Fantastic Four #238 [Direct]

(January 1982)

The Lady Is for Burning! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

John Byrne (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Five minutes ago, Johnny Storm entered the...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frankie Raye [Nova] (gains fire super powers); Jake (doctor); Penny (Jake's wife, doctor); Professor Phineas T. Horton (flashback); Sam

Synopsis

Johnny discovers that his girlfriend Frankie has developed superpowers similar to his own. As her repressed memories return, she recalls how she gained her powers in an accident where her stepfather, Professor Phineas T. Horton, tried to revive the original Human Torch, the robot fighter from WWII.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #12
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #129/130 (mars 1982)
• in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #4/1985 (uge 14 1985) [page 13 removed]
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1985 ([april] 1985) [sida 13 bortredigerad]
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1985 (uke 17 1985) [page 13 removed]
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #105 (5 octobre 1986)
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #10 (Luglio 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) #3 (Febrero 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 Artist's Edition (IDW, 2010 series) #[12] - John Byrne’s Fantastic Four
• 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

Set in New York and Benson, Arizona.

A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

John Byrne

Genre

superhero

Characters

Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #129/130 (mars 1982)
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 ([mars] 1985)
• in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uge 10 1985)
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 12 1985)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #105 (5 octobre 1986)
• in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #[1] (November 2001)
• in Coleccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #6 (Febrero 2002)
• 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)

Indexer Notes

Set in New York.

The More Things Change... (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Terry Austin (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Reed, Ben just called.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alicia Masters; the Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; HERBIE-like robot

Synopsis

Reed makes a robot to keep an eye on Franklin. Reed tries once again to cure Ben of his rocky form but ends up devolving him to a rougher rocky state.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #108
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #129/130 (mars 1982)
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #5/1985 (1985)
• in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #5/1985 (uge 19 1985)
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #5/1985 (uke 21 1985)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #105 (5 octobre 1986)
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #10 (Luglio 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) #3 (Febrero 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)
• 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)

Indexer Notes

Set in New York.

Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Flea Bargaining (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Salicrup (signed)

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brett Kelley, A. Anthony White, Richmond L. Gardner, John A. Wilcox, Kevin C. McConnell, Mike R. Weselnak, Joe Caberra, Kirk Moore, Paul Munz, Stu Krull, Ben Bundens, John Zuber Jr., Peter Ivanick, Brenda Robnett, and Rick S. Jones.