Fantastic Four #227 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Brain Parasites!	cover	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards
1	The Brain Parasites!	comic story	22	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz, Bruce Patterson; inks: B. Patterson; colors: George Roussos; letters: Jim Novak	Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards
2	Now Appearing in Marvel Spotlight! Captain Universe	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Steve Ditko	Captain Universe
3	Buy This Book!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Frank Miller	Doctor Strange; Wong; Clea
5	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860246202

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #20 ISBN 978-1-302-91027-3	2018	On eBay ›
The Possession of Franklin Richards ISBN 978-1-302-96056-8	2025	On eBay ›

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