Fantastic Four No. 233
date: label: Date made
content: 1981-08
name: label: publisher
content: Marvel Comics Group
label: author; artist
content: Byrne, John
label: maker
content: Marvel Comics Group
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Fantastic Four No.233</i> features the story "Mission for a Dead Man!" Both story and art were done by John Byrne.The cover features the superhero "The Human Torch."
label: Description
content: Created by Marvel Comics creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, <i>The Fantastic Four </i> debuted in a self-titled 1961 comic book. Gaining super-powers after encountering “cosmic rays” while on a space mission, the “Fantastic Four” battle planetary and intergalactic threats while dealing with complex family and friendship dynamics. The original “four” consisted of Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards,) The Invisible Woman (Sue Richards,) The Human Torch (Johnny Storm) and The Thing (Ben Grimm.) Introducing a new era in comic books, the title presented heroes with more dynamic and relatable personalities than previously found in the medium.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Fantastic Four
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harold W. Ellis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0089.13
label: accession number
content: 1989.0089
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0089.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 6 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 16.51 cm