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Issue: Fantastic Four #218
Publication Date: May 1980
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Issues: #218 of 416 Issues (930 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
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
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It's the Battle Royal with the Frightful Four!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Frightful Four [Wizard; Sandman; Electro]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 published January 2006
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #0 published January 2009
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four / Spider-Man Classic #[nn] published January 2005
as It's the Battle Royal with the Frightful Four! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four / Spider-Man Classic #[nn] published January 2005
as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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When a Spider-Man Comes Calling!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Frightful Four [Wizard; Electro; Sandman; Trapster] (villains); Debra Whitman (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: Trapster disguises himself as the captured Spider-Man and lets the rest of the Frightful Four into the Baxter Building to take on the Fantastic Four. Spider-Man frees himself and helps Reed beat the bad guys.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 published January 2006
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #0 published January 2009
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four / Spider-Man Classic #[nn] published January 2005
as When a Spider-Man Comes Calling! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
Job Number: LF57
Disclose Notes: Continued from The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976) #42
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Marvel Magazines'll Grab Ya!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dracula; Hulk; Conan; Moon Knight; Howard the Duck
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Big news, Believers!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan's Soapbox; Marvel Masterpieces On Sale This Month!
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Thor Meets the Ricochet Monster!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Ricochet
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Letters from Paul Green and Ralph Garner Jr.
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Special Bonus Pin-Up!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Half-page pinup by Joe Sinnott.

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