Fantastic Four
#266
[Direct]
(May 1984)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-01-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Bob Budiansky (credited) (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-02-14.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Karisma Commands... ...Death to the Invisible Girl!
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne
- Inks
- John Byrne
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Karisma
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #252 -
in Fantastic Four Special (Juniorpress, 1983 series) #9 -
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #43 (Julio 1986) -
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005) - in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #24 (2022)
-
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Call Her... Karisma!
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- John Byrne (credited)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited) (pages 1, 2, 22); Kerry Gammill (credited) (pages 3-21)
- Inks
- John Byrne (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Diana Albers (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somehow this isn't quite what I'd expected from my first day as...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards] (flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; The Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback)]; Alicia Masters; Walter Langkowski [Sasquatch]; Michael Morbius; Bruce Banner [Hulk]; Karisma (villain, flashback)
- Synopsis
- In a flashback story told by Alicia to Jennifer, Invisible Woman battles a Karisma-controlled Thing. Reed gathers specialists to try and help with Sue's delicate medical condition.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Four Special (Juniorpress, 1983 series) #9
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #157/158 (juillet 1984) -
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #16 ([1986]) - in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #43 (Julio 1986)
-
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #119 (5 décembre 1987) [-1 page] -
in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #1/1988 ([februar] 1988) -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #38 (30 Gennaio 1991) - in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017) [pages 2 and 22]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #24 (2022)
-
- Keywords
- mind control
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page
Indexer Notes
The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; photo of Jim Shooter and other Marvel staffers with Mickey Mouse.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four Fan Page / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- John Byrne
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from J. R. Supre, Shaun Smith, Gary Gordon, Chris St. Germain, Randy Cohen, Eric Wagner, and Thomas Curtiss; An Important Announcement on readers who figured out the secret of Fantastic Four #260.
Special 1984 Low Price Offer
Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (signed as Sev)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (signed as Sev)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Karisma Commands... ...Death to the Invisible Girl!
Fantastic Four -
1.
Call Her... Karisma!
Fantastic Four -
2.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four Fan Page -
4.
Special 1984 Low Price Offer
Marvel Subscriptions
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Roger Brochu
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Stéphane PETIT
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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