Black Goliath #1 [British]
(February 1976)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.09 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel All-Colour Comics
Editing
Marv Wolfman

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Black Goliath (Marvel, 1976 series) #1 [Regular Edition].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Goliath / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (sourced)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (sourced); Mike Esposito ? (sourced); John Tartaglione ? (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The party's over, punks! There's a new super-hero in town!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Goliath [Bill Foster]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Black Goliath (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Goliath / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Michele Wolfman (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1, uncredited); Irv Watanabe (credited)
Job Number
JV 135
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is just before dawn in Los Angeles and it is raining.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Whiz Kids: Herbert Bell (first appearance); Talia Kruma (first appearance); Dale West (first appearance)
Atom-Smasher [Ronald English] (first appearance); Black Goliath [Bill Foster] (also in flashback, origin in flashback); Power Man [Luke Cage] (flashback); Hank Pym; Janet Pym; Tony Stark (cameo flashback); Claire Temple (flashback); Benny; Brim; Trout; Officer Wells (cameo flashback); Mrs. Coombs (cameo flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Bill Foster establishes himself in Los Angeles, leading a research team for Stark Industries. As Black Goliath he investigates a series of radium robberies and finds Atom-Smasher and his gang.
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Indexer Notes

Origin of Black Goliath re-told.

Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Biggest Rock Event of the Decade! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The party's over, punks! There's a new super-hero in town!"]
    Black Goliath
  2. 1. Black Goliath
    Black Goliath
  3. 2. Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  4. 3. The Biggest Rock Event of the Decade!
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