Dates
- Cover date
- August 1982
- On sale
- May 18, 1982
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #245 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 0714860246208
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: John Byrne, Bill Willinghaminks: John Byrne, Bill Willinghamscript: John Byrne, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Jim Novak
Stories
- Childhood's End · 22 pages
Franklin Richards' powers go out of control as he transforms into an adult and tries to make things the way he thinks they should be. The Thing is returned to his rocky form.
Reprinted in
Fantastic Four (1983), Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four: A Death in the Family (2006), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011), Fantastic Four Epic Collection (2014), True Believers: King in Black - Franklin Richards (2021)