(October 1976)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-07-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860290610
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #132.
This issue has variants:

Master Man! U-Man! And the Masked Killer Called Skyshark! (Table of Contents)

Liberty Legion; The Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing; Liberty Legion [The Patriot; Blue Diamond; Miss America; Whizzer]; Skyshark; Master Man; U-Man [Meranno]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Romita touch-ups on the Thing. Info per Nick Caputo. U-Man's face is mis-colored as Caucasian.

Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #20 Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Two-in-One (1974 series) #20 [British]
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Showdown at Sea! (Table of Contents: 1)

Liberty Legion; The Thing / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (breakdowns); Sam Grainger (finished art)
Inks
Sam Grainger (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as P. Goldberg)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
JV346
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It all began in Fantastic Four Annual #11...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing (also in flashback); Liberty Legion [The Patriot; Red Raven; Jack Frost; Blue Diamond; Thin Man; Miss America; Whizzer] (also in flashback); The Watcher (also in flashback); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Skyshark (villain, also in flashback); Slicer (villain, also in flashback); Master Man (villain, also in flashback); U-Man [Meranno] (villain, also in flashback); Brain Drain (villain)
Synopsis
Back in 1942, the Thing and the Liberty Legion battle a horde of super-powered Nazis to recover a canister of vibranium that made its way back in time from 1976. The Thing recovers the missing metal and returns to his own time.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from Marvel Two-In-One Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #1.

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

The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Master Man! U-Man! And the Masked Killer Called Skyshark!
    Liberty Legion; The Thing
  2. 1. Showdown at Sea!
    Liberty Legion; The Thing
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lee Lines
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
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