Micronauts #31 [Direct]
(July 1981)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Louise Simonson (editor); Danny Fingeroth (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Micronauts / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Miller
Inks
Frank Miller
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A Time of Darkness there will be; Salvation lies in this Mystic Key!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Bug; Marionette; Arcturus Rann
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Corrected cover credits 2005 by Steven Tice.

My Body Lies over Oceania (Table of Contents: 1)

Micronauts / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Pat Broderick (plot); Bill Mantlo (plot, script)
Pencils
Pat Broderick
Inks
Danny Bulanadi
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the upper floors of a Greenwich Village townhouse,
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Micronauts: Acroyear; Bug; Marionette; Microtron; Arcturus Rann
Agni, Lord of Fire [Araman Nila]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Kali the Black Madness [Karen Lee]; Mara the Dreamer [Martin Aaronson]; Prince Wayfinder; Micronauts [Prince Pharoid]; Sea-Zoners [Dolphin-Riders; Lady Coral; Ryak (dies); Tybalt (dies)]; Oceanians [Aquon; Mer-Humans]; Martin Vandenburg (mentioned); Yama; Time Traveler; Sword in the Star; Leviathans; Bubble-Fish; Whirldemons
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Doctor Strange watches the Sword in the Star and Wayfinder travel to the Microverse to escape the Whirldemons. The Micronauts ally themselves with Lady Coral against the Leviathans. Seazone is destroyed, killing Ryak and Tybalt. Aquon uses the Enigma Key to transform the remaining Sea-Zoners into mer-people to save their lives. Coral refuses to be transformed and heads out on her own. Acroyear tracks the Herald Comet.
Keywords
Enigma Force; Enigma Keys; Eye of Agamotto; Herald Comet; Homeworld; Microverse; Oceania; Sanctum Sanctorum; Seazone; Spartak; Star Scepter

Spider-Man vs. the Human Computer! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Micromails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson; Danny Fingeroth
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Thomas Childs Jr, Bruce Canwell, Donny Bliss, Robert Sasser, Stuart Jackson, Kevin C. McConnell, and Miles Davis plus illustrations of Bug and Microtron and a house ad for Conan the Barbarian & The Savage Sword of Conan.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["A Time of Darkness there will be; Salvation lies in this Mystic Key!"]
    Micronauts
  2. 1. My Body Lies over Oceania
    Micronauts
  3. 2. Spider-Man vs. the Human Computer!
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Micromails
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Daniel Block
  • Chris Boyko
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • John Pannozzi
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice