Fantastic Four #242 [Newsstand]

(May 1982)

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

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

Terrax the Untamed (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Space. It has been called many things.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; HERBIE-like robot; Alicia Masters; Frankie Raye; Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Terrax (villain); Julie; Garth; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson

Synopsis

Terrax shows up to wreck the Fantastic Four's Christmas plans and things get worse when he asks them to stop Galactus or face death.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #13
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #133/134 (juillet 1982)
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #6/1985 (1985)
• in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #6/1985 (uge 23 1985)
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #6/1985 (uke 25 1985)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #107 (5 décembre 1986)
• in The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #14 (Novembre 1989)
• in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #4 - Los 4 Fantásticos: El Juicio de Galactus (Octubre 1991)
• in Coleccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #4 (Febrero 2002)
• in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([June] 2004)
• in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011), #1 (2011)
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #59 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 1 (Marzo 2015)

Keywords

Christmas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[Grindal the Mentor] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

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Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Editor, I like Byrne's unorthodox...

Feature Logo

Fantastic Four Fan Page

Characters

Doctor Doom

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Steve Beery, Howard W. Stangroom, Lanny Tucker, Walter S. Jaschek, Barry Dutter, John Byrne and John A. Wilcox.