Dates
- Cover date
- January 1982
- On sale
- October 20, 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #238 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 0714860246201
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Creators
Stories
- The Lady Is for Burning! · 13 pages
Johnny discovers that his girlfriend Frankie has developed superpowers similar to his own. As her repressed memories return, she recalls how she gained her powers in an accident where her stepfather, Professor Phineas T. Horton, tried to revive the original Human Torch, the robot fighter from WWII.
- The More Things Change... · 8 pages
Reed makes a robot to keep an eye on Franklin. Reed tries once again to cure Ben of his rocky form but ends up devolving him to a rougher rocky state.
Reprinted in
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011), Artist's Edition (2010), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014)