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Issue: Fantastic Four #233
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #233 of 416 Issues (930 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price, Direct Edition
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: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Cover, Front
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Mission for a Dead Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #123/124 published September 1981
as Mission pour un homme mort! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as Fantastic Four #233 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #1 published January 2002
as Mission for a Dead Man! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Vol. 1 No. 233 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published April 2002
as Mission for a Dead Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mission for a Dead Man!

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]]; Hammerhead (villain)
First Line: The name over the gate reads "Deeden State...
Synopsis: The Torch carries out the last wishes of a dying prisoner which puts him in conflict with Hammerhead.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNova #104 published September 1986
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super-Heroes Megazine #2 [Direct] published November 1994
as Mission for a Dead Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as Mission For a Dead Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #1 published January 2002
as Misión por un Hombre Muerto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Vol. 1 No. 233 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published April 2002
as Mission for a Dead Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Shambling Mound]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Grimslade; Indel; Valerius; a shambling mound
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continues in the [The Green Slime]. On his YouTube channel, Bill Willingham stated that he did not draw the first Dungeons & Dragons ad, it was drawn by a female ad artist whose name he could not remember.
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Spider-Man vs. the Human Computer!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Computer
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Puzzle Man
First Line: How shall I begin.....?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various announcements; The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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