Fantastic Four #291 [Newsstand]
(June 1986)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-03-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Barcode
0714860246206
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #88.
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #291 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
Reprints
Keywords
automobiles; time travel

Indexer Notes

Cover is an homage to Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1.

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The Times They Are A'Changing! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Greenwich Village, New York.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Nick Fury; Alicia Masters; Licorice Calhoun; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Mr. Fantastic (cameo flashback); The Thing (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The Fantastic Four and Fury find themselves in 1936 but time keeps rippling to the present. She-Hulk saves Licorice Calhoun from some goons and Nick flies off to Germany to kill Hitler.
Reprints

The Bullpen Christmas Party... (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Fantastic Forum / letters page / 0.7 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Malcolm Bourne, Elvis Orten, Lawrence Punch, Danny Goldman, Stephen Sanderson, John Brittan, DJEM.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.3 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 431,493. Single issue nearest to filing date: 451,662.

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

Star Wars Droids / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Four
  2. 1. The Times They Are A'Changing!
    Fantastic Four
  3. 2. The Bullpen Christmas Party...
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fantastic Forum
  5. 4. [Statement of Ownership]
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Star Wars Droids
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Samuels
  • Ramon Schenk
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