(September 1983)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1983-05-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief); Bob Harras (credited) (assistant editor (see Notes))

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #25, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-05-31.

Bob Harras is credited on the letters page only. Ralph Macchio is credited on both the story sequence and the letters page.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Crystar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Golden
Inks
Michael Golden
Colors
?
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ambara; Crystar; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ika; Lavour; Moltar; Ogeode; Zardeth
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Cover Thumbnail for The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior (Marvel, 1983 series) #3 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior (1983 series) #3 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior (1983 series) #3 [Canadian]
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A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sanctum Sanctorum of Doctor Strange! (Table of Contents: 2)

Crystar / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jo Duffy (credited) (script, plot)
Pencils
Ron Frenz (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Danny Bulanadi (credited) (finishes)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ambara; Crystar; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Ika; Kalibar; Koth; Lavour; Moltar; Ogeode; Stalax; Warbow; Wong; Zardeth; Magma Men
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
Caverns of Chaos; Cloak of Levitation; Crystalium; Eye of Agamotto; Galax; Sanctum Sanctorum; the Winds of Watoomb

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Crystal Visions / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ralph Macchio ? (credited); Bob Harras (credited, signed)
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Crystal Visions

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Joseph A. Lieb, Kevin Wahl, Darrel Mayette, Doug Barrett, John Thomason, Dennis Dzuck, Joe Brennan, and "the Forces of Order".

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Crystar
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. The Sanctum Sanctorum of Doctor Strange!
    Crystar
  4. 3. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Crystal Visions
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Daniel Block
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jay Flash
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bjorn Wallin
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