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Issue: Fantastic Four #238
Publication Date: January 1982
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Issues: #238 of 416 Issues (930 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 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: 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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In23
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): 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
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 Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as Fantastic Four #238 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: 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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Salicrup cover design credit from the letters page in Fantastic Four #243 (June 1982).
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The Lady Is for Burning!

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]]; Frankie Raye [Nova] (gains fire super powers); Jake (doctor); Penny (Jake's wife, doctor); Professor Phineas T. Horton (flashback); Sam
First Line: Five minutes ago, Johnny Storm entered the...
Synopsis: 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
In Issue: FlagNova #105 published October 1986
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #4/1985 published January 1985
as Den brennende piken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 13 removed
In Content Item: FlagFantastici Quattro #10 published July 1989
as La Signora È da Bruciare! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as The Lady Is For Burning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #3 published February 2002
as La Dama Ardiente [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Set in New York and Benson, Arizona.
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A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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
First Line: Reed, Ben just called.
Synopsis: 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
In Issue: FlagNova #105 published October 1986
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #5/1985 published January 1985
as Forandring til det bedre? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastici Quattro #10 published July 1989
as Le Cose Cambiano... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as The More Things Change … [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #3 published February 2002
as Y Aún... Más Cambios [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Set in New York.
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Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bubble Yum
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad and maze for Bubble Yum gum.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hello, again... A few months ago I proudly announced...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Assorted announcements
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Flea Bargaining

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; the Flea-Market-Eating Flea
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comics ad for Hostess Twinkies from Continental Baking Company.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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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