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 image yet Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Super-Heroes (1967 series) #85 [Newsstand]
Cover gallery

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

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)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

top half of page between pages 3-4 of story

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

bottom half of page between pages 3-4 of story

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
children
Characters
all cameos: Daffy Duck, Casper the Ghost; The Thing; Fred Flintstone; Jetsons; Jonny Quest; Aquaman; Shmoo; Godzilla

Indexer Notes

Ad for membership in NBC Saturday Morning Peacock Club promoting the TV network’s Saturday cartoon lineup.
Second page between pages 3-4 of story.

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

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)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Full page of ads for various products.
First page between pages 5-6 of story.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Characters
Yipes

Indexer Notes

Second page between pages 5-6 of story.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo); Thor (cameo); Captain America (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Ad for Heroes World, (New Jersey stores) for lunchboxes, toys and dolls featuring Marvel characters and Battlestar Galactica.
First page between pages 7-8 of story.

Shogun Warriors (Table of Contents: 9)

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shogun Warriors

Indexer Notes

Mattel Toys ad for Shogun Warriors toys and accessories.
Second page between pages 7-8 of story.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

First page between pages 11-12 of story.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Marie Severin (signed as Sev)
Inks
Marie Severin (signed as Sev)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Stan Lee; Hulk; Iron Man; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

House ad for subscriptions to Marvel comics. (12 issues for $5.00; subscribe to four titles, pay for only three.
Second page between pages 12-13 of story.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Third page between pages 12-13 of story.

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

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)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Half page of ads for various products.
Top half of first page between pages 13-14 of story.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Howard the Duck (cameo); Dracula (cameo)

Indexer Notes

House ad for “Howard the Duck” and “Dracula” black and white magazines.
Bottom half of first page between pages 13-14 of story.

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

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)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Charles Atlas

Indexer Notes

Full page of ads for various products. For ad rates write Kalish, Quigley and Rosen, Inc. of New York, New York.
Second page between pages 13-14 of story.

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

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (signed as Stan); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Item! It has been postulated by our critics...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Warriors of the Shadow Realm

Indexer Notes

house ad with information on Marvel comics

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Esposito
Inks
Mike Esposito (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak ?
Editing
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Professor Sneer
Synopsis
Captain Marvel prevents Professor Sneer from extinguishing the sun, using Hostess Twinkies.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Twinkies in comic strip form.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Sold by Lucky Products, Inc.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

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

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

back cover

Editing
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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
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