(1982)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.25 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1982-06-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #13.
This issue has variants:

And They Shall Call Him... Champion! (Table of Contents)

The Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Two-in-One Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #7 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976 series) #7 [Newsstand]
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I got a whole set of all-time baseball greats free! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

And They Shall Call Him...Champion! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Thing / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Bob Camp; Mike Esposito; Frank Giacoia; Dan Green; Armando Gil; Chic Stone
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Jim Novak
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At the art studio of blind sculptress Alicia Masters...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]
X-Men: Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Sprite [Kitty Pryde]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
The Champion [Tryco Slatterus] (introduction, villain); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doc Samson [Leonard Samson]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]; Proja
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Champion challenges Earth's mightiest heroes to an intergalactic boxing match.
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Indexer Notes

Continued in Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #96.

Now Bubble Yum is Super Yum (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (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. And They Shall Call Him... Champion!
    The Thing
  2. 1. I got a whole set of all-time baseball greats free!
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. And They Shall Call Him...Champion!
    The Thing
  4. 3. Now Bubble Yum is Super Yum
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Uwe Lemme
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
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