(October 1985)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-08-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Epic Comics
Editing
Archie Goodwin; Jo Duffy (associate editor); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-Sale Date from Copyright Catalog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Black Dragon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Bolton (signed as Bolton) (painting)
Inks
John Bolton (signed as Bolton) (painting)
Colors
John Bolton (signed as Bolton) (painting)
Genre
sword and sorcery; adventure; fantasy-supernatural; historical
Characters
Black Dragon of Ca'rynth [Sir James Dunreith]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited) (signed as aG)
Pencils
Archie Goodwin (credited) (signed as aG)
Inks
Archie Goodwin (credited) (signed as aG)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, I'm Archie Goodwin, editor of Marvel's Epic Comics.
Genre
humor
Characters
Archie Goodwin

Indexer Notes

Page contains an editorial, artist credits and indicia on the inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Black Dragon / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
John Bolton (credited)
Inks
John Bolton (credited)
Colors
John Bolton (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On midsummer night, in the year 1193.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery; historical
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Join the Quest! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

The Black Dragon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin ?
Pencils
John Bolton (credited) (painting); James Bolton
Inks
John Bolton (credited) (painting); James Bolton
Colors
John Bolton (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
sword and sorcery; adventure; fantasy-supernatural; historical
Characters
Black Dragon of Ca'rynth [Sir James Dunreith]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Black Dragon
  2. 1. ["Hello, I'm Archie Goodwin, editor of Marvel's Epic Comics."]
  3. 2. ["On midsummer night, in the year 1193."]
    The Black Dragon
  4. 3. ["Did you know there are two Dreadstars?"]
    Dreadstar
  5. 4. Join the Quest!
    ElfQuest
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Black Dragon
  7. 6. ["Why Are These People Smiling?"]
    Moonshadow
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  • Mike Nielsen
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