Fantastic Four #258 [Direct]
(September 1983)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
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
Carl Potts (Editor); Ann Nocenti (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age U.S., then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched (squarebound #116, 200, 358)
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Splash page lettering by Jim Novak shows through the "tear" in the cover, which has no actual lettering of its own.

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Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Interlude (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Glynis Wein
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom; Kristoff; Hauptmann (death); Tyros [Terrax]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Galactus (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Doom reviews Latveria and re-imbues Tyros with the power cosmic.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Fantastic Four do not appear in this story.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Christine Johnson, Robbie Aromatorio, Stu Krull, Mike Atkins, Mark Waldman, Sean Fagan, Stephen Gawronski, Keith McCaffety, and Joey Shalack; announcement of Sue Storm coiffure contest.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Interlude
    Fantastic Four
  4. 3. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers; TSR
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four Fan Page
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