Micronauts Special Edition #3

(February 1984)

Bringing A Microverse! Into Being (Table of Contents)

The Micronauts / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Mantlo

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (cover reprint); ? (illo)

Inks:

Joe Sinnott (cover reprint); ? (illo)

Colors:

Bob Sharen?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; fantasy

Characters:

the Fantastic Four [the Human Torch; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; the Thing]; Crystal; Galactus; the Silver Surfer [all in cover reprint]

Synopsis:

Bill Mantlo on why he co-created, with Michael Golden, the Microverse. Contains a reduced cover reprint from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #75 (June 1968), an illo of the Microverse and a translation of the Microverse alphabet.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #75 (June 1968) [the cover, reduced]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Great Escapes (Table of Contents)

The Micronauts / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Mantlo

Pencils:

Michael Golden (breakdowns)

Inks:

Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein] (finishes)

Colors:

Bob Sharen

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; fantasy

Characters:

Abner Jenkins (Steve Coffin's next-door neighbor); Baron Karza, his dog soldiers & Acroyears; Colonel Macey; Commander Slug of the Rebel Underground; the High Shadow Priest; the Humanoids of H.E.L.L.; the Man-Thing (cameo); the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon; Professor Phillip Prometheus; Ray Coffin; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler

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• from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #6 (June 1979)

Indexer Notes

Original colorist: Roger Slifer.

Adventure Into Fear! (Table of Contents)

The Micronauts / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Mantlo (co-plot, script); Michael Golden (co-plot)

Pencils:

Michael Golden (breakdowns)

Inks:

Joe Rubinstein (finishes)

Colors:

Bob Sharen

Letters:

John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; fantasy

Characters:

Baron Karza (also as Chief Scientist Karza, in a flashback); Colonel Macey; Lord Dallan Rann (Regent of Homeworld) & Lady Sepsis (Arcturus Rann's parents, in a flashback); the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon; Prof. Prometheus; Ray Coffin (in a memory); a Shadow Priest; Slug; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler

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• from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #7 (July 1979)

Indexer Notes

Original colorist: Roger Slifer.

Earth Wars! (Table of Contents)

The Micronauts / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Mantlo

Pencils:

Michael Golden (breakdowns)

Inks:

Bob McLeod (finishes)

Colors:

Bob Sharen

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino (pg 1, uncredited); Diana Albers (pg 2-11)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; fantasy

Characters:

Baron Karza; Baron Karza's dog soldiers (in a flashback); Colonel Macey; the Humanoids; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]; Muffin; Prince Argon (becomes Force Commander); Prof. Prometheus (in a flashback); Ray Coffin (also as Captain Universe); a Shadow Priest; Slug; Steve Coffin; Time Traveler (a guise of the Enigma Force)

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• from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #8 (August 1979) [pp. 1-11; first 11 of 17 pages]

Indexer Notes

Original colorist: Carl Gafford.

[Micronauts #6 cover reprint] (Table of Contents)

The Micronauts / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Michael Golden (signed)

Inks:

Joe Rubinstein (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; fantasy

Characters:

the Micronauts [Acroyear; Bug; Marionette]

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• from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #6 (June 1979)

[Micronauts #7 cover reprint] (Table of Contents)

The Micronauts / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Michael Golden (signed)

Inks:

Neal Adams (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; fantasy

Characters:

the Man-Thing; the Micronauts [Acroyear; Biotron; Bug; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Microtron]

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• from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #7 (July 1979)

Indexer Notes

The cover signature is a stylized GA (for Golden and Adams).

The Homeworld Microship Endeavor (Table of Contents)

The Homeworld Microship Endeavor / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Mantlo

Pencils:

Eliot R. Brown

Inks:

Eliot R. Brown

Colors:

Carl Gafford

Letters:

John Costanza; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; fantasy

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #4 (April 1979)

Indexer Notes

No credits.

Beauty And The Beast (Table of Contents)

Dazzler and the Beast / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Perlin (signed)

Inks:

Kim DeMulder (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

the Beast; Dazzler; Dr. Doom

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for the Beauty And The Beast limited series.