Lot Details
| Series Title | Fantastic Four |
|---|---|
| Story Title | Back to the Basics! |
| Issue Number | 232 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Cover Date | Jul 1981 |
| Cover Price | 50¢ |
| Printing | First Print |
| Variant Description | Newsstand |
| Page Count | 36 |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Age Era | Bronze Age |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Writer | John Byrne |
| Artist | John Byrne |
| Cover Artist | John Byrne |
| Inker | Terry Austin |
| Letterer | Jim Novak |
| Editor | Jim Salicrup |
| First Appearances | The Elements of Doom: Air, Water, Fire and Earth |
| Character Appearances | Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Thing), The Elements of Doom (Air, Water, Fire, Earth) |
Fantastic Four #232
The issue represents a Bronze Age key from Marvel's monthly Fantastic Four series, with Byrne's distinctive art style and storytelling approach that revitalized the franchise in the early 1980s.
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Lot Details
| Series Title | Fantastic Four |
|---|---|
| Story Title | Back to the Basics! |
| Issue Number | 232 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Cover Date | Jul 1981 |
| Cover Price | 50¢ |
| Printing | First Print |
| Variant Description | Newsstand |
| Page Count | 36 |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Age Era | Bronze Age |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Writer | John Byrne |
| Artist | John Byrne |
| Cover Artist | John Byrne |
| Inker | Terry Austin |
| Letterer | Jim Novak |
| Editor | Jim Salicrup |
| First Appearances | The Elements of Doom: Air, Water, Fire and Earth |
| Character Appearances | Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Thing), The Elements of Doom (Air, Water, Fire, Earth) |
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