescue! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Fantastic Four Fan Page / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Marcus Lusk and Linda Mann.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 456,547. Single issue nearest to filing date: 466,488.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beware the Seeker of Darkness -- for He Shall Destroy Us All!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Thing from the Black Hole
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. The Rescue!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four Fan Page
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
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