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Issue: Fantastic Four #253

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Publication Date: April 1983

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Issues: #253 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860246204

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Al Milgrom; Ann Nocenti (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

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Format

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

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2 Fantastic Four #253 [Direct]

Fantastic Four #253 [Canadian]

Fantastic Four #253 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantastic Four

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Kestorians

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Pages: 1

Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Cracker Jack

Character(s): Scottie

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Pages: 1

Notes: Comic ad for Cracker Jack snacks on the inside front cover.

Quest

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantastic Four

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Kestorians; Annihilus (villain)

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four try to help the Kestorians find a new planet to populate but things aren't exactly as they seem.

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Pages: 22

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Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

First Line: I'm back!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Between pages 21 and 22 of the main sequence; includes The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Feature(s): Fantastic Four Fan Page

First Line: Dear Marvel Masters: Who are you trying...

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Pages: 0.8

Notes: Letters of comment from readers Jim Fucinari, Phil Jones, Mark Waldman, Marc Christensen and Daniel Pei.

U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.2

Notes: Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 443,238. Single issue nearest to filing date: 430,727.

Reactor

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Feature(s): Reactor; Parker Brothers

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for the Reactor video game from Parker Brothers, on the back cover.