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Issue: Fantastic Four #253
Publication Date: April 1983
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Issues: #253 of 416 Issues (912 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: 01/18/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Milgrom; Ann Nocenti (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #18.
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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:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
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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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2011
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #3 published January 2005
as Cover - Fantastic Four #253 [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  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Cracker Jack
Character(s): Scottie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for Cracker Jack snacks on the inside front cover.
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Quest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNova #113 published June 1987
In Issue: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2011
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #3 published January 2005
as Quest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins
First Line: I'm back!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantastic Four Fan Page
First Line: Dear Marvel Masters: Who are you trying...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Jim Fucinari, Phil Jones, Mark Waldman, Marc Christensen and Daniel Pei.
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U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose 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.
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Reactor

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Reactor; Parker Brothers
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Reactor video game from Parker Brothers, on the back cover.

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