Dates
- Cover date
- June 1982
- On sale
- March 9, 1982
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #243 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 0714860246206
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Creators
Stories
- Shall Earth Endure? · 22 pages
Terrax has pulled the island of Manhattan into space and threatens to crash it into Galactus' spaceship unless the Fantastic Four agrees to destroy the world eater. Galactus and Terrax battle and Galactus takes his herald powers away. Fatigued from the battle, Galactus prepares to eat earth but the Fantastic Four and their allies battle him and take him down.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus (1989), Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (1997), Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four No. 243 [Marvel Legends Masterworks Figure Reprint] (2006), Artist's Edition (2010), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), Fantastic Four: Behold... Galactus! (2018), Fantastic Four: Behold… Galactus! (2019), Fantastic Four: Behold… Galactus! (2019), Fantastic Four vs. Galactus (2025)