Marvel Super-Heroes #85 [Direct]
(November 1979)

Marvel, 1967 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
8 times a year
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 Shooter (editor-in-chief); Danny Fingeroth (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

"Marvel's TV Sensation!"
This issue has variants:

The Demon and the Dictator (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Incredible Hulk
Synopsis
The Hulk climbs a cliff while being fired upon by men with rifles.
Reprints

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

Fun Factory Novelties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Day of Thunder--Night of Death! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hulk can lift buildings in the air --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Incredible Hulk [Bruce Banner]; General Ross; Jim Wilson
Synopsis
Hulk tries to help a dying Jim but turns the boy over to Ross in the hopes that his friend can be saved. Hulk mails (?) himself to the country of Morvania where he comes into conflict with the brutal dictator Draxon.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

NBC Saturday Morning Peacock Club (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

NBC Saturday Cartoons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Comic Book Company comics; Clint's Comics; Creation Comic Book Conventions; Empire Comics; Finger Football; Five Star Music; Grand Book Comics; Harris Bank Notes; J & S Comics; Max Seeley Comics; New Orient Karate courses; Pen Friends; Robert Bell Comics; United Schools Home Study; Wate-On / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Fruit Stripe Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Have Lunch With a Superhero (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Heroes World Superhero Merchandise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shogun Warriors (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

4 Titles for the Price of 3! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tradin' Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

A*Z Stamps and Coins; Ace Publishing Song Secrets; Coins of the World album; Comic Sales Comics; Crestohl Comics; Harti Comics; Ken Landgraf Rock Comics; Live Sea Horses; Mile High Comics; Original Marvel Artwork; Patcon Kung-Fu and Karate courses; West Coast Comics; Zero Gravity Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stan Lee announces 2 All-New Black & White Blockbusters (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Shop by Mail - Stamps (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Allaco Comics; Black Gold Comics; Brown Stamps; Bunker Hill Stamps; Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System; Crash Comics; Crestohl Comics; Discount Comics; Douglas Cook Stamps; Dragon Lady Comics; Empire Comics; Empire Stamps; Estell Comics; Golden State Comics; H. E. Harris Stamps; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Jaxon Stamps; Lone Star Comics; Moondance Comics; Morton Stamps; Nashville Music Productions; Police Sciences Institute Training; The Fun House Novelties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer. (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

You've Got to Build 'Em to Believe 'Em! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Demon and the Dictator
    Hulk
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Fun Factory Novelties
  3. 2. Day of Thunder--Night of Death!
    Hulk
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    North American School of Drafting
  6. 5. NBC Saturday Morning Peacock Club
    NBC Saturday Cartoons
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    American Comic Book Company comics; Clint's Comics; Creation Comic Book Conventions; Empire Comics; Finger Football; Five Star Music; Grand Book Comics; Harris Bank Notes; J & S Comics; Max Seeley Comics; New Orient Karate courses; Pen Friends; Robert Bell Comics; United Schools Home Study; Wate-On
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Fruit Stripe Gum
  9. 8. Have Lunch With a Superhero
    Heroes World Superhero Merchandise
  10. 9. Shogun Warriors
    Mattel Toys
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum
  12. 11. 4 Titles for the Price of 3!
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Tradin' Cards
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    A*Z Stamps and Coins; Ace Publishing Song Secrets; Coins of the World album; Comic Sales Comics; Crestohl Comics; Harti Comics; Ken Landgraf Rock Comics; Live Sea Horses; Mile High Comics; Original Marvel Artwork; Patcon Kung-Fu and Karate courses; West Coast Comics; Zero Gravity Comics
  15. 14. Stan Lee announces 2 All-New Black & White Blockbusters
  16. 15. Shop by Mail - Stamps
    Allaco Comics; Black Gold Comics; Brown Stamps; Bunker Hill Stamps; Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System; Crash Comics; Crestohl Comics; Discount Comics; Douglas Cook Stamps; Dragon Lady Comics; Empire Comics; Empire Stamps; Estell Comics; Golden State Comics; H. E. Harris Stamps; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Jaxon Stamps; Lone Star Comics; Moondance Comics; Morton Stamps; Nashville Music Productions; Police Sciences Institute Training; The Fun House Novelties
  17. 16. ["Item! It has been postulated by our critics..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  18. 17. Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer.
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  21. 20. You've Got to Build 'Em to Believe 'Em!
    Lego Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • ge.org.e
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Philip Young