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CATALOG RECORD

Fantastic Four #259

Marvel · Series began 1961 · October 1983

Dates

Cover date
October 1983
On sale
June 21, 1983
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #259 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition60¢ cover

    Direct

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

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition60¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860246210 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

    Barcode 0714860246210 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrne, Larry Elmoreinks: John Byrne, Larry Elmorecolors: Glynis Oliverscript: John Byrne, Jim Shooterletters: Jim Novak

Stories

  • Choices · 22 pages

    Sue begins to plan for her family's move to Belle Port, Connecticut. On her way back to New York, she is accosted by a Doom robot and finds that Doom has sent Tyros to take down the Fantastic Four. Sue joins the Thing and the Torch in the fight against Tyros.

Characters

Ben GrimmThe ThingJohnny StormHuman TorchSusan Storm RichardsVictor Von DoomDoctor DoomSilver SurferNorrin RaddInvisible Girl

Reprinted in

The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus (1989), The Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four (1995), Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011)

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