(1980)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.00 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [Roundel]
Barcode
0714860293025
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (consulting editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

The 1980 Winter Olympics took place in Lake Placid, New York, approximately 300 miles from downtown Manhattan.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Spider-Man vs. The Hulk at the Winter Olympics (Table of Contents)

Hulk; Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as Milgrom)
Inks
Jack Abel (signed as Abel)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All new!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe ? (illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson ? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Chapter One: The Outcasts (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (story); Steven Grant (credited) (story); Bill Mantlo (credited) (story, script)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Digger! Our captive is sounding an alarm!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Outcasts: Boulder (villain); Digger (villain); Landslide (villain); Water Witch (villain)
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Outcasts' first appearance is in this story.

Chapter Two: Fire on Frozen Snow (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (story); Steven Grant (credited) (story); Bill Mantlo (credited) (story, script)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The mistress has entrapped another in her diamond of doom!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Queen Kala (villain); Lava Men (villain)

Chapter Three: Slaughter in Subterranea! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hulk; Spider-Man / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (story); Steven Grant (credited) (story); Bill Mantlo (credited) (story, script)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
--exhibiting perfect form as he picks up speed, contender number 5--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Outcasts: Boulder (villain); Digger (villain); Landslide (villain); Water Witch (villain)
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Queen Kala (villain); Mole Man [Harvey Elder] (villain); Matt Murdock (cameo); Reed Richards (cameo); Natasha Romanoff (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Tony Stark (cameo); Johnny Storm (cameo); Sue Storm (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Moloids (villain), Lava Men (villain)

Indexer Notes

Several New York based characters (see Characters) are seen in the 2-page crowd shot. Word balloons indicate Herb Trimpe and his wife Linda are also in the crowd.

Chapter Four: The Contest of Champions (Table of Contents: 5)

Hulk; Spider-Man / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (story); Steven Grant (credited) (story); Bill Mantlo (credited) (story, script)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No underweight beanpole's gonna stand in my way, Landslide!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Outcasts: Boulder (villain); Digger (villain); Landslide (villain); Water Witch (villain)
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Queen Kala (villain); Mole Man [Harvey Elder] (villain); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lava Men (villain)

Coming This Summer... (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mole Man / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (signed as Seinkiewicz) (covers)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited) (signed as Patterson) (covers)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Moloids

Indexer Notes

back cover

Credits indicate Bill Sienkiewicz and Bruce Patterson did both the front and back covers, but signatures on the covers show differently.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Spider-Man vs. The Hulk at the Winter Olympics
    Hulk; Spider-Man
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Chapter One: The Outcasts
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. Chapter Two: Fire on Frozen Snow
    Hulk
  5. 4. Chapter Three: Slaughter in Subterranea!
    Hulk; Spider-Man
  6. 5. Chapter Four: The Contest of Champions
    Hulk; Spider-Man
  7. 6. Coming This Summer...
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Mole Man
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