(July 1985)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1985-03-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Tom DeFalco (executive editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #67.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spider-Ham / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mark Armstrong (signed)
Inks
Joe Albelo (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Spider-Ham; Buzzard; Bullfrog
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Cover Thumbnail for Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985 series) #2 [Newsstand]
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Of Buzzards and Bullfrogs (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Ham / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Mark Armstrong
Inks
Joe Albelo
Colors
Steve Mellor
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Spider-Ham [Peter Porker]; J. Jonah Jackal; J. Jeremiah Jackal; Bunsen Bunny; Upton Adam Stray; Minkzy Byline; Rubert Hedgehog; Buzzard; Bullfrog
Synopsis
Spider-Ham quickly captures The Buzzard. Jonah is upset because the "Morning Scandal" is more popular than his "Daily Beagle." Bullfrog, gangsters, and hypnotized rats all attempt to steal the Walnut Diamond.
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The Uncanny X-Bugs (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncanny X-Bugs / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Mellor
Pencils
Steve Mellor
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Professor X-Bug; Magsquito; Micro-Newts (cameo)
Synopsis
The X-Bugs defeat Magsquito, only to discover that he's gone straight, and is now in the scrap metal business.
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Indexer Notes

Features unnamed insect versions of Cyclops, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Storm.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Signals / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

They Have Already Begun to Talk About... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Planet Terry / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Care Bears / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Ham
  2. 1. Of Buzzards and Bullfrogs
    Spider-Ham
  3. 2. The Uncanny X-Bugs
    Uncanny X-Bugs
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Star Signals
  5. 4. They Have Already Begun to Talk About...
    Planet Terry
  6. 5. ["What happens when the world stops caring?"]
    Care Bears
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