(April 1988)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
?
Editing
Dwight Jon Zimmerman (managing editor); Jim Salicrup (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Groo the Wanderer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Inks
Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; sword and sorcery
Characters
Groo

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

Salicrup's Section / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Jim Salicrup (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Jim Salicrup

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

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

Marvel Agenda / credits, title page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Credits, table of contents and indicia, on the inside front cover.

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

Marvel Coming Attractions / about comics / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Characters
The Punisher [Frank Castle]; Shear; Mary Jane Watson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Firepower

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

More Coming Attractions / about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Characters
West Coast Avengers [Wonder Man; Moon Knight; Tigra; Hawkeye; Mockingbird]; Puck

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

Newswatch / about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Characters
Pitbull; Marvel Girl

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

The Mutant Report / about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited); ?
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited); ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Nightcrawler; Colossus; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Kitty Pryde; Professor X; Dazzler]

How I Got Back to the Future Without Even Trying (Table of Contents: 7)

Marvel Masterworks / about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Stan's Soapbox / about comics / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Jack Kirby; ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Characters
Fantastic Four [The Thing; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl]; a skrull (also as Willie Lumpkin)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Willie Lumpkin / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Willie Lumpkin

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

Fred Hembeck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck (credited)
Pencils
Fred Hembeck (credited)
Inks
Fred Hembeck (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One day, in Miss Feeny's 7th grade English class...
Genre
humor
Characters
Miss Feeny; Charles Johnson

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Marvel Trivia Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Storm

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

The Marvel Graphic Novel Collection / about comics / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Brian Nelson
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset


Indexer Notes

History of Marvel's Graphic Novels.

The Coming of Moebius Years at Marvel (Table of Contents: 13)

Moebius / about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ringgenberg (credited)
Pencils
Moebius (credited)
Inks
Moebius (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset


An Open Letter from Santa Claus on the New Marvel Graphic Novels (Table of Contents: 14)

about comics / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Santa Claus]
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Characters
Iron Man; Dagger; Groo

I Took a Shower for This? (Table of Contents: 15)

letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rick Leonardi; ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Irving Forbush; Wolverine; Daredevil

Indexer Notes

Letters from Scott Minarcine, Larry Mitchell, Chris Lum, Victoria Schodowski and Warlock.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Groo the Wanderer
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Salicrup's Section
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Agenda
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Coming Attractions
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    More Coming Attractions
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Newswatch
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    The Mutant Report
  8. 7. How I Got Back to the Future Without Even Trying
    Marvel Masterworks
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Stan's Soapbox
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Willie Lumpkin
  11. 10. ["One day, in Miss Feeny's 7th grade English class..."]
    Fred Hembeck
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Trivia Quiz
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    The Marvel Graphic Novel Collection
  14. 13. The Coming of Moebius Years at Marvel
    Moebius
  15. 14. An Open Letter from Santa Claus on the New Marvel Graphic Novels
  16. 15. I Took a Shower for This?
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