Marvel Super-Heroes
#5
[Direct]
(April 1991 (Spring 1991))
Marvel,
1990 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Editing
- Mike Rockwitz (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief); Barry Dutter (credited) (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
The indicia gives the date as April 1991, while the cover lists Spring 1991.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
She-Hulk; The Thing; Thor / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Speedball [Robbie Baldwin] (inset); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (inset); The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]
- Reprints
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When Destiny Calls
Thor / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Sue Flaxman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Colors
- Heidi Goodhue (credited)
- Letters
- Diana Albers (credited)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Frigga; Odin; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Ymir; Lady Frigga; Vidar Odinson; Hoder; Lady Grid; Bjorn the White; Grim Graybeard; Storm Giants; Frost Giants
- Synopsis
- The Storm Giants and the Frost Giants team up to attack Asgard. It is up to Thor and his half-brother, Vidar Odinson, to stop them.
Blast from the Past!
The Thing / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Ron Wilson (credited)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Wilfred Tobias; Molly Hunt; Doctor Carlson; Doctor Marlowe
- Reprints
-
in The Thing Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
-
Jolly Roger
Speedball / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Jo Duffy (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Mark Badger (credited)
- Colors
- Ken Feduniewicz (credited)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Speedball [Robbie Baldwin]; Dave Bealer; Terri Cooper; Jolly Roger [Roger Joliet]; Mr. Harlock
- Synopsis
- Speedball must stop a pirate.
- Reprints
Call Waiting
Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Dan Mishkin (credited)
- Pencils
- Vince Mielcarek (credited)
- Inks
- Chris Ivy (credited)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus (credited)
- Letters
- Jim Massara (credited)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wong
- Synopsis
- Demons are haunting telephones.
- Reprints
- in Vincent J. Mielcarek Jr. Memorial Comic (David B. Mielcarek, 1993 series) (1993) [Reprints 1 page from the story.]
-
Treasure
She-Hulk / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jon Zimmerman (credited as Dwight Jon Zimmerman)
- Pencils
- Mike Clark (credited)
- Inks
- Jay Geldhof (credited)
- Colors
- ? [as Mrs. Bucce]
- Letters
- Agustin Más (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Wyatt Wingfoot; Captain Dargent; a sea serpent
- Synopsis
- She-Hulk battles a sea serpent.
- Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
She-Hulk; The Thing; Thor -
1.
When Destiny Calls
Thor -
2.
Blast from the Past!
The Thing -
3.
Jolly Roger
Speedball -
4.
Call Waiting
Doctor Strange -
5.
Treasure
She-Hulk -
6.
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