(January 1984)

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
1983-09-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-10-04.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Crystar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Golden (painting)
Inks
Michael Golden (painting)
Colors
Michael Golden (painting)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ika; Lord Feldspar
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Cover Thumbnail for The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior (Marvel, 1983 series) #5 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior (1983 series) #5 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior (1983 series) #5 [Canadian]
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The Story They Said Couldn't Be Done! (Table of Contents: 1)

Crystar / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jo Duffy (credited)
Pencils
Ricardo Villamonte (credited)
Inks
Dave Simons (credited)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ambara; Crystar; Ika; Kalibar; Koth; Lavour; Lord Feldspar; Moltar; Ogeode; Stalax; Warbow; Zardeth; Ricardo Villamonte; Jo Duffy; Bob Harras; ?
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Keywords
Caverns of Chaos; Crystalium; Galax; Marvel Comics offices

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Story Behind "The Story They Said Couldn't Be Done" (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Harras (credited, signed)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Explanation of the story during Marvel's Assistant Editors' Month
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Crystar
  2. 1. The Story They Said Couldn't Be Done!
    Crystar
  3. 2. ["Hi! I'm not Jim Shooter, but Jim is my boss. I'm Lynn, his assistant."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. The Story Behind "The Story They Said Couldn't Be Done"
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