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239February 1982
$0.60; 0.20 GBP

Fantastic Four #239

Marvel · February 1982 · on sale 1981-11-17

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Identification plate

Series
Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)
Issue
#239
Publication date
February 1982
Key date
1982-02-00
On-sale date
1981-11-17
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Holocaust in the Desert!cover1pencils: John Byrne; inks: John ByrneFantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Frankie Raye
2Wendy's Friendscomic story22script: John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Jim NovakFantastic 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 (introducti
5Time for a New Imagein-house column1script: Jim Shooter, Louise Jones; pencils: Elliot Brown; inks: Elliot BrownJim Shooter (photograph)
7-letters page1letters: typeset

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860246202

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CollectionYear
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #[1]
ISBN 0-7851-0779-7
2001On eBay ›
Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-5824-0
2011On eBay ›

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