Fantastic Four, #256 Direct
Published: July 1983
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Issue Contents:
Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]
- Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
- The Thing [Ben Grimm]]
- Annihilus
Credits
- Pencils: John Byrne
- Inks: John Byrne
Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
Characters
- Scottie
Credits
- Pencils: Neal Adams (uncertain)
Story Notes
Comic ad for Cracker Jacks snacks on the inside front cover.
The Annihilation Gambit!
"They are four of the greatest heroes ever to walk the face of the Earth, but it is not the Earth they walk this day."
Storyline
The Fantastic Four return from the Negative Zone and send Annihilus back; they discover that the villain has hurt Alicia and Franklin.
Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]
- Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
- The Thing [Ben Grimm]]
- Alicia Masters
- Franklin Richards
- The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]
- Thor
- Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]
- She-Hulk
- Starfox
- Scarlet Witch
- Vision
- Wasp]
- Annihilus (villain)
- Galactus (cameo)
- Nova [Frankie Raye] (cameo)
- Skrulls (cameo)
Credits
- Script: John Byrne
- Pencils: John Byrne
- Inks: John Byrne
- Colors: Jean-Marie Borbouse
- Letters: Jim Novak
Story Notes
Fantastic Four get new costumes. Crossover with The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #233.
The Avalanche (1)
Featuring A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
Characters
- Grimslade
- Indel
- Oakthorn
- Saren
- Valerius
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Willingham
- Inks: Bill Willingham
Story Notes
Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued from [The Black Swamp of Lobella].
Story Notes
Letters from Wallace Lee Hopkins, Dan H, Eiler, Lon Levy, Alan Yuen, and Dan Granley; printed sideways as was the issue (#252) that the letters reference.