Fantastic Four
#236
[Direct]
(November 1981)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-08-18
- 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
20th anniversary issue. No letter column. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #3.
This issue has variants:Keywords anniversary issues
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed as
BYRNE); Marie Severin (see notes) - Inks
- Terry Austin (signed as
austin) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Storm [Ororo Monroe]; Wolverine [Logan]; Sprite [Kitty Pryde]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Vision; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Impossible Man; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Valkyrie; Franklin Richards; Agatha Harkness; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Shang-Chi; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Willie Lumpkin; Stan Lee
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #188 -
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #9 -
in Fantastic Four (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #30 (1982) -
in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #2/1985 (uge 6 1985) -
in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985) -
in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 (uke 8 1985) [original] -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #8 (Maggio 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) #2 (Febrero 2002) - in Best of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
-
in Best of Marvel : Fantastic Four - Retour aux sources (Panini France, 2005 series) ([juillet] 2005), ([juillet] 2005) [Modifiée [Alterations]] - in Fantastic Four: Tilbake til start [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([oktober] 2005), ([oktober] 2005) [edited]
-
in Marvel Masters: The Art of John Byrne (Marvel UK, 2008 series) (2008) - in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 [Second Printing] (2009) which is reprinted
- 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), #59 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 1 (Marzo 2015)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #21 (2019)
- in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #14 - Los 4 Fantásticos: Vuelta a los Orígenes (Febrero 2010), #14 - Los 4 Fantásticos: Vuelta a los Orígenes (Febrero 2010)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011) [recolored; new trade dress], #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)
- in Doctor Doom: The Book of Doom Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Severin penciled Stan Lee's face. Info per Jack Morelli and Terry Austin.
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Terror in a Tiny Town
Fantastic Four / comic story / 40 pages
- Script
- John Byrne (credited)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited)
- Inks
- John Byrne (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Alicia Masters (guest star); Franklin Richards (guest star); Puppet Master (villain); Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Fantastic Four find themselves living in a strange world with lives almost similar to their own, little knowing that Doctor Doom has hooked them up to machines and transported them there.
- Reprints
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #9
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #125/126 (novembre 1981) [18 premières pages correspondant à la première partie de l'histoire. La suite dans le prochain numéro.], #127/128 (janvier 1982) [22 dernières page de l'histoire correspondant à la partie "Serait-ce le jugement dernier ?"] - in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #2/1985 (uge 6 1985)
- in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985)
- in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 (uke 8 1985)
- in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #103 (5 août 1986)
-
in Homem-Aranha (Editora Abril, 1988 series) #1 (26 de Fevereiro de 1988) - in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #8 (Maggio 1989)
- in Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #5 (February 1995)
- in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #[1] (November 2001), #[1] (November 2001)
- in Coleccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #2 (Febrero 2002)
- in Best of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
- in Best of Marvel : Fantastic Four - Retour aux sources (Panini France, 2005 series) ([juillet] 2005)
- in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #4 - Die Fantastischen Vier (2005)
- in Fantastic Four: Tilbake til start [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([oktober] 2005)
- in Marvel Masters: The Art of John Byrne (Marvel UK, 2008 series) (2008)
- 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)
- in Doctor Doom: The Book of Doom Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts: Part 1 "As I Lay Dreaming..." (18 pp.) & Part 2 "If This Be Doomsday!" (22 pp.).
In Case You Just Joined Us...
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Salicrup ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #2/1985 (uge 6 1985)
- 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)
-
Indexer Notes
Text article with a brief history of the FF, "A note on our special feature" text box discussing the sequence 2 story, and a key to the characters on the cover.
Placed in between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.
The Challenge of Dr. Doom!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); Chic Stone (finished art pages 1, 7, 12); Dick Ayers (finished art page 2); Al Milgrom (finished art page 3); Joe Sinnott (finished art page 4, 10); George Roussos (finished art page 5); Sol Brodsky (finished art page 6); Vince Colletta (finished art pages 8, 11); Frank Giacoia (finished art page 9); Pablo Marcos (finished art pages 13); John Byrne (finished art page 14)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (finished art pages 1, 7, 12); Dick Ayers (finished art page 2); Al Milgrom (finished art page 3); Joe Sinnott (finished art page 4, 10); George Roussos (finished art page 5); Sol Brodsky (finished art page 6); Vince Colletta (finished art pages 8, 11); Frank Giacoia (finished art page 9); Pablo Marcos (finished art pages 13); John Byrne (finished art page 14)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You must have read that comic a thousand times, Ben!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Herbie the Robot (guest star); Doctor Doom [Victor von Doom] (villain)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of Fantastic Four cartoon script retelling Fantastic Four #5.
Inker page numbers are actual story pages.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four -
1.
Terror in a Tiny Town
Fantastic Four -
2.
In Case You Just Joined Us...
-
3.
A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure! [The Green Slime]
Dungeons & Dragons -
4.
The Challenge of Dr. Doom!
Fantastic Four -
5.
The Hulk vs. The Phoomie Goonies
Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Del Gruber
- Matthias Hofmann
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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