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Issue: Fantastic Four #278

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Publication Date: May 1985

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Issues: #278 of 416 Issues (930 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 01/22/1985

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.65 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #64.

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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

Format Notes:

Variants3

2 Fantastic Four #278 [Direct]

Fantastic Four #278 [Canadian]

Fantastic Four #278 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In8

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]3
- True Lies [Story on Interior Page(s)]3

reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:

Doctor Doom: The Book of Doom Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2022

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #26 [unnamed variant] published January 2024

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Statement of Ownership

Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Kristoff von Doom

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #6 published January 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #6 published January 2006
as It was the world's greatest comic magazine. Again. [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

True Lies

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]]; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; Wyatt Wingfoot; Doombots (villain); Kristoff (villain); Doctor Doom (villain, origin); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Psycho-Man (cameo); Hate Monger (cameo)

First Line: The time has come!

Synopsis: Kristoff is brainwashed by the Doombots into believing that he is Doom and destroys the Baxter Building. The full origin of Doctor Doom is told.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #3 [Direct Edition] published February 1986
as Book III: A Gathering of Dooms! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #6 published January 2006
as True Lies [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published January 2013
as True Lies [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: First line spoken by Doctor Doom.

[untitled]

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Hype Box; Check List.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.8

Notes: Letters from Mark Klobas, Roger W. Norris, Joe Frank, and Dennis Steele.

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.2

Notes: Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 441,031. Single issue nearest to filing date: 407,859.