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Issue: Fantastic Four #238
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Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 10/20/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #5.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
Alicia Masters; Doctor Doom; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; John Byrne
Reprinting
FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as Fantastic Four #238 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #2 published February 2002
as Honest! Doctor Doom is Not in this Marvel Comic! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Salicrup cover design credit from the letters page in Fantastic Four #243 (June 1982).
The Lady Is for Burning!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frankie Raye [Nova] (gains fire super powers); Jake (doctor); Penny (Jake's wife, doctor); Professor Phineas T. Horton (flashback); Sam
Five minutes ago, Johnny Storm entered the...
Johnny discovers that his girlfriend Frankie has developed superpowers similar to his own. As her repressed memories return, she recalls how she gained her powers in an accident where her stepfather, Professor Phineas T. Horton, tried to revive the original Human Torch, the robot fighter from WWII.
Reprinting
FlagNova #105 published October 1986
FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
FlagEdderkoppen #4/1985 published January 1985
as Den brennende piken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 13 removed
FlagFantastici Quattro #10 published July 1989
as La Signora È da Bruciare! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as The Lady Is For Burning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #3 published February 2002
as La Dama Ardiente [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
Set in New York and Benson, Arizona.
A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]
Reprinting
FlagNova #105 published October 1986
FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
FlagEdderkoppen #3/1985 published January 1985
as Et Marvel-Mesterverk pin-up [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as A Marvel Masterworks Pin-Up [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Set in New York.
The More Things Change...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Alicia Masters; the Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; HERBIE-like robot
Reed, Ben just called.
Reed makes a robot to keep an eye on Franklin. Reed tries once again to cure Ben of his rocky form but ends up devolving him to a rougher rocky state.
Reprinting
FlagNova #105 published October 1986
FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
FlagEdderkoppen #5/1985 published January 1985
as Forandring til det bedre? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastici Quattro #10 published July 1989
as Le Cose Cambiano... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as The More Things Change … [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #3 published February 2002
as Y Aún... Más Cambios [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Set in New York.
Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Bubble Yum
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad and maze for Bubble Yum gum.
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Hello, again... A few months ago I proudly announced...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Assorted announcements
Flea Bargaining

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; the Flea-Market-Eating Flea
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Comics ad for Hostess Twinkies from Continental Baking Company.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from Brett Kelley, A. Anthony White, Richmond L. Gardner, John A. Wilcox, Kevin C. McConnell, Mike R. Weselnak, Joe Caberra, Kirk Moore, Paul Munz, Stu Krull, Ben Bundens, John Zuber Jr., Peter Ivanick, Brenda Robnett, and Rick S. Jones.

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