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Issue: Fantastic Four #281

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Publication Date: August 1985

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Issues: #281 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

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Variant: Direct

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.65 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Michael Carlin (editor); Michael Higgins (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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Variants3

Fantastic Four #281 [Direct]

Fantastic Four #281 [Canadian]

2 Fantastic Four #281 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In4

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]2
- With Malice Towards All! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantastic Four

Character(s): Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Malice [Invisible Girl]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]

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

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

With Malice Towards All!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Fantastic Four

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Franklin; Alicia Masters; Edwin Jarvis; Malice [Invisible Girl] (villain); Hate Monger (villain); Psycho Man (villain)

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four battles Malice (who is possessing Sue).

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #6 published January 2006
as With Malice Towards All! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2 [unnamed variant] published December 2013
as With Malice Towards All! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: The events of this issue are also depicted in Secret Wars II #2.
Al Vey credit from Jerry Ordway in the Crisis Compendium

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

Character(s): Archie Goodwin

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: An Apology from Archie Goodwin, Editor of Marvel's Epic Comics Line; Hype Box; house ad for Elfquest series.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Fantastic Forum

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from readers: Stan Lee, Chuck Wilson, James Grattan, Joe Frank, Jeffrey Lowndes, Evan M. Lanctot, Daniel Robert, and Josh Tretakoff; a note from Roz and Jack Kirby on the identity of the inker of Fantastic Four #1 (a matter still of debate).