The Mighty World of Marvel #290

(April 19, 1978)

No Man is an Island! (Table of Contents)

Incredible Hulk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein (credited); Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils:

Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks:

Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua] (credited)

Colors:

Mark Espo (grey tones, credited)

Letters:

Rick Parker (credited); Gaspar Saladino (page one)

Editing:

Len Wein (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

Super-hero

Characters:

The Hulk; Nick Fury; Captain Barracuda

Synopsis:

Bruce Banner joins the crew of a ship that is taken over by pirates.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #219 (January 1978) [8 pp.]

Star Wars Fighter Kite Offer (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Star Wars Fighter Kites.

Don't Drink The Water (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (first page); Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils:

? (first page); Gene Colan (credited)

Inks:

? (first page); Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua] (credited)

Colors:

Brian Moore (grey tones, credited)

Letters:

? (first page); John Costanza (credited)

Editing:

Roy Thomas (original editor, credited)

Content Information

Genre:

Super-hero

Characters:

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Black Widow; Man-Bull

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #96 (February 1973) [partial, ]

Indexer Notes

First page is partly new drawings, partly cut up from previous pages of comic.

Pandemonious Ponderings on Pulse-Pounding Publications (Table of Contents)

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

Content Information

Synopsis:

Hype about Star Wars 11, Super Spider-Man 271, Rampage 27, and Fantastic Four 30. (all weekly comics published by Marvel UK).

Captain Marvel -- Wanted! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott Edelman (credited)

Pencils:

Al Milgrom (credited)

Inks:

Terry Austin (credited)

Colors:

Sandy Klinger (grey tones, credited)

Letters:

John Costanza (credited) [as J. Costanza]

Editing:

Archie Goodwin (credited, original editor) [as A. Goodwin]

Content Information

Genre:

Super-Hero

Characters:

Captain Marvel; Rick Jones; Dr. Minerva

Synopsis:

Captain Marvel returns to Earth to find Rick Jones as a captive of Dr. Minerva.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #52 [30 cent cover price] (September 1977)

Hi there, gang! (Table of Contents)

letters page / 0.33 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

Letter from Sgt. Nick Fury stating that they can't accept any more members into the Fury Club because it is all full up. "Also it helps for security reasons if we keep numbers down..."

Weapons of War No. 4 (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

Photo of Rommel's Half-Track.

The Triumph of Baron Strucker! (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils:

? (first page); Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks:

? (first page); John Tartaglione (credited)

Letters:

? (first page); Sam Rosen (credited)

Editing:

Stan Lee (original editor, credited)

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Sgt. Fury; Baron Strucker

Synopsis:

A tower gets destroyed while the Howlers battle Baron Strucker.

Reprints:

• from Sgt. Fury (Marvel series) #? [partial reprint]

Indexer Notes

New art on first page of story.

We Are Not Alone! (Table of Contents)

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

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Close Encounters of the Third Kind comic (special edition).