Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #259 [Direct]

Volume: 1

Price: 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1983-06-21

Editing: Bob Budiansky (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

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Three Against Doomsday!

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Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	John Byrne (signed)
Inks:	John Byrne (signed)
Colors:	Glynis Oliver (sourced)
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Fantastic Four

Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]

Tyros [Terrax]

Reprints (10)

in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)

Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1983.

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Printer: ?

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #24 (2022)

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #28, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-07-12.

Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]

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Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Choices

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Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages

Script:	John Byrne (credited)
Pencils:	John Byrne (credited)
Inks:	John Byrne (credited)
Colors:	Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters:	Jim Novak (credited)

Genre:superhero

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Belle Port, Connecticut. The sign on the front lawn reads...
Keywords:Connecticut

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Fantastic Four

Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
(cameo)

Martha Winslow; Kate Dwyer; Danny Dwyer; Sharon Selleck; Tyros [Terrax]

Synopsis:: Sue begins to plan for her family's move to Belle Port, Connecticut. On her way back to New York, she is accosted by a Doom robot and finds that Doom has sent Tyros to take down the Fantastic Four. Sue joins the Thing and the Torch in the fight against Tyros.; in Marvels universum (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #1/1988
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #151/152 (janvier 1984)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #15 ([1986])
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #38 (Febrero 1986) [Páginas 1-10], #39 (Marzo 1986) [Páginas 11-22]
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #116 (5 septembre 1987) [-2 pages]
in Marvel Superheltene (Semic, 1987 series) #6/1987 ([oktober] 1987) [minus page 3]
in The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #31 (15 Ottobre 1990)
in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #4 - Los 4 Fantásticos: El Juicio de Galactus (Octubre 1991)
in The Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1995 series) (April 1995) [see note]
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005)
in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)

Star Frontiers

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Star Frontiers; TSR / comics-form advertising / 1 page

New from Marvel Comics

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Alpha Flight / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

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Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page

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Table of Contents

Three Against Doomsday!
Fantastic Four
Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
Cracker Jack
Choices
Fantastic Four
Star Frontiers
Star Frontiers; TSR
New from Marvel Comics
Alpha Flight
["Al Milgrom Quits!"]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist

Three Against Doomsday! (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Choices (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages

Star Frontiers (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Star Frontiers; TSR / comics-form advertising / 1 page

New from Marvel Comics (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Alpha Flight / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page

Three Against Doomsday!

(Table of Contents)

Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Choices

(Table of Contents: 2)

Star Frontiers

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

New from Marvel Comics

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)