Fantastic Four 1961 #256 Direct ed. - back issue - $2.25

The Fantastic Four return from the Negative Zone and send Annihilus back; they discover that the villain has hurt Alicia and Franklin.

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #22, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-04-12.

• Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] - Comic ad for Cracker Jacks snacks on the inside front cover.
• The Annihilation Gambit! - Fantastic Four get new costumes. Crossover with The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #233.
• - The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
• The Avalanche - Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued from [The Black Swamp of Lobella].
• - 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.