Dates
- Cover date
- April 1986
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #289 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.
Barcode 0714860246204 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860246204 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Story arc: Year of the Scourge
This is part 3 of 3. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Iron Man #194
- Secret Wars II #2
- Fantastic Four #289
Creators
Stories
- Rip Wide the Sky! · 23 pages
Scourge kills Basilisk. Fury calls the FF to SHIELD's space station to investigate an anomaly which was caused by the explosion of the Baxter Building in space. Reed discovers that it is really a gateway to the Negative Zone and, when he goes to investigate, is captured by Blastaar. The Fantastic Four follow Reed into the Negative Zone and battle Blastaar but accidentally resurrect Annihilus.
Publisher’s description
The destruction of the Baxter Building has caused an unusual mass to hover over Earth! Meanwhile, Blastaar has captured Reed in the Negative Zone!
Characters
Reprinted in
The Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four (1995), Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Captain America: Scourge of the Underworld (2011), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011), Captain America Epic Collection (2014)