(June 1983)

Marvel UK, 1982 Series
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Price
0.60 GBP
Pages
56
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Ltd.
Editing
Bernie Jaye (editor)

Issue Notes

Color centerfold poster: Mephisto (Higgins).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Miller; Alan Davis (inset)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein; Alan Davis (inset)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (mainstream); Tom Lennox (mainstream) (inset); Zeitgeist (Multiverse) (inset)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Crooked World - Earth-238
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernie Jaye
Pencils
Alan Davis
Inks
Alan Davis
Letters
typeset

Characters
Captain Britain

Judgement Day (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Britain / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore (credited) (co-creator)
Pencils
Alan Davis (credited) (co-creator)
Inks
Alan Davis (credited) (co-creator)
Letters
Steve Craddock (credited) (letterer)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They came at night, they were not human and they took him easily.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Special Executive (Multiverse): Cobweb (Multiverse); Fascination (Multiverse); Legion (Multiverse) (introduction); Numbers (Multiverse) (first appearance); Ringtoss (Multiverse); Wardog (Multiverse); Zeitgeist (Multiverse)
Captain Albion (Earth-523) (first appearance); Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Captain England (Earth-522) (first appearance); The Fury (Crooked World - Earth-238) (cameo); Lord Mandragon (first appearance); Opal Luna Saturnyne (Earth-9)
Universe
Marvel : Crooked World - Earth-238; Marvel : Earth-522; Marvel : Earth-523
Synopsis
Captain Britain is forcibly brought to the extra-dimensional trial of Saturnyne by the Special Executive. At first he refuses to testify on her behalf as she once abandoned him in his time of need but, after witnessing her sorry state as a condemned prisoner, he decides to speak up for her. He becomes even more concerned when he discovers that her judge is also her successor to the imperial throne and stands to gain a lot if she is found guilty. Mandragon destroys the universe containing Earth-238 but the Fury escapes.
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Indexer Notes

Page 5 of story missing from all reprints until second printing of Captain Britain (Marvel, 2002 series) #[nn]. Some character information from marvel.fandom.com .

Invisible Girls and Phantom Ladies (Table of Contents: 3)

Sexism in Comics / text article / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Article on women working in comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters / letters page / 1.25 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Earth 33 1/3 / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Tim Quinn
Pencils
Dicky Howett
Inks
Dicky Howett
Letters
?

Genre
humour; superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Synopsis
Short humor strip.

Little Red Comic-Books (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Moore
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Article on Chinese comic books.

Indexer Notes

Steve Moore identified as writer in issue #9 letters page.

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

Fanzine Reviews / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Alan Moore (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Reviews of Catalyst #1 and Fast Fiction #4

The Anaesthetic, Wearing Off... (Table of Contents: 8)

Night Raven / Night-Raven / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore (credited) (writer)
Pencils
David Lloyd (credited) (illustrations)
Inks
David Lloyd (credited) (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Night Raven; Yi Yang (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Mephisto / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
John Higgins
Inks
John Higgins
Colors
John Higgins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Mephisto
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Early Artwork (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
David Lloyd
Inks
David Lloyd
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Showcases art done by David Lloyd at age 13

Arms of the Octopus (Table of Contents: 11)

Daredevil / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (plot); Roger McKenzie (plot, script)
Pencils
Frank Miller
Inks
Klaus Janson
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Becky Blake; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius] (villain); Heather Glenn; Foggy Nelson
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Heather finds out that her company is doing business with Doc Ock, and Daredevil has to come to her rescue when she is captured. The Widow realizes her relationship with Matt is through and leaves New York.
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4-D War (Table of Contents: 12)

Gallifreyans / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
David Lloyd
Inks
David Lloyd
Letters
Elitta Fell

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Wardog (Multiverse) (introduction)
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Comic Mart (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Daredevil
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Judgement Day
    Captain Britain
  4. 3. Invisible Girls and Phantom Ladies
    Sexism in Comics
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Letters
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Earth 33 1/3
  7. 6. Little Red Comic-Books
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Fanzine Reviews
  9. 8. The Anaesthetic, Wearing Off...
    Night Raven / Night-Raven
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Mephisto
  11. 10. Early Artwork
  12. 11. Arms of the Octopus
    Daredevil
  13. 12. 4-D War
    Gallifreyans
  14. 13. Comic Mart
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