Marvel Superheroes Annual #1980

(1980)

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

The Fantastic Four / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Colors

? (blue and black)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four [the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Triton

Indexer Notes

Two page frontpiece with title, publisher details and price. Picture shows the Fantastic Four swimming underwater in pursuit of Triton of the Inhumans. John Buscema art?

X-Men (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

? (blue and black)

Letters

Sam Rosen

Job Number

X-401

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the main study of an exclusive private school in New York's Westchester County, a strange silent man sits motionless, brooding...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Professor X [Charles Xavier] (first appearance); X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers] (first appearance); Beast [Henry McCoy] (first appearance); Angel [Warren Worthington III] (first appearance); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (first appearance); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (first appearance)]; Magneto (1st for all appearances)

Synopsis

After a day of training and meeting Jean Grey, a new student at Professor X's school, the X-Men go one their first assignment--stopping a mutant named Magneto from talking over an Air Force base.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

Keywords

Cape Citadel; missiles; remote control private jet; Rolls Royce; telepathy; U.S. military

Where's My Hero? (Table of Contents: 3)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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?

Colors

? (blue and black)

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Wasp; Thor

Indexer Notes

Colour in the dotted areas puzzle presented by the Wasp. Image, when revealed, is Thor.

Bridge of No Return (Table of Contents: 4)

Ms. Marvel / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Archie Goodwin (plot); Jim Shooter (plot); Chris Claremont (script)

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

Janice Cohen

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (p. 1, uncredited); John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd been walking to work enjoying the hint of spring in the air.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers] (Origin); GUESTS: Vision; Michael Barnett; VILLAIN: Modok [M.O.D.O.K.]; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Yon-Rogg; J. Jonah Jameson; Scorpion; Doomsday Man; Destructor [Kerwin Korman]

Synopsis

Ms. Marvel tries to stop a new Stark super-truck carrying radioactive cargo before disaster strikes, but she has to go through the Vision to do it.

Reprints

• from Ms. Marvel (Marvel, 1977 series) #5 (May 1977)

Indexer Notes

Goodwin and Shooter credits derived from the letters page to Ms. Marvel #8.

Ms. Marvel's Maritime Mystery (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our heroine is on a cruise, when she hears some gems are missing, and in their place a note in code!

Characters

Ms. Marvel

Indexer Notes

Readers have to decode a note left by jewel thieves. Answer upside down at bottom of page.

A Ghost of Stone! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Gerry Conway

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Pablo Marcos

Colors

Don Warfield

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, since everything seems secure for the holidays, gentle-men --

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; The Beast; The Wasp; Wonder Man; The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]]; Edwin Jarvis; Namor the Sub-Mariner (flashback); Hawkeye (flashback); The Black Panther (flashback); Mantis (flashback); Doctor Strange (flashback); The Swordsman (flashback); Valkyrie (flashback); The Vision (flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback); The Silver Surfer (flashback)

Synopsis

The Black Knight returns as a man/ghost of stone.

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #157 (March 1977)

The Maze of the Grim Reaper (Table of Contents: 7)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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? (red and black)

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Mighty Avengers are in the hall of the Grim Reaper and they must find their way out through this maze.

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Six Avengers shown from behind looking at a maze in the shape of the Grim Reaper's face.

X Marks the Spot (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

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?

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? (red and black)

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The evil Dr. Magneto had established his stronghold on the island of Magna and the X-Men are speeding to destroy it!

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Dice and counter game, the heroes shown in a speedboat are not the X-Men but Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye and two others. (Badly drawn and hard to recognise)