Fantastic Four
#259
[Direct]
(October 1983)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-06-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Bob Budiansky (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #28, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-07-12.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Three Against Doomsday!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks
- John Byrne (signed)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Tyros [Terrax] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #238 -
in Fantastic Four (Federal, 1983 series) #8 -
in Fantastic Four Special (Juniorpress, 1983 series) #6 -
in Marvel-Maxi-Pockets (Condor, 1980 series) #7 -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #31 (15 Ottobre 1990) -
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005) - in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005) which is reprinted
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
-
in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015) - in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Signature dated 1983.
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Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Scottie
Indexer Notes
Comic ad for Cracker Jack snacks on the inside front cover.
Choices
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
- Belle Port, Connecticut. The sign on the front lawn reads...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo); Martha Winslow; Kate Dwyer; Danny Dwyer; Sharon Selleck; Tyros [Terrax] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Sue begins to plan for her family's move to Belle Port, Connecticut. On her way back to New York, she is accosted by a Doom robot and finds that Doom has sent Tyros to take down the Fantastic Four. Sue joins the Thing and the Torch in the fight against Tyros.
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #151/152 (janvier 1984) - in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #15 ([1986])
- in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #38 (Febrero 1986) [Páginas 1-10], #39 (Marzo 1986) [Páginas 11-22]
-
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #116 (5 septembre 1987) [-2 pages] -
in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #6/1987 ([oktober] 1987) [minus page 3] - in The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
- in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #31 (15 Ottobre 1990)
- in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #4 - Los 4 Fantásticos: El Juicio de Galactus (Octubre 1991)
- in The Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1995 series) (April 1995) [see note]
- in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
-
- Keywords
- Connecticut
Star Frontiers
Star Frontiers; TSR / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Inks
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Comic ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR.
New from Marvel Comics
Alpha Flight / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks
- John Byrne (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Aurora; Northstar; Marrina; Shaman [Doctor Michael Twoyoungmen]; Snowbird; Puck [Eugene Judd]]
- Reprints
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) [Second Edition, Direct] (2023) [new trade dress]
-
Indexer Notes
Ad for the upcoming series.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Shooter (signed); ?
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset; ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Al Milgrom Quits!
- Characters
- Carl Potts (caricature)
Indexer Notes
The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Three Against Doomsday!
Fantastic Four -
1.
Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
Cracker Jack -
2.
Choices
Fantastic Four -
3.
Star Frontiers
Star Frontiers; TSR -
4.
New from Marvel Comics
Alpha Flight -
5.
["Al Milgrom Quits!"]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Roger Brochu
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Matthias Hofmann
- Michael Hoskin
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Stéphane PETIT
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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