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Fantastic Four #218

Marvel · Series began 1961 · May 1980

Dates

Cover date
May 1980
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #218 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860246205

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Al Milgrom, John Byrne, Joe Sinnott, Denys Cowaninks: Joe Sinnott, Dave Simonsscript: Bill Mantlo, Stan Leecolors: Barry Grossmanletters: Jim Novak, Irv Watanabe

Stories

  • When a Spider-Man Comes Calling! · 17 pages

    Trapster disguises himself as the captured Spider-Man and lets the rest of the Frightful Four into the Baxter Building to take on the Fantastic Four. Spider-Man frees himself and helps Reed beat the bad guys.

Reprinted in

Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly (1980), Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2005), Fantastic Four / Spider-Man Classic (2005), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011), Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (2011), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017), The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus (2022)

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