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Issue: Fantastic Four #261
Publication Date: December 1983
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Issues: #261 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/23/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Budiansky (editor); Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-09-13.
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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:  
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Disclose Reprinted In8
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
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The Search for Reed Richards!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Watcher
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #153/154 published March 1984
as À la recherche de Reed Richards! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #4 published March 2005
as The Search for Reed Richards! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as The Search for Reed Richards! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Search for Reed Richards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fantastic Four
Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Marrina; Edwin Jarvis; Silver Surfer; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Watcher; Lilandra (cameo); Gladiator (cameo); a Skrull (cameo); Galactus (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: The Fantastic Four enlist the aid of the Watcher in their search for Mr. Fantastic. They discover that Reed has been captured and is preparing to stand trial in a cosmic court for saving the life of Galactus who went on to destroy the Skrull homeworld.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagObras Maestras #4 published October 1991
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #153/154 published March 1984
as On cherche Reed Richards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus #[nn] published January 1989
as Fragments [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #4 published March 2005
as The Search for Reed Richards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as The Search for Reed Richards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #4.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantastic Four Fan Page
Character(s): The Thing [as Mr. T]
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Brenda Robnett, Jay Beauvilla, Mark Steven Long, David Plunkert, Stephen Darner, and Anthony Hochrein; editorial comment on fake John Byrne sketches.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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Star Frontiers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Frontiers; TSR
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR.

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