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New Gene Colan (pencils)/Tom Palmer (inks) cover (which actually illustrates the story in issue 22).
The Coming of... Dr. Strange, script by Roy Thomas, art by Dan Adkins; the origin of Dr. Strange retold; reprinted from Doctor Strange 169, first series. Half-page next issue blurb with accompanying Frank Brunner illustration.
32 pgs. Cover price $0.30. Cover price $0.30.
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Cover art by Frank Brunner (which actually illustrates the story in issue 23). Mind Trip!, script by Marv Wolfman, art by Rudy Nebres
Clea's amnesia & magical rampage continues; Strange battles Clea, & helps cure her of madness implanted by Xander; Apalla, Queen of the Sun, first appears; hints of connection with Clea. The story continues from Doctor Strange Annual 1. Letter to the editor from comics historian Peter Sanderson.
Cover price $0.30.
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Cover pencils by Don Heck and John Romita (alterations), inks by Frank Giacoia and John Romita (alternations). "The Voice of the Wasp," script by Stan Lee, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Frank Giacoia (as Frank Ray)
The winsome Wasp flies to New York to warn that the savage Sub-Mariner is bent on its destruction. Enroute she is trapped by Attuma, Namor's arch-foe, who is himself planning the destruction of the surface-dwellers. Jan notifies the Avengers who arrive - sans Hawkeye - and are roundly beaten; reprinted from The Avengers (1963 series) #26.
36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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"No S.H.I.E.L.D. to Protect Me!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Nick Fury. Plot by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. Script by David Michelinie. Art by John Romita Jr. (breakdowns) and Bob Layton (finishes). Cover by John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton. The SHIELD Helicarrier has drifted into Soviet airspace! And Russian MiGs are on the way to shoot it down! Everyone onboard the Helicarrier is unconscious except for the Invincible Iron Man! So in dazzling fashion, the golden avenger zooms into action and knocks out 4 fighter jets and 2 ballistic missiles! Awesome! Shell-Head saves the day for SHIELD! But a few hours later, why does Tony regret having done so? Flashback cameo by the Spymaster. 32 pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Cover art by Mike Ploog. A Life For a Death!, script by Len Wein, art by Mike Ploog; Jack Russell is forced to try to kill a reclusive millionaire by Luthor Kane, who holds Jack's sister hostage. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. Comes The Hangman, script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Sutton; the Werewolf is captured by the Hangman. 36 pgs. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.
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Marvel Value Stamp. Cover pencils by Gil Kane and John Romita (faces of Werewolf and Dracula), inks by Tom Palmer. Vampires On The Moon!, script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Vince Colletta; Jack and Raymond, in their Werewolf forms, fight two vampires on a movie set.
36 pgs. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. "Castle Curse!", script by Doug Moench, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Sal Trapani
The Werewolf roams the nighttime streets of Monterey when a billboard he passes shimmers into the image of Topaz; She reaches into the beast's psyche for the mind of Jack Russell, pleading for him to rescue her from within his ancestral castle; Memories of Blackgar Island, where Russoff Castle was rebuilt, impel the Werewolf to swim out toward it; He reaches the castle and finds Topaz inside, but she is merely an illusion that fades as a trapdoor opens beneath his feet; At the bottom, he is accosted by a creature covered with silver spikes. "The Visitor" (reprinted from Adventures into Terror #13), pencils by George Roussos; A man is convinced that controlling visitors exist all around him and when he is confronted by mist he goes off his rocker. "The Man Who Went Back!" (reprinted from Journey into Mystery #18), art by Pete Tumlinson; A man is pursued through time by tax collectors. "The Man Who Talked To Rats!" (reprinted from Adventures into Terror #13), art by Manny Stallman; A man comes across a man who talks to rats in an alley and makes a deal with him to kill his uncle so he will inherit his money; The weird guy sends his rats into the estate to chew up the old guy and the nephew both. "The Hands of Death" (reprinted from Adventures into Terror #13), pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon; A woman's car breaks down in an area where women have been strangled and she takes shelter in a nearby house; She is admitted by a bundled figure that she abruptly assumes is the strangler.
68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.50.
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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. "The Doctor's Name Is...Samson!," script by Len Wein, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Joe Staton and John Romita
Following his adventure in Scotland, Bruce Banner manages to get cheap fare back to America aboard a the RMS Black Wraith provided that he stay below deck and keep a low profile; However, Banner decides to go up to the deck and think about his current plight; This angers the crew, who are very strict on their rules for Banner's passage; Banner soon realizes why: The crew of this vessel are illegally dumping radioactive waste into the ocean; Furious at being discovered, the crew attacks Banner prompting him to transform into the Hulk once more; The Hulk battles Doc Samson. Some panels redrawn by John Romita Sr.
36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
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Final issue of the series. Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer. Doctor Strange reprints: "The Pincers of Power" (from Strange Tales 140), script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko
Dormammu sends Strange, Mordo & The Ancient One to a neutral dimension; He then uses a sleeping potion on the Mindless Ones, so his domain will be temporarily safe and summons rulers of nearby dimensions; Dormammu arrives to challenge Strange in person to battle for total mastery of Earth!; Strange accepts, then Dormammu declares they shall fight using only the "Pincers Of Power" and no other spells or incantations. "Let There Be Victory" (from ST 141), script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Dormammu consigns Mordo to the Dimension of Demons; Strange declares he is able to continue the fight and manages to best him in combat! Dormammu swears not to attack Earth; Back in The Ancient One's home, Hamir prepares a banquet for Strange & his master; Dormammu banishes Clea to a place where Strange can never find her; The Ancient One assures Strange that there are many who may now be able to help in his search for the girl.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.30.
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"Nomad: No More!" Script by Steve Englehart. Pencils by Frank Robbins. Inks by Frank Giacoia. Cover by Gil Kane and Joe Sinnott.
Nomad returns to New York City, and he's frantically searching for the Falcon! However, Steve Rogers can't find him anywhere until he bumps into Redwing! The Falcon's faithful bird guides Nomad to a nearby rooftop...where the Living Legend makes a grisly discovery. The fill-in Captain America, Roscoe Simons, has been murdered -- and the Falcon seriously injured! Steve Rogers is despondent and begins to reconsider his Nomad identity. Is the red, white, and blue avenger on the way back? Cameo appearances by Leila Taylor, Gabe Jones, Peggy Carter, Gamecock, and the Beast.
36 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Cover art by John Romita. 4000 Holes in Forest Park!, script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by Sal Trapani
a cult called the Legion of Nihilists gathers around 4000 holes that appear in Forest Park; Son of Satan battles the cult; a hellfire serpent named Kometes appears. The letters page contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 83 (Dragon Man by Jack Kirby).
36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.
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"The Last Banzai!" Fully titled Captain Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders (at least for the first eight issues), this 19-issue series takes place in the Pacific theater of World War II. This first issue finds Savage and his team invading Tarawa. Includes guest appearances by Sgt. Fury and Dum Dum Dugan.
Script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Syd Shores. Cover by Ayers and Shores.
Cover price $0.12.
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Stories by Bob Haney and George Kashdan. Art and Cover by Dick Dillin & Charles Cuidera.
"Operation White Dragon" - In the origin of Chop-Chop, the Blackhawks are sent on a special mission to China to convince a warlord to stop being neutral and join the Allies. They meet a costumed fighter, the White Dragon, who wages a guerilla war on the Japanese before he is betrayed by the warlord. Plus: "Operation White Dragon (Part 2)" - The Japanese capture Liu Huang, who has been fighting as the White Dragon, unknown to his warlord father. He is rescued by the Blackhawks, but his career as the White Dragon is over, due to his "losing face." The Blackhawks lead the rebels to try to oust the Japanese from the city, but Liu Huang insists on going along and must overcome the Blackhawks' objections by proving he belongs. And: Blackhawk Combat Diary story "Death of the Super-Sub" - The Blackhawks go on their first sea-going mission in World War II, to battle a Nazi super-submarine. Also: 1-page Blackie the Blackhawk Mascot story by Henry Boltinoff, where Blackie and a hawk friend catch fish for a man on a life raft. Plus: 1-page ad for G.I. Joe issue of Showcase (1956-1978) #53.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.
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Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. "Ride a Deadly Grenade!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson
The CIA recruits the Atom to recover an invention in Europe that has been taken by enemy spies. "The Mysterious Swan-Maiden!", script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene; Jean Loring's latest court case concerns a woman who can turn into a swan, but the Atom uncovers the truth behind the transformation. Aquaman/Hawkman ad. Ad for The Untold Stories of Superman! Ad for Batman and Robin's Most Thrilling Mystery Cases!
36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
Cover by Amanda Conner (W) Gail Simone (A) Freddie E. Williams
The unrest in Coral City heats up as citizens clash with the police. Which side stands to gain when super powered protestors enter the fray?
Cover price $2.99.
Written by Kurtis J. Wiebe. Art and Cover by Johnnie Christmas.
Former fighter pilot Dillon Carpenter found everything he wanted when he returned from the Vietnam War. A loving partner; a dream career training with NASA to travel through space; and soon, he will learn, a prime candidacy for a secret mission, one that will forever change the world: First Contact. But as Dillon prepares, his war trauma returns and he's haunted by dark visions of his future. There is but one constant; the voice whispering from the stars.
28 pages, full color. MR Cover price $3.50.
Cry of the Wolf: Part 3 - (W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A/CA) Tyler Jenkins
CRY OF THE WOLF,' Part Three With the French military liaison's life in jeopardy, Felix and Jacques race against time to extract their one connection to the great war before the Germans remove him from the equation. "
Cover price $3.50.
Cry of the Wolf: Part 2 - (W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A/CA) Tyler Jenkins story KURTIS J. WIEBE art / cover TYLER JENKINS
'CRY OF THE WOLF,' Part Two An official meeting of top German officials in a nearby town spells trouble for operations in The Sticks. But, something much worse is about to arrive.
Cover price $3.50.
Cover by Tyler Jenkins Cry of the Wolf: Part 1 - (W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A) Tyler Jenkins CRY OF THE WOLF'
Having faced the wrath of The Hook, Peter and the Lost Boys join forces with the Braves in guerilla warfare from their secret hideout in the Sticks. This time, Felix is the man with the memories, and as Mr. Parsons soon learns, he's not eager to revisit that life. A NEW STORY ARC BEGINS HERE! PERFECT JUMP ON POINT!
Cover price $3.50.
Cover by Duncan Fregredo. Written by Mark Millar. Art by Duncan Fegredo.
The all-new Millarworld Universe kicks into high gear with the launch of Millar and Fegredo's fast and furious miniseries. When a group of hard-luck teens in Motor City stumble upon a street drug called MPH, they gain the power of super speed. Will they use it to save the world? Hell no! Not when there's dolla, dolla bills to be had, y'all. A high-octane urban adventure, MPH brings you super speed like you've never seen before!
28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
By MATT WAGNER, PAT McEOWN and DAVE COOPER. Cover by WAGNER.
Something's in the air, and Susan's mistaken it for love. Having returned to her hometown after a decade absent, she's reunited with Avril, and romance from days past is reawakened. But Susan's town is now run by a gang of punks called Orion's Bastards, and Avril is under their jurisdiction. They're looking to shatter the romance just as they've crushed the once-quaint town. Will they succeed in destroying love's young dream? Or will the blood on their hands be their own? Also in this issue: "Babylon Crash, Part 2." The latest installment of Matt Wagner's fully painted epic, 'Devil Quest,' opens the doors of the Khan's palace, revealing an empire in its last, sordid days. Jupiter III seeks salvation in his quest for the devil, but he may end up finding his destruction instead.
Cover price $2.95.
Written by Charles Soule. Art by John Timms. Cover by Dave Johnson.
There is a rebellion brewing on Battleworld and it stretches far and wide into every domain. Medusa, ruler of Attilan, is tasked with uncovering the leader of this uprising and scuttling it with extreme prejudice. When she discovers the leader of this rebellion is Black Bolt, however, things get complicated.
28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.
Written by Jim Zub. Art by Ariel Olivetti. Cover by Stonehouse. HULK STARS IN THE SMASHING PREQUEL TO THE UPCOMING VIDEO GAME, MARVEL'S AVENGERS!
The adventure leading to MARVEL'S AVENGERS rages on, with an all-new story leading directly into the events of the highly anticipated video game! As the incredible HULK, the monstrous alter ego of scientist BRUCE BANNER, he's done good for the world. But with the virtually uncontrollable, gigantic green rage monster always bubbling under his skin, Banner has teamed up with an inquisitive scientist in an attempt to regulate the beast once and for all. As their experiments go deeper, a catastrophic event may spell the end for more than just Banner's curse! Witness crucial incidents and intrigue in the saga tied to the earthshaking events in the MARVEL'S AVENGERS game next year!
28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.
