Fantastic Four
#233
[Direct]
(August 1981)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- 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:
Mission for a Dead Man!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed as
BYRNE) - Inks
- Terry Austin (signed as
austin) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #182 -
in Fantastic Four (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #27 -
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #123/124 (septembre 1981) -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #5 (Febbraio 1989) -
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #[1] (November 2001) -
in Coleccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #1 (Enero 2002) - in Fantastic Four Vol. 1 No. 233 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2002 series) (April 2002)
- in Best of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005) [only Human Torch]
-
in Best of Marvel : Fantastic Four - Retour aux sources (Panini France, 2005 series) ([juillet] 2005) -
in Fantastic Four: Tilbake til start [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([oktober] 2005) - in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #14 - Los 4 Fantásticos: Vuelta a los Orígenes (Febrero 2010)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #59 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 1 (Marzo 2015)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #21 (2019)
-
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Mission for a Dead Man!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- 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 name over the gate reads "Deeden State...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Hammerhead (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Torch carries out the last wishes of a dying prisoner which puts him in conflict with Hammerhead.
- Reprints
-
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #12 - in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #123/124 (septembre 1981)
- in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #104 (5 septembre 1986) [Moins/Minus 1 page]
- in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #5 (Febbraio 1989)
- in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #4/1989 ([oktober] 1989)
- in Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #2 (November 1994)
- in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #[1] (November 2001)
- in Coleccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #1 (Enero 2002)
- in Fantastic Four Vol. 1 No. 233 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2002 series) (April 2002)
- in Best of Marvel : Fantastic Four - Retour aux sources (Panini France, 2005 series) ([juillet] 2005)
- in Fantastic Four: Tilbake til start [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([oktober] 2005) [2nd translation]
- in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #14 - Los 4 Fantásticos: Vuelta a los Orígenes (Febrero 2010)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #59 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 1 (Marzo 2015)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #21 (2019)
-
[A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Shambling Mound]]
Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
Mission for a Dead Man!
Fantastic Four -
1.
Mission for a Dead Man!
Fantastic Four -
2.
[A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Shambling Mound]]
Dungeons & Dragons -
3.
Spider-Man vs. the Human Computer!
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man -
4.
["How shall I begin.....?"]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Matthias Hofmann
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Matthew Thompson
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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