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Issue: Fantastic Four #239
Publication Date: February 1982
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Issues: #239 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: 11/17/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #6.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In12
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Holocaust in the Desert!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frankie Raye
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagFantastici Quattro #11 published August 1989
as Gli Amici di Wendy [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as Fantastic Four #239 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #3 published February 2002
as La Dama Ardiente [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #2 published February 2002
as Holocaust in the Desert! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Cracker Jack
Character(s): Scottie
First Line: Okay, Scottie!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for Cracker Jacks snacks, on the inside front cover.
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Wendy's Friends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Aunt Petunia Grimm (introduction); O'Hoolihan; Frankie Raye; Alicia Masters; Uncle Jake Grimm; Ruth Efford (introduction); Wendy (introduction); Mike (introduction, death?); Carol (introduction, death?); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (cameo); Crystal (cameo); Lockjaw (cameo); Wendy's father (introduction); "Wendy's friends" (introduction)
First Line: Tuesday, November 17th. New York City.
Synopsis: At the request of the Thing's great aunt Petunia (actually young and pretty Petunia), the Fantastic Four investigate a town where a little girl has befriended strange demonic creatures.
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: FlagFantastici Quattro #11 published August 1989
as Gli Amici di Wendy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1] [First Printing] published November 2001
as Wendy's Friends [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColeccionable Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne #3 published February 2002
as Los Amigos de Wendy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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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Evil Goblins

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure!
Character(s): Grimslade; Indel; Saren; Valerius; goblins
First Line: Grimslade, Valerius, and the mysterious Saren search...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [The Green Slime] and [The Red Dragon].
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Time for a New Image

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Elliot Brown (photograph)
Inker(s): Elliot Brown (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Shooter (photograph)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Assorted announcements, Louise Jones's Cheerfully Nice News!, The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist; follows page 21 of the main sequence.
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Daredevil's Longest Fight!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Baby Face Johnny
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Continental Baking Company.
Precedes page 22 of the main sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Mr. Byrne, I have just finished...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Kerry Callen, John A. Wilcox, Paul R. Davis, Alice Gordon, Jim Gibney, Anonymous and John Sweeney.

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