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Issue: Fantastic Four #256

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Publication Date: July 1983

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Issues: #256 of 416 Issues (912 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 04/12/1983

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860246207

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #22, with shipping date of 1983-03-22.

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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 #256 [Direct]

Fantastic Four #256 [Canadian]

Fantastic Four #256 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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]]; Annihilus

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Pages: 1

Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]

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 Jacks snacks on the inside front cover.

The Annihilation Gambit!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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]]; Alicia Masters; Franklin Richards; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; She-Hulk; Starfox; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Wasp]; Annihilus (villain); Galactus (cameo); Nova [Frankie Raye] (cameo); Skrulls (cameo)

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four return from the Negative Zone and send Annihilus back; they discover that the villain has hurt Alicia and Franklin.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Fantastic Four get new costumes. Crossover with The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #233.

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Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

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Pages: 1

Notes: The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

The Avalanche

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure

Character(s): Grimslade; Indel; Oakthorn; Saren; Valerius

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Pages: 1

Notes: Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued from [The Black Swamp of Lobella].

[untitled]

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

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Wallace Lee Hopkins, Dan H, Eiler, Lon Levy, Alan Yuen, and Dan Granley; printed sideways as was the issue (#252) that the letters reference.