Black Goliath #4 [25¢]
(August 1976)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1976-05-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860247408
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #130.
This issue has variants:

When Giants Clash! (Table of Contents)

Black Goliath / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (sourced)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Stilt-Man [Wilbur Day]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Enter Stilt-Man-- --Exit Black Goliath! (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Goliath / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited as R. Buckler) (breakdowns); Don Heck (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
Bonnie Wilford (credited as B. Wilford)
Letters
Annette Kawecki (credited as A. Kawecki)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the city--Los Angeles, California. Largest city in the 3rd largest state...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Whiz Kids: Herbert Bell (flashback); Talia Kruma (flashback); Dale West (flashback)
Geoffrey Ballard (first appearance); Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Regina Clayborne (first appearance); Celia Jackson; Tony Stark (flashback); Stilt-Man [Wilbur Day]; Eddie; Sgt. Julio Perez; Commander Adams; Keith Jackson; Jerry Washington
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Tony Stark is worried about the theft of his invention but he can't tell Bill what it was for, for security reasons. Later, Stilt-Man robs a bank, and his Z-Ray causes Black Goliath, Celia Jackson, and her nephew Keith to vanish.
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Indexer Notes

Continues into next issue.

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

Greetings to Goliath / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Larry Twiss, Michael Biegel, and Kim Metzger.

A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Captain America and the Red Skull (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Captain America; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Bulletman, the Human Bullet Blasts Into the GI Joe Super Adventure Team (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. When Giants Clash!
    Black Goliath
  2. 1. Enter Stilt-Man-- --Exit Black Goliath!
    Black Goliath
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Greetings to Goliath
  4. 3. A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. Captain America and the Red Skull
    Captain America; Hostess Twinkies
  6. 5. Bulletman, the Human Bullet Blasts Into the GI Joe Super Adventure Team
    G.I. Joe
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