(March 1977)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1976-12-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860268503
Editing
Jack Kirby (credited) (editor); Archie Goodwin (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #138.

The Six-Million Year Man! (Table of Contents)

Black Panther / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He comes from the future--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Hatch-22 (Earth-77211); Princess Zanda
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

The Six-Million Year Man (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Kirby (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Mike Royer (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Mike Royer (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Comic book fans are like pussy cats compared to the insatiable...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Collectors: Abner Little; Princess Zanda
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Six-Million Year Man (Earth-77211)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Hatch-22 demands to be returned to his own time in the future and mentally attacks Princess Zanda's men. The Black Panther is able to knock out Hatch-22. Princess Zanda joins with the Panther and Abner Little to travel to King Solomon's tomb to retrieve the other Brass Frog in order to complete the time machine and send Hatch-22 back to his own time.
Reprints
Keywords
bullet-proof vests; ectoplasm; King Solomon's Frog; microns (sub-atomic particles); Sixth Era of Man; the Multi-Plane; time machines; time travel

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

Panther Post Scripts / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Mike Royer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome to the first far-out lettercol of the book belonging (at last) to T'Challa...
Characters
T'Challa [Black Panther]

Indexer Notes

Letters responding to an earlier No-prize contest asking readers to guess which book Jack Kirby would write, draw and edit. Letters from: Rick Taylor, Peter Cocking, Glenn Rowsam, Kevin Doyle, Scott Gladden; Charles Combs, Steven Mills, Joe Riley. Includes a partial panel from Black Panther #3.

With Windsome Wags, Warped Wrong Doers, and a Wandering Warlock! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Six-Million Year Man!
    Black Panther
  2. 1. The Six-Million Year Man
    Black Panther
  3. 2. ["Welcome to the first far-out lettercol of the book belonging (at last) to T'Challa..."]
    Panther Post Scripts
  4. 3. With Windsome Wags, Warped Wrong Doers, and a Wandering Warlock!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Dan Creel
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore