(September 1974)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-06-18
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
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #107, June 1974.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Son of Satan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Spyros
Reprints
Keywords
occult

Indexer Notes

Wilson pencil credit per Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List, updated April, 2011. Confirmed per the original art via Jason Schachter, December 2017. The original indexer credited Gil Kane.

Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Spotlight (1971 series) #17 [British]
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In the Shadow of the Serpent! (Table of Contents: 1)

Son of Satan / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Sal Trapani
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Kamuu; Zartra; Zhered-Na; Kometes (villain, death); Spyros [Adam] (first appearance, villain); Katherine Reynolds; Byron Hyatt; Dan Crandall
Synopsis
Daimon Hellstrom, with the help of sorceress Zhered-Na, defeats Spyros on the astral plane, freeing Earth from the threat of destruction by Kometes.
Reprints
Keywords
astral projection; Atlantis; earthquake; Saint Louis Missouri; tidal wave; time travel; volcano

Mighty Marvel Becomes Electrified, Hyborianized, and Ape-ified! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

Spotlight Mail / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Jim Mooney; John Romita; Ron Wilson (illustrations)
Inks
Sal Trapani; John Romita (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Rick Sullivan, Dana Woodaman, Mona R. Musgrave, Arthur Solcoluk and Hal Geller and responses from Steve Gerber.

Includes a house ad for Marvel Treasury Edition # 1 (Spider-Man) and Marvel Value Stamp # 45 (Mantis).

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Son of Satan
  2. 1. In the Shadow of the Serpent!
    Son of Satan
  3. 2. Mighty Marvel Becomes Electrified, Hyborianized, and Ape-ified!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spotlight Mail
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  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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