Dates
- Cover date
- May 1985
- On sale
- January 22, 1985
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #278 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition65¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition65¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860246205 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860246205 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- True Lies · 22 pages
Kristoff is brainwashed by the Doombots into believing that he is Doom and destroys the Baxter Building. The full origin of Doctor Doom is told.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011), Doctor Doom: The Book of Doom Omnibus (2022)