Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #253 [Direct]

Volume: 1

Price: 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1983-01-18

Editing: Al Milgrom (credited) (editor); Ann Nocenti (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

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Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	John Byrne (signed)
Inks:	John Byrne (signed)
Colors:	Glynis Oliver (sourced)
Letters:	typeset

Genre:superhero

Keywords:Negative Zone

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Fantastic Four

Kestorians

Reprints (11)

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #18.

Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story

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Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Quest

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Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages

Script:	John Byrne (credited)
Pencils:	John Byrne (credited)
Inks:	John Byrne (credited)
Colors:	Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters:	Jim Novak (credited)

Genre:superhero

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look upon the ever-changing face of a universe parallel to our own.
Keywords:Negative Zone

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Fantastic Four

Annihilus

Kestorians

Synopsis:: The Fantastic Four try to help the Kestorians find a new planet to populate but things aren't exactly as they seem.; in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #145/146 (juillet 1983)
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #14 ([1985])
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #34 (Noviembre 1985) [Páginas 1-11], #35 (Diciembre 1985) [Páginas 12-22]
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #113 (5 juin 1987) [-1 page]
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #25 (15 Luglio 1990)
in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #3 ([January] 2005)
in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2003 series) #23 (2021)

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Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page

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Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 0.8 page

Script:	?
Letters:	typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Marvel Masters: Who are you trying...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Jim Fucinari, Phil Jones, Mark Waldman, Marc Christensen and Daniel Pei.

U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)

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statement of ownership / 0.2 page

Script:	Ed Shukin (business manager)
Letters:	typeset

Indexer 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.

Reactor

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Reactor; Parker Brothers / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents

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Fantastic Four
Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story
Cracker Jack
Quest
Fantastic Four
["I'm back!"]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
["Dear Marvel Masters: Who are you trying..."]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)
Reactor
Reactor; Parker Brothers

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Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Quest (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 0.8 page

Indexer Notes

U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page

Indexer Notes

Reactor (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Reactor; Parker Brothers / advertisement / 1 page

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Scottie in a Cracker Jack Story

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Quest

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(Table of Contents: 4)

U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)

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Reactor

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