Marvel Saga #4

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Thor; Ant-Man; Fantastic Four; X-Men / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Peter Sanderson (writer, researcher); Roy Thomas (2-3, 12-17); Stan Lee (4-6); Chris Claremont (5-11, 13); Larry Lieber (17-19, 24-25); Alan Zelenetz (20-21)

Pencils

Tom Morgan (1); Werner Roth (2-3, 12-17); Jack Kirby (4-6, 17-19, 21-32); Alex Toth (4-6); John Byrne (5-7); Dave Cockrum (8-11); John Buscema (13); Brent Anderson (14); Bob Hall (20-21)

Inks

Tom Morgan (1); John Verpoorten (2-3, 13-15); Vince Colletta (4-6, 20-23); Terry Austin (5-7); Bob Wiacek (8-11, 14); Dick Ayers (12-13, 25-32); Klaus Janson (13); Joe Rubinstein (14); Herb Trimpe (16-17); Joe Sinnott (17-19, 24-25)

Colors

Rob Carosella

Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Cyclops; Charles Xavier; Juggernaut; Magneto; Jack O' Diamonds; Havok; Corsair; Thor; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Dr. Doom; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing]

Reprints

• from The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986)
which is reprinted
• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962)
• from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #6 (September 1962), #6 (September 1962), #6 (September 1962)
• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #84 (September 1962) [excerpts]
• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (September 1962), #35 (September 1962), #35 (September 1962)
• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 (July 1965), #20 (May 1966), #38 (November 1967), #39 (December 1967), #40 (January 1968), #41 (February 1968), #42 (March 1968)
• from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #159 (December 1968)
• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #117 (January 1979) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
• from The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #144 (April 1981)
• from Bizarre Adventures (Marvel, 1981 series) #27 (July 1981)
• from The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #161 (September 1982) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
• from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1983 series) #6 [Direct] (June 1983) [Confirm: direction of reprint], #10 (October 1983) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
• from Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 ([November] 1983)

Indexer Notes

Janet Jackson (Design); Bill Vallely (Design); Bruce N. Solotoff (Design); Anita Duncan (Production Manager); Jim Novak (Production); Barry Shapiro (Production); Phil Felix (Production); Ken Lopez (Production); Harry Candelario (Production); Rob Carosella (Production); Dawn Geiger (Production); Paul Becton (Production); Barbara Johnson (Production); John Romita, Sr. (Art Supervisor); Tom Morgan (Art Department); James W. Fry (Art Department); Mark McKenna (Art Department); Jose Marzan (Art Department).

In addition to the excerpted material, information from a wide variety of sources was incorporated into the entire issue's bridging text.