(December 1980)

Marvel UK, 1979 Series
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Price
0.40 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Ltd.
Brand
?
Barcode
?
Editing
Alan McKenzie

Captured By the Collector! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George PĂ©rez (signed)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hawkeye; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Beast; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wonder Man; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp; The Collector
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents with an image from each story.

Captives of the Collector! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (plot); Bill Mantlo (script)
Pencils
David Wenzel
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Letters
Shelly Leferman

Job Number
C827
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Hawkeye; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Beast; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wonder Man; Thor [Donald Blake]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Quicksilver; Two-Gun Kid; Hercules; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; The Collector; Michael Korvac
Reprints

In the Shadow of... Sauron! (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Tom Palmer
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What is the sound of...evil?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman; Beast]; GUESTS: Havok; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Tanya Anderssen (1st; flashback); Dr. Anderssen (introduction, flashback); VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sauron [Karl Lykos] (introduction); CAMEOS: Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Toad; Blob; Unus; Mesmero; Mastermind; Banshee; Living Pharaoh; Vanisher
Synopsis
The X-Men take an injured Havok to be treated by one of Xavier's old buddies, Dr. Karl Lykos. Lykos is an energy vampire and drains mutant life energy from Havok, turning himself into the evil Sauron. Angel takes off to investigate the flying dinosaur and is hypnotized by Sauron's powers.
Reprints
Keywords
pteranodon

Indexer Notes

Lorna Dane asks to stay with the X-Men and begins living with them at the X-Mansion. Karl Lykos adopts the name of Sauron after J.R.R. Tolkien's villain from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Black Widow Vs Darkstar (Table of Contents: 4)

The Champions / comic story / ? pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
Vince Colletta; John Romita (see notes)
Letters
Karen Mantlo; Gaspar Saladino (splash)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions [Black Widow [Natasha Romanova] (origin, flashback); Hercules; Angel; Iceman; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]]; Darkstar [Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna] (introduction); Yuri Petrovich (introduction); the Commissar [Alexi Bruskin] (introduction); Griffin (villain); Darkstar (villain); Rampage (villain); Titanium Man (villain)
Reprints
Keywords
Los Angeles

Indexer Notes

Romita inking touch-ups on Iceman throughout. Info per Nick Caputo.

Part reprint, last eight pages of original story. Title change.

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

Starburst / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Captured By the Collector!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Captives of the Collector!
    The Avengers
  4. 3. In the Shadow of... Sauron!
    X-Men
  5. 4. Black Widow Vs Darkstar
    The Champions
  6. 5. ["Missed any good magazines lately?"]
    Starburst
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