CATALOG RECORD

Fantastic Four #279

Marvel · Series began 1961 · June 1985

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Dates

Cover date: June 1985
On sale: February 26, 1985
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #279 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.
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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860246206 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition65¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860246206 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrneinks: Jerry Ordwayscript: John Byrne, Jim Shootercolors: Glynis Oliverletters: John Workman

Stories

Crack of Doom! · 22 pages
The Baxter Building (in orbit) is destroyed. The Fantastic Four invades Castle Doom.

Publisher’s description

The FF may have lost their home, but they have not lost their courage! Meanwhile in New York City, racial hate activists poison young brains with their agenda, threatening citywide chaos.

Reprinted in

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)