Care Bears #4 [Newsstand]
(May 1986)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1986-02-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Barcode
0714860255005
Editing
Sid Jacobson (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #86.
This issue is a variant of Care Bears (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 [Direct].

The Scare Bear (Table of Contents)

Care Bears / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howie Post ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Scare Bear; Good Luck Bear; Tenderheart Bear; Funshine Bear
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Care Bears (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Care Bears (1985 series) #4 [Direct]
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The Scare Bear (Table of Contents: 1)

Care Bears / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Kay
Pencils
Howie Post
Inks
Roberta Edelman
Colors
Isabell Bidwell
Letters
Grace Kremer
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Tenderheart Bear; Birthday Bear; Funshine Bear; Good Luck Bear; Bedtime Bear; Love-a-Lot Bear; Cheer Bear; Grumpy Bear; Wish Bear; Scare Bear [Mr. Veririch]; Baby Hugs Bear; Baby Tugs Bear
Synopsis
The Care Bears meet the Scare Bear, who's haunting the Mysterious Mansion, but he turns out not to be a ghost after all.
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Lions & Tigers & Bears (Table of Contents: 2)

Care Bears; Misty; Thundercats / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various (illustrations)
Inks
various (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals; horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

house ad for Thundercats (Marvel, 1985 series), Meet Misty (Marvel, 1985 series), and Care Bears (Marvel, 1985 series)

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita (signed)
Inks
John Romita ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh dear, Artoo!
Genre
children; science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for Droids (Marvel, 1986 series)

Gross! (Table of Contents: 4)

Madballs; AmToy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Back cover advertisement for Madballs from AmToy, an American Greetings company (and another Star Comics title).
Madballs © 1985 American Greetings Corporation.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Scare Bear
    Care Bears
  2. 1. The Scare Bear
    Care Bears
  3. 2. Lions & Tigers & Bears
    Care Bears; Misty; Thundercats
  4. 3. ["Oh dear, Artoo!"]
    Droids
  5. 4. Gross!
    Madballs; AmToy
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
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