Fantastic Four #239 [Direct]
(February 1982)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-11-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (Editor); Lance Tooks (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (Editor-in-Chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #6.
This issue has variants:

Holocaust in the Desert! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frankie Raye
Reprints

Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, Scottie!
Genre
sports
Characters
Scottie
Keywords
baseball

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Cracker Jacks snacks, on the inside front cover.

Wendy's Friends (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tuesday, November 17th. New York City.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Aunt Petunia Grimm (introduction); O'Hoolihan; Frankie Raye; Alicia Masters; Uncle Jake Grimm; Ruth Efford (introduction); Wendy (introduction); Mike (introduction, death?); Carol (introduction, death?); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (cameo); Crystal (cameo); Lockjaw (cameo); Wendy's father (introduction); "Wendy's friends" (introduction)
Synopsis
At the request of the Thing's great aunt Petunia (actually young and pretty Petunia), the Fantastic Four investigate a town where a little girl has befriended strange demonic creatures.
Reprints
Keywords
Arizona

Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes (Table of Contents: 3)

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Ad and maze for Bubble Yum gum.

[Evil Goblins] (Table of Contents: 4)

A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure! / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Willingham
Inks
Bill Willingham
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Grimslade, Valerius, and the mysterious Saren search...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Grimslade; Indel; Saren; Valerius; goblins

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [The Green Slime] and [The Red Dragon].

[Time for a New Image] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter); Louise Simonson (signed as Louise)
Pencils
Elliot Brown (photograph)
Inks
Elliot Brown (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins
Characters
Jim Shooter (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Assorted announcements, Louise Jones's Cheerfully Nice News!, The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist; follows page 21 of the main sequence.

Daredevil's Longest Fight! (Table of Contents: 6)

Daredevil; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita Jr. ?
Inks
Chic Stone ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Baby Face Johnny
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Continental Baking Company.
Precedes page 22 of the main sequence.

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Mr. Byrne, I have just finished...
Feature Logo
Fantastic Four Fan Page

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Kerry Callen, John A. Wilcox, Paul R. Davis, Alice Gordon, Jim Gibney, Anonymous and John Sweeney.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Holocaust in the Desert!
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Wendy's Friends
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. [Evil Goblins]
    A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure!
  6. 5. [Time for a New Image]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  7. 6. Daredevil's Longest Fight!
    Daredevil; Hostess Fruit Pies
  8. 7. ["Dear Mr. Byrne, I have just finished..."]
    Fantastic 4 Fan Page
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  • Del Gruber
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  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Allen Ross
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